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 2026-10-04 · Data source: official municipal permit-issuance feeds aggregated by PermitGrab.
Permits filed · last 7 days
39,936
▼ 5.8% vs prior 7 days
Permits filed · last 30 days
166,591
▲ 1.1% vs prior 30 days
Active contractors tracked
216,594
213 US cities + counties
| # | City | Permits (7d) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York City, NY | 3,713 |
| 2 | Miami-Dade County, FL | 1,332 |
| 3 | Raleigh, NC | 1,239 |
| 4 | Memphis, TN | 1,113 |
| 5 | San Diego, CA | 1,033 |
| 6 | Shelby County, TN | 1,028 |
| 7 | Austin, TX | 971 |
| 8 | Columbus, OH | 966 |
| 9 | Philadelphia, PA | 868 |
| 10 | Indianapolis, IN | 810 |
| # | State | Cities | Permits (30d) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FL | 22 | 30,085 |
| 2 | CA | 40 | 26,642 |
| 3 | NY | 3 | 16,810 |
| 4 | TN | 6 | 12,136 |
| 5 | NC | 8 | 9,823 |
| 6 | AZ | 10 | 7,819 |
| 7 | WA | 19 | 7,532 |
| 8 | TX | 14 | 7,288 |
| 9 | OH | 4 | 5,744 |
| 10 | NE | 2 | 4,064 |
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Choose markets for a free 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.