US Construction Permit Pulse

90-day report · data through July 24, 2026 · sourced from official municipal permit feeds

Building permits are the earliest public signal of where construction is about to happen. PermitGrab tracks every permit filed across 1528 US cities, refreshed twice a day from official city and county feeds. Here's what the last 90 days look like — 951,813 permits and counting.

951,813
Permits (90 days)
1528
US cities tracked
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Top metros by permit volume

Where the most construction is being permitted right now (trailing 90 days).

#MetroPermits (90d)
1 New York City, NY 67,860
2 San Antonio, TX 18,808
3 Miami, FL 17,490
4 Fort Worth, TX 15,263
5 Austin, TX 14,481
6 Washington, DC 12,182
7 Miami-Dade County, FL 11,801
8 Portland, OR 11,131
9 Memphis, TN 11,045
10 Indianapolis, IN 10,899
11 Columbus, OH 10,732
12 Wichita, KS 10,679
13 Philadelphia, PA 10,662
14 Hialeah, FL 10,610
15 Baltimore, MD 9,850

Hottest trades

Permit volume by trade category — the leading indicator of demand by trade.

#TradePermits (90d)
1 General Construction 338,894
2 HVAC 164,354
3 Electrical 106,602
4 Plumbing 95,971
5 Roofing 48,376
6 Landscaping & Exterior 41,539
7 Interior Renovation 25,182
8 New Construction 22,015
9 Windows & Doors 17,598
10 Structural 16,363
11 Addition 14,706
12 Solar 14,624

Average project value by trade

Mean declared/estimated project cost on permits that report a value.

TradeAvg. project value
New Construction$1,166,148
Electrical$697,122
Structural$355,355
Interior Renovation$343,625
HVAC$189,293
Addition$161,059
Demolition$139,501
Methodology. Figures are drawn from PermitGrab's live ingestion of official municipal building-permit feeds across 1528 US cities, covering the trailing 90 days through July 24, 2026. Counts reflect permits filed in each jurisdiction; project values are means of declared/estimated costs where a city publishes them. Coverage varies by city based on what each municipality makes public. Updated every 12 hours. Cite as: "PermitGrab US Construction Permit Pulse."

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