Building permit data
AvailableMorris County, New Jersey building permits
212,468 permits from Morris County’s building department since 1989 — type, status, job value, contractor, dates and parcel id. Full history for $500, or the past 12 months for $75/mo.
- Permits
- 212,468
- Permit history
- 1989–2026
- Past 12 months
- 22,198
- Last collected
- Oct 20, 2026
Permits by year
By issue date (application date where no issue date), 2012–2026.
020K40K
33.3K
201220152018202120242026*
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| Year | Permits |
|---|---|
| 2012 | 1,203 |
| 2013 | 1,250 |
| 2014 | 1,233 |
| 2015 | 1,325 |
| 2016 | 1,476 |
| 2017 | 1,545 |
| 2018 | 1,767 |
| 2019 | 2,327 |
| 2020 | 4,186 |
| 2021 | 26,580 |
| 2022 | 33,296 |
| 2023 | 31,942 |
| 2024 | 30,854 |
| 2025 | 31,398 |
| 2026 (YTD) | 16,322 |
Most common permit types
As the department classifies them.
- 06181.4K
- 1313.8K
- 046.6K
- 055K
Field coverage
Share of records with each column populated.
- Permit numberpermit_number100%
- Permit typepermit_type97%
- Work descriptionwork_description0%
- Statuspermit_status97%
- Application dateapplication_date0%
- Issue dateissue_date97%
- Completion datecomplete_date0%
- Expiration dateexpiration_date0%
- Site addressaddress3%
- Parcel identifierparcel_id100%
- Job valuevaluation96%
- Contractorcontractor0%
Parcel identifier kinds
- Parcel number 212.5K
Sample records
8 real records from the file — its fullest, newest first.
| Permit # | Type | Status | Issued | Parcel ID | ID kind | Job value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 89022220 | 06 | P | Aug 5, 2026 | 1404-00034-00045 | Parcel number | $388,769 |
| 10014787 | 04 | P | Aug 5, 2026 | 1413-51.01-00004 | Parcel number | $13,000 |
| 10014730 | 06 | P | Aug 4, 2026 | 1413-00002-00022 | Parcel number | $11,800 |
| 10014754 | 06 | P | Aug 4, 2026 | 1413-26.03-00002 | Parcel number | $15,000 |
| 10000844 | 06 | P | Aug 4, 2026 | 1403-00017-16.01 | Parcel number | $14,557 |
| 10000843 | 06 | P | Aug 4, 2026 | 1403-00017-16.01 | Parcel number | $308 |
| 10000835 | 06 | P | Aug 4, 2026 | 1403-101.11-00013 | Parcel number | $7,250 |
| 10000826 | 06 | P | Aug 4, 2026 | 1403-00038-00013 | Parcel number | $6,000 |
Sources
Collected from 6 datasets published by Morris County.
- Unnamed layernj dca · historical archive18,722 rows
- Unnamed layernj dca · historical archive14,247 rows
- Unnamed layernj dca · historical archive13,907 rows
- Unnamed layernj dca · historical archive10,111 rows
- Unnamed layernj dca · historical archive10,056 rows
- Unnamed layernj dca · historical archive9,085 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.