Building permit data
AvailableBergen County, New Jersey building permits
296,244 permits from Bergen County’s building department since 1990 — type, status, job value, contractor, dates and parcel id. Full history for $500, or the past 12 months for $75/mo.
- Permits
- 296,244
- Permit history
- 1990–2026
- Past 12 months
- 31,708
- Last collected
- Oct 20, 2026
Permits by year
By issue date (application date where no issue date), 2012–2026.
030K60K
52.4K
201220152018202120242026*
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| Year | Permits |
|---|---|
| 2012 | 1,783 |
| 2013 | 2,459 |
| 2014 | 2,192 |
| 2015 | 2,594 |
| 2016 | 2,268 |
| 2017 | 2,523 |
| 2018 | 3,138 |
| 2019 | 5,441 |
| 2020 | 6,580 |
| 2021 | 36,380 |
| 2022 | 52,389 |
| 2023 | 46,100 |
| 2024 | 43,998 |
| 2025 | 42,620 |
| 2026 (YTD) | 24,147 |
Most common permit types
As the department classifies them.
- 06267.4K
- 1311K
- 059.3K
- 048.5K
Field coverage
Share of records with each column populated.
- Permit numberpermit_number100%
- Permit typepermit_type100%
- Work descriptionwork_description0%
- Statuspermit_status100%
- Application dateapplication_date0%
- Issue dateissue_date100%
- Completion datecomplete_date0%
- Expiration dateexpiration_date0%
- Site addressaddress0%
- Parcel identifierparcel_id100%
- Job valuevaluation98%
- Contractorcontractor0%
Parcel identifier kinds
- Parcel number 296.2K
Sample records
8 real records from the file — its fullest, newest first.
| Permit # | Type | Status | Issued | Parcel ID | ID kind | Job value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90010159 | 06 | P | Aug 5, 2026 | 0246-07114-00018 | Parcel number | $4,500 |
| 00006930 | 06 | C | Aug 5, 2026 | 0253-01506-00005 | Parcel number | $1,500 |
| 20004584 | 06 | P | Aug 5, 2026 | 0247-01602-00008 | Parcel number | $8,000 |
| 20004585 | 06 | P | Aug 5, 2026 | 0247-01316-00018 | Parcel number | $250 |
| 20004587 | 06 | P | Aug 5, 2026 | 0247-01110-00010 | Parcel number | $15,700 |
| 20004592 | 06 | P | Aug 4, 2026 | 0247-00714-00010 | Parcel number | $9,000 |
| 20004603 | 06 | P | Aug 4, 2026 | 0247-02401-00010 | Parcel number | $24,850 |
| 90010158 | 06 | P | Aug 4, 2026 | 0246-03809-00045 | Parcel number | $800 |
Sources
Collected from 6 datasets published by Bergen County.
- Unnamed layernj dca · historical archive25,255 rows
- Unnamed layernj dca · historical archive15,573 rows
- Unnamed layernj dca · historical archive13,306 rows
- Unnamed layernj dca · historical archive11,485 rows
- Unnamed layernj dca · historical archive9,568 rows
- Unnamed layernj dca · historical archive9,081 rows
Why rows, not permits?Hide
A department can publish the same permit in more than one dataset — a current feed and an archive, or one row per inspection. The permit count above counts each permit number once.