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Building permits: United States

216,904 building permit applications and issued permits – on a map and as a list. Source: Municipal open data (selected cities). Last updated 2026-10-14.

Plus 12,345 energy projects (wind, solar and more). Data centre projects: 1,369.

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Cities and municipalities

• Los Angeles50,791
• New York – Manhattan41,438
• New York – Brooklyn27,290
• Chicago25,128
• New York – Queens19,249
• New York – Bronx10,733
• Austin9,739
• Seattle6,936
• New York – Staten Island5,906
• Raleigh4,711
• Durham4,162
• Greensboro2,926

States

Coverage is not yet complete – we add new US cities and counties continuously. Individual permits are currently available in 14 states (Arizona, California, Florida, Illinois, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, North Carolina, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, Washington). For all 50 states + DC we show official U.S. Census Building Permits Survey aggregates.

• AlabamaCensus aggregates
• AlaskaCensus aggregates
• Arizona4,171 permits
• ArkansasCensus aggregates
• California56,872 permits
• ColoradoCensus aggregates
• ConnecticutCensus aggregates
• DelawareCensus aggregates
• District of ColumbiaCensus aggregates
• FloridaCensus aggregates
• GeorgiaCensus aggregates
• HawaiiCensus aggregates
• IdahoCensus aggregates
• Illinois25,128 permits
• IndianaCensus aggregates
• IowaCensus aggregates
• KansasCensus aggregates
• KentuckyCensus aggregates
• Louisiana19,384 permits
• MaineCensus aggregates
• Maryland6,782 permits
• Massachusetts924 permits
• MichiganCensus aggregates
• MinnesotaCensus aggregates
• MississippiCensus aggregates
• MissouriCensus aggregates
• MontanaCensus aggregates
• NebraskaCensus aggregates
• NevadaCensus aggregates
• New HampshireCensus aggregates
• New JerseyCensus aggregates
• New MexicoCensus aggregates
• New York104,616 permits
• North Carolina19,619 permits
• North DakotaCensus aggregates
• Ohio8,480 permits
• OklahomaCensus aggregates
• OregonCensus aggregates
• PennsylvaniaCensus aggregates
• Rhode IslandCensus aggregates
• South CarolinaCensus aggregates
• South DakotaCensus aggregates
• TennesseeCensus aggregates
• Texas30,124 permits
• UtahCensus aggregates
• VermontCensus aggregates
• Virginia12,435 permits
• Washington18,263 permits
• West VirginiaCensus aggregates
• WisconsinCensus aggregates
• WyomingCensus aggregates