National building-permit volume from 213 official municipal feeds across the United States. Source dates and publishing schedules vary by jurisdiction. Free to view, embed, and cite.
Last updated 2026-08-20 · Data source: official municipal permit-issuance feeds aggregated by PermitGrab.
Permits filed · last 7 days
30,769
▼ 25.6% vs prior 7 days
Permits filed · last 30 days
178,492
▲ 4.7% vs prior 30 days
Active contractors tracked
222,084
213 US cities + counties
| # | City | Permits (7d) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York City, NY | 2,589 |
| 2 | Raleigh, NC | 1,145 |
| 3 | Austin, TX | 953 |
| 4 | San Diego, CA | 927 |
| 5 | Philadelphia, PA | 765 |
| 6 | Lincoln, NE | 753 |
| 7 | Cape Coral, FL | 739 |
| 8 | Fort Lauderdale, FL | 699 |
| 9 | Tampa, FL | 662 |
| 10 | Ocala, FL | 650 |
| # | State | Cities | Permits (30d) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FL | 23 | 31,096 |
| 2 | NY | 3 | 29,589 |
| 3 | CA | 39 | 27,691 |
| 4 | TN | 6 | 9,914 |
| 5 | NC | 8 | 9,482 |
| 6 | TX | 14 | 8,562 |
| 7 | OH | 4 | 7,465 |
| 8 | WA | 19 | 7,016 |
| 9 | AZ | 10 | 6,433 |
| 10 | NE | 2 | 4,172 |
Access covered markets and the contractor contact fields their public sources make available. Source dates and fields vary by city.
Start 14-day trial →Methodology: counts reflect building permits in the current worker-built aggregate from 213 covered city and county feeds. Source publication schedules, record scope, and available fields vary by jurisdiction; each city page shows its own source date and coverage details. Known future-dated source records are excluded from this aggregate. Powered by PermitGrab's official permit aggregation pipeline.