Columbus, OH Permit Pulse — Week of 2026-08-04

766 new building permits were filed in Columbus, OH over the trailing 7 days, with $46,231,450 in declared construction value. Filing volume is the clearest public signal of how busy — or backed up — a city's building department is right now. Live data from official municipal permit-issuance feeds.

By Marcus Reeves · Updated 2026-08-04 · Last permit logged 2026-08-01

Permits filed · this week

766

▼ 27.1% vs prior 7 days

Declared construction value

$46,231,450

$154,620 avg per permit

Prior 7-day comparison

1,051

permits filed previous week

Columbus permit review backlog

Of 12,067 Columbus permits with a published review status, 0 (0.0%) are still in the review or intake queue — the live backlog. Breakdown by current status:

Permit statusPermitsShare
Permit Issued11,85898.3%
Final Inspection Approved2091.7%

Is the Columbus building department backed up?

Permit-filing volume is the best public proxy for permitting load: the more permits a building department takes in, the heavier its review queue. Columbus, OH logged 766 permits in the last 7 days versus 1,051 the week before — a 27.1% decrease, so intake is easing. This tracker refreshes weekly from official municipal feeds, so it reflects the current pace rather than a stale snapshot.

Top contractors this week

#ContractorPermits (7d)Declared value
1 Metro Development 35 $17,374,637
2 COLUMBUS/WORTHINGTON AIR 21
3 RSHD COLLEGE PARK LLC 20 $612,000
4 ECO PLUMBERS INC 20
5 Danite 11

What's being built this week

Permit typeCountShare
1,2,3 Family 478 62.4%
Multi Family 146 19.1%
Commercial 102 13.3%
Graphics 40 5.2%

Recent permit filings

DateTypeAddressContractorValue
2026-08-01 1,2,3 Family 5293 POPLARWOOD RD COLUMBUS/WORTHINGTON AIR
2026-08-01 1,2,3 Family 1584 HAWTHORNE PARK L P PLUMBING
2026-08-01 1,2,3 Family 2822 TRISTRAM PL 614 Contractors LLC $8,670
2026-08-01 1,2,3 Family 7122 BLUFFSTREAM CT BRADLEY BUILDERS INC $25,500
2026-08-01 1,2,3 Family 1472 PICARD RD PROPERTY TECH INDUSTRIES LLC
Methodology. Data sourced from Columbus's official municipal permit-issuance feed and refreshed daily. Permits are counted by issue date. Declared construction value reflects what the applicant declared on the permit application and is filtered to remove obvious data-entry errors (values under $1,000 or above $50M are excluded from totals). "This week" means the trailing 7 days through 2026-08-04.

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