US Construction Permit Pulse

90-day report · data through July 25, 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 1518 US cities, refreshed twice a day from official city and county feeds. Here's what the last 90 days look like — 961,493 permits and counting.

961,493
Permits (90 days)
1518
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 68,817
2 San Antonio, TX 18,918
3 Miami, FL 17,862
4 Fort Worth, TX 15,491
5 Austin, TX 14,656
6 Washington, DC 12,155
7 Miami-Dade County, FL 11,789
8 Portland, OR 11,350
9 Memphis, TN 11,099
10 Indianapolis, IN 10,997
11 Columbus, OH 10,929
12 Philadelphia, PA 10,841
13 Wichita, KS 10,770
14 Hialeah, FL 10,598
15 Baltimore, MD 9,977

Hottest trades

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

#TradePermits (90d)
1 General Construction 340,991
2 HVAC 166,186
3 Electrical 107,959
4 Plumbing 97,042
5 Roofing 48,813
6 Landscaping & Exterior 41,932
7 Interior Renovation 25,442
8 New Construction 22,144
9 Windows & Doors 17,777
10 Structural 16,491
11 Addition 14,906
12 Solar 14,861

Average project value by trade

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

TradeAvg. project value
New Construction$1,158,863
Electrical$692,275
Structural$372,253
Interior Renovation$342,599
HVAC$191,407
Addition$160,187
Demolition$139,136
Methodology. Figures are drawn from PermitGrab's live ingestion of official municipal building-permit feeds across 1518 US cities, covering the trailing 90 days through July 25, 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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