How do I look up a building permit in Ohio?

Building permits in Ohio are public records filed with each city or county building department. PermitGrab tracks 6 Ohio cities and republishes the records — pick your city below to browse permits by address, contractor, type and value, free.

Are building permits public record in Ohio?

Yes. Building permits are public records in Ohio. Cities publish them through open-data portals and permit systems; PermitGrab aggregates the official feeds and updates them daily.

How many building permits were filed in Ohio recently?

Across the 6 Ohio cities PermitGrab tracks, 10,240 permits were filed in the last 30 days, out of 36,962 on record.

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Ohio Building Permit Lookup — Free

Building permits are public record. PermitGrab tracks 6 Ohio cities with live data pulled from official city permit systems — browse by address, contractor, permit type and value. No signup needed to look.

36,962

Permits on record

10,240

Filed last 30 days

Cities covered

City	Last 30 days	On record	Newest permit	Status
Columbus, OH	4,061	12,060	—	no recent data
Cleveland, OH	3,542	9,700	—	no recent data
Cincinnati, OH	877	6,223	2026-07-30	this week
Cincinnati, OH	877	6,018	2026-07-30	this week
Dayton, OH	550	2,192	2026-07-31	this week
Kettering, OH	333	769	2026-08-02	fresh — under 24h

How to look up a building permit in Ohio

Pick the city where the property sits — permits are filed with the local building department, not the state. Use the table above for any of the 6 Ohio cities we cover.
Search by address or contractor. Each city page lists recent permits with the address, permit type, declared value, status and (where the city publishes it) the contractor of record.
Click any record to expand the full details — project description, property owner, contact info, and related permit history at that address.

PermitGrab refreshes Ohio permit data daily from official municipal feeds. If your city isn't listed, the building department may not publish a public data feed yet.

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