Building permit data
AvailableCape May County, New Jersey building permits
57,444 permits from Cape May County’s building department since 1991 — type, status, job value, contractor, dates and parcel id. Full history for $500, or the past 12 months for $75/mo.
- Permits
- 57,444
- Permit history
- 1991–2026
- Past 12 months
- 7,097
- Last collected
- Oct 20, 2026
Permits by year
By issue date (application date where no issue date), 2012–2026.
07.5K15K
11.4K
201220152018202120242026*
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| Year | Permits |
|---|---|
| 2012 | 62 |
| 2013 | 322 |
| 2014 | 68 |
| 2015 | 96 |
| 2016 | 96 |
| 2017 | 133 |
| 2018 | 213 |
| 2019 | 354 |
| 2020 | 703 |
| 2021 | 6,147 |
| 2022 | 10,317 |
| 2023 | 11,436 |
| 2024 | 10,329 |
| 2025 | 10,533 |
| 2026 (YTD) | 5,381 |
Most common permit types
As the department classifies them.
- 0646.5K
- 046.3K
- 132.6K
- 052.1K
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 57.4K
Sample records
8 real records from the file — its fullest, newest first.
| Permit # | Type | Status | Issued | Parcel ID | ID kind | Job value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10001190 | 06 | P | Aug 4, 2026 | 0511-00453-00191 | Parcel number | $100 |
| 10001205 | 06 | P | Aug 4, 2026 | 0511-00479-00086 | Parcel number | $9,500 |
| 10001189 | 06 | P | Aug 4, 2026 | 0511-00599-00016 | Parcel number | $600 |
| 10001207 | 06 | P | Aug 4, 2026 | 0511-00567-00037 | Parcel number | $5,560 |
| 10001191 | 06 | P | Aug 3, 2026 | 0511-453.10-00009 | Parcel number | $850 |
| 10001197 | 06 | P | Aug 3, 2026 | 0511-00567-00027 | Parcel number | $4,800 |
| 20001311 | 06 | P | Aug 3, 2026 | 0507-00033-00006 | Parcel number | $3,950 |
| 10003822 | 06 | P | Aug 3, 2026 | 0505-00094-00035 | Parcel number | $16,907 |
Sources
Collected from 6 datasets published by Cape May County.
- Unnamed layernj dca · historical archive11,425 rows
- Unnamed layernj dca · historical archive7,759 rows
- Unnamed layernj dca · historical archive6,508 rows
- Unnamed layernj dca · historical archive4,773 rows
- Unnamed layernj dca · historical archive4,372 rows
- Unnamed layernj dca · historical archive4,181 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.