US Construction Permit Pulse

90-day report · data through June 9, 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 773 US cities, refreshed twice a day from official city and county feeds. Here's what the last 90 days look like — 341,445 permits and counting.

341,445
Permits (90 days)
773
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 18,744
2 Los Angeles, CA 13,344
3 Austin, TX 12,095
4 Fort Worth, TX 11,828
5 Cape Coral, FL 9,680
6 San Antonio, TX 9,246
7 Orlando, FL 8,726
8 Miami, FL 8,341
9 Chicago, IL 8,168
10 Virginia Beach, VA 8,069
11 Washington, DC 7,362
12 Phoenix, AZ 6,344
13 Miami-Dade County, FL 6,299
14 Hialeah, FL 6,219
15 Las Vegas, NV 5,348

Hottest trades

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

#TradePermits (90d)
1 HVAC 59,258
2 General Construction 58,339
3 Electrical 36,790
4 Plumbing 33,220
5 Roofing 18,813
6 Landscaping & Exterior 16,620
7 Interior Renovation 14,778
8 New Construction 11,259
9 Windows & Doors 6,403
10 Structural 5,251
11 Solar 4,870

Average project value by trade

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

TradeAvg. project value
New Construction$563,072
Structural$292,922
Interior Renovation$283,384
General Construction$224,355
Electrical$221,912
HVAC$151,722
Addition$125,670
Methodology. Figures are drawn from PermitGrab's live ingestion of official municipal building-permit feeds across 773 US cities, covering the trailing 90 days through June 9, 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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