Building permit data
AvailableHunterdon County, New Jersey building permits
56,542 permits from Hunterdon County’s building department since 1988 — type, status, job value, contractor, dates and parcel id. Full history for $250, or the past 12 months for $45/mo.
- Permits
- 56,542
- Permit history
- 1988–2026
- Past 12 months
- 6,637
- Last collected
- Oct 20, 2026
Permits by year
By issue date (application date where no issue date), 2012–2026.
07.5K15K
10.2K
201220152018202120242026*
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| Year | Permits |
|---|---|
| 2012 | 164 |
| 2013 | 218 |
| 2014 | 257 |
| 2015 | 290 |
| 2016 | 321 |
| 2017 | 398 |
| 2018 | 468 |
| 2019 | 735 |
| 2020 | 1,267 |
| 2021 | 7,669 |
| 2022 | 10,154 |
| 2023 | 8,746 |
| 2024 | 9,153 |
| 2025 | 9,261 |
| 2026 (YTD) | 4,936 |
Most common permit types
As the department classifies them.
- 0650.4K
- 132.6K
- 042.1K
- 051.5K
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 56.5K
Sample records
8 real records from the file — its fullest, newest first.
| Permit # | Type | Status | Issued | Parcel ID | ID kind | Job value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00007423 | 06 | P | Aug 7, 2026 | 1025-00024-00002 | Parcel number | $14,539 |
| 00007403 | 06 | P | Aug 7, 2026 | 1025-00022-03108 | Parcel number | $50 |
| 10002773 | 06 | P | Aug 7, 2026 | 1012-00001-00008 | Parcel number | $12,993 |
| 10009951 | 13 | P | Aug 7, 2026 | 1015-00010-00006 | Parcel number | $2,500 |
| 01001764 | 06 | P | Aug 7, 2026 | 1018-00005-03501 | Parcel number | $13,890 |
| 10009952 | 06 | P | Aug 7, 2026 | 1015-00010-00006 | Parcel number | $4,892 |
| 10008617 | 06 | P | Aug 7, 2026 | 1002-00044-00703 | Parcel number | $12,000 |
| 10008615 | 06 | P | Aug 7, 2026 | 1002-00025-00001 | Parcel number | $8,000 |
Sources
Collected from 6 datasets published by Hunterdon County.
- Unnamed layernj dca · historical archive11,381 rows
- Unnamed layernj dca · historical archive8,366 rows
- Unnamed layernj dca · historical archive5,363 rows
- Unnamed layernj dca · historical archive3,428 rows
- Unnamed layernj dca · historical archive2,640 rows
- Unnamed layernj dca · historical archive2,617 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.