Building permit data
AvailableEssex County, New Jersey building permits
156,663 permits from Essex 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
- 156,663
- Permit history
- 1990–2026
- Past 12 months
- 16,381
- Last collected
- Oct 20, 2026
Permits by year
By issue date (application date where no issue date), 2012–2026.
015K30K
28.8K
201220152018202120242026*
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| Year | Permits |
|---|---|
| 2012 | 512 |
| 2013 | 575 |
| 2014 | 623 |
| 2015 | 767 |
| 2016 | 944 |
| 2017 | 1,747 |
| 2018 | 2,272 |
| 2019 | 2,773 |
| 2020 | 3,846 |
| 2021 | 21,695 |
| 2022 | 28,791 |
| 2023 | 25,513 |
| 2024 | 23,150 |
| 2025 | 22,228 |
| 2026 (YTD) | 12,392 |
Most common permit types
As the department classifies them.
- 06137.9K
- 1311.1K
- 044.1K
- 053.5K
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 valuevaluation99%
- Contractorcontractor0%
Parcel identifier kinds
- Parcel number 156.7K
Sample records
8 real records from the file — its fullest, newest first.
| Permit # | Type | Status | Issued | Parcel ID | ID kind | Job value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00044712 | 06 | P | Aug 6, 2026 | 0712-03402-00007 | Parcel number | $5,000 |
| 00044693 | 06 | P | Aug 6, 2026 | 0712-01207-00040 | Parcel number | $8,000 |
| 00044700 | 06 | P | Aug 6, 2026 | 0712-03602-00004 | Parcel number | $22,000 |
| 00044880 | 06 | P | Aug 6, 2026 | 0712-03504-00004 | Parcel number | $8,300 |
| 00044699 | 06 | P | Aug 5, 2026 | 0712-02503-00010 | Parcel number | $65,000 |
| 00044702 | 06 | P | Aug 5, 2026 | 0712-02603-00010 | Parcel number | $8,000 |
| 00044688 | 06 | P | Aug 5, 2026 | 0712-04505-00007 | Parcel number | $10,000 |
| 00044689 | 06 | P | Aug 5, 2026 | 0712-00501-00023 | Parcel number | $1,200 |
Sources
Collected from 6 datasets published by Essex County.
- Unnamed layernj dca · historical archive21,260 rows
- Unnamed layernj dca · historical archive15,474 rows
- Unnamed layernj dca · historical archive15,267 rows
- Unnamed layernj dca · historical archive12,725 rows
- Unnamed layernj dca · historical archive11,523 rows
- Unnamed layernj dca · historical archive11,147 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.