Building permit data
AvailableSomerset County, New Jersey building permits
135,311 permits from Somerset County’s building department since 1992 — type, status, job value, contractor, dates and parcel id. Full history for $500, or the past 12 months for $75/mo.
- Permits
- 135,311
- Permit history
- 1992–2026
- Past 12 months
- 16,610
- Last collected
- Oct 20, 2026
Permits by year
By issue date (application date where no issue date), 2012–2026.
012.5K25K
23.5K
201220152018202120242026*
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| Year | Permits |
|---|---|
| 2012 | 564 |
| 2013 | 615 |
| 2014 | 543 |
| 2015 | 566 |
| 2016 | 694 |
| 2017 | 918 |
| 2018 | 1,136 |
| 2019 | 1,721 |
| 2020 | 3,011 |
| 2021 | 18,409 |
| 2022 | 23,496 |
| 2023 | 23,218 |
| 2024 | 21,967 |
| 2025 | 21,675 |
| 2026 (YTD) | 12,012 |
Most common permit types
As the department classifies them.
- 06126.7K
- 133.4K
- 043.2K
- 051.9K
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 valuevaluation97%
- Contractorcontractor0%
Parcel identifier kinds
- Parcel number 135.3K
Sample records
8 real records from the file — its fullest, newest first.
| Permit # | Type | Status | Issued | Parcel ID | ID kind | Job value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10011511 | 06 | P | Aug 6, 2026 | 1816-1.01-00025 | Parcel number | $4,300 |
| 10011529 | 06 | P | Aug 5, 2026 | 1816-00042-00012 | Parcel number | $8,600 |
| 10011515 | 06 | P | Aug 5, 2026 | 1816-116.01-00027 | Parcel number | $3,391 |
| 10011516 | 06 | P | Aug 5, 2026 | 1816-1.02-00008 | Parcel number | $2,165 |
| 00002232 | 06 | P | Aug 5, 2026 | 1807-00003-00023 | Parcel number | $1,000 |
| 10011537 | 06 | P | Aug 4, 2026 | 1816-00096-00018 | Parcel number | $6,000 |
| 30024755 | 06 | P | Aug 4, 2026 | 1820-00014-23.02 | Parcel number | $2,300 |
| 30024779 | 06 | P | Aug 4, 2026 | 1820-00200-00001 | Parcel number | $495 |
Sources
Collected from 6 datasets published by Somerset County.
- Unnamed layernj dca · historical archive25,516 rows
- Unnamed layernj dca · historical archive18,432 rows
- Unnamed layernj dca · historical archive17,563 rows
- Unnamed layernj dca · historical archive13,631 rows
- Unnamed layernj dca · historical archive10,036 rows
- Unnamed layernj dca · historical archive9,850 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.