Building permit data
AvailableOcean County, New Jersey building permits
249,346 permits from Ocean County’s building department since 1993 — type, status, job value, contractor, dates and parcel id. Full history for $500, or the past 12 months for $75/mo.
- Permits
- 249,346
- Permit history
- 1993–2026
- Past 12 months
- 29,684
- Last collected
- Oct 20, 2026
Permits by year
By issue date (application date where no issue date), 2012–2026.
020K40K
39.5K
201220152018202120242026*
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| Year | Permits |
|---|---|
| 2012 | 1,966 |
| 2013 | 2,728 |
| 2014 | 2,422 |
| 2015 | 2,399 |
| 2016 | 1,546 |
| 2017 | 1,955 |
| 2018 | 1,806 |
| 2019 | 2,557 |
| 2020 | 4,719 |
| 2021 | 28,390 |
| 2022 | 37,749 |
| 2023 | 38,672 |
| 2024 | 39,549 |
| 2025 | 37,918 |
| 2026 (YTD) | 22,441 |
Most common permit types
As the department classifies them.
- 06197.7K
- 0420.1K
- Construction Permit16.2K
- 057.4K
- 135.4K
- Construction Permit Update2.8K
Field coverage
Share of records with each column populated.
- Permit numberpermit_number100%
- Permit typepermit_type100%
- Work descriptionwork_description8%
- Statuspermit_status100%
- Application dateapplication_date8%
- Issue dateissue_date92%
- Completion datecomplete_date6%
- Expiration dateexpiration_date0%
- Site addressaddress8%
- Parcel identifierparcel_id100%
- Job valuevaluation88%
- Contractorcontractor0%
Parcel identifier kinds
- Parcel number 230.6K
- Address only 18.8K
Sample records
8 real records from the file — its fullest, newest first.
| Permit # | Type | Work description | Status | Applied | Address | Parcel ID | ID kind | Contractor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99017 | Construction Permit | SOLAR INSTALLATION | Closed | Aug 19, 2015 | 234 PORT ROYAL DR | 234 PORT ROYAL DR | Address only | RELIABLE POWER SERVICES INC. |
| 97823 | Construction Permit | DECK ELEVATE SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING FOOTING/FOUNDATION RENOVATION Elevate Single Family Dwelling new foundation new deck,landings and steps. | Closed | May 29, 2015 | 113 MAGNOLIA LN | 113 MAGNOLIA LN | Address only | SHORE HOUSE LIFTERS |
| 97496 | Construction Permit | IN-GROUND SWIMMING POOL HOT TUB | Closed | May 11, 2015 | 155 CEDAR RUN RD | 155 CEDAR RUN RD | Address only | Kline Brothers Pool & Landscaping |
| 93545 | Construction Permit | * | Closed | Jun 9, 2014 | 215 BUTLER BLVD | 215 BUTLER BLVD | Address only | COMPLETE CONSTRUCTION |
| 82681 | Construction Permit | REPLACE ELECTRIC REMOVED TO REPLACE BULKHEAD | Closed | Jun 2, 2011 | 120 HARBOR INN RD | 120 HARBOR INN RD | Address only | DYNASTY ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS |
| 46132 | Construction Permit | Demo Front Awning | Closed | Feb 26, 2003 | 24 TIVOLI ST | 24 TIVOLI ST | Address only | JEFFERS ALUMINUM |
| 32857 | Construction Permit | SEASON ROOM | Closed | Apr 26, 1999 | 130 RODHOS STREET | 130 RODHOS STREET | Address only | ROBERT JEFFERS (SCREEN ROOMS) |
| 99510 | Construction Permit | DECK DECK 16 FT X 16 FT X 4 FT | Closed | Oct 8, 2015 | 21 FOXMOOR LANE | 21 FOXMOOR LANE | Address only | — |
Sources
Collected from 6 datasets published by Ocean County.
- Unnamed layernj dca · historical archive35,037 rows
- Unnamed layernj dca · historical archive27,074 rows
- Unnamed layernj dca · historical archive26,022 rows
- Unnamed layernj dca · historical archive24,531 rows
- FastTrackGov (Mitchell Humphrey/tripleview) citizen permit inquiryother portal19,250 rows
- Unnamed layernj dca · historical archive17,768 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.