Building permit data
AvailableAlexandria city, Virginia building permits
392,702 permits from Alexandria city’s building department since 1990 — type, status, job value, contractor, dates and parcel id. Full history for $250, or the past 12 months for $45/mo.
- Permits
- 392,702
- Permit history
- 1990–2026
- Past 12 months
- 11,898
- Last collected
- Oct 19, 2026
Permits by year
By issue date (application date where no issue date), 2012–2026.
010K20K
19.5K
201220152018202120242026*
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| Year | Permits |
|---|---|
| 2012 | 15,069 |
| 2013 | 19,476 |
| 2014 | 19,196 |
| 2015 | 16,008 |
| 2016 | 19,112 |
| 2017 | 17,955 |
| 2018 | 18,033 |
| 2019 | 9,254 |
| 2020 | 824 |
| 2021 | 179 |
| 2022 | 130 |
| 2023 | 858 |
| 2024 | 2,302 |
| 2025 | 4,829 |
| 2026 (YTD) | 10,953 |
Field coverage
Share of records with each column populated.
- Permit numberpermit_number100%
- Permit typepermit_type0%
- Work descriptionwork_description0%
- Statuspermit_status0%
- Application dateapplication_date100%
- Issue dateissue_date91%
- Completion datecomplete_date20%
- Expiration dateexpiration_date85%
- Site addressaddress97%
- Parcel identifierparcel_id97%
- Job valuevaluation0%
- Contractorcontractor0%
Parcel identifier kinds
- Parcel number 355.3K
- Address only 25.3K
- None 12.1K
Sample records
8 real records from the file — its fullest, newest first.
| Permit # | Work description | Applied | Issued | Address | Parcel ID | ID kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEC2026-00575 | Eisenhower Pointe - 4901 Eisenhower Ave | Jun 22, 2026 | Jun 30, 2026 | {'ATTN': '', 'City': 'ALEXANDRIA', 'POBox': '', 'IsMain': True, 'Station': '', 'CompSite': '', 'StateName': 'VA', 'PostalCode': '22304', 'RuralRoute': '', 'CountryName': None, 'FullAddress': '4976 CUMBERLAND ST ALEXANDRIA VA 22304', 'UnitOrSuite': '', 'Add | 60045410 | Parcel number |
| MEC2026-00571 | Eisenhower Pointe - 4901 Eisenhower Ave | Jun 22, 2026 | Jun 30, 2026 | {'ATTN': '', 'City': 'ALEXANDRIA', 'POBox': '', 'IsMain': True, 'Station': '', 'CompSite': '', 'StateName': 'VA', 'PostalCode': '22304', 'RuralRoute': '', 'CountryName': None, 'FullAddress': '4968 CUMBERLAND ST ALEXANDRIA VA 22304', 'UnitOrSuite': '', 'Add | 60045410 | Parcel number |
| MEC2026-00573 | Eisenhower Pointe - 4901 Eisenhower Ave | Jun 22, 2026 | Jun 30, 2026 | {'ATTN': '', 'City': 'ALEXANDRIA', 'POBox': '', 'IsMain': True, 'Station': '', 'CompSite': '', 'StateName': 'VA', 'PostalCode': '22304', 'RuralRoute': '', 'CountryName': None, 'FullAddress': '4972 CUMBERLAND ST ALEXANDRIA VA 22304', 'UnitOrSuite': '', 'Add | 60045410 | Parcel number |
| MEC2026-00574 | Eisenhower Pointe - 4901 Eisenhower Ave | Jun 22, 2026 | Jun 30, 2026 | {'ATTN': '', 'City': 'ALEXANDRIA', 'POBox': '', 'IsMain': True, 'Station': '', 'CompSite': '', 'StateName': 'VA', 'PostalCode': '22304', 'RuralRoute': '', 'CountryName': None, 'FullAddress': '4974 CUMBERLAND ST ALEXANDRIA VA 22304', 'UnitOrSuite': '', 'Add | 60045410 | Parcel number |
| ELE2026-00889 | Eisenhower Pointe - 4901 Eisenhower Ave | Jun 11, 2026 | Jun 30, 2026 | {'ATTN': '', 'City': 'ALEXANDRIA', 'POBox': '', 'IsMain': True, 'Station': '', 'CompSite': '', 'StateName': 'VA', 'PostalCode': '22304', 'RuralRoute': '', 'CountryName': None, 'FullAddress': '151 REVERE ST ALEXANDRIA VA 22304', 'UnitOrSuite': '', 'AddressL | 60045410 | Parcel number |
| MEC2026-00572 | Eisenhower Pointe - 4901 Eisenhower Ave | Jun 22, 2026 | Jun 30, 2026 | {'ATTN': '', 'City': 'ALEXANDRIA', 'POBox': '', 'IsMain': True, 'Station': '', 'CompSite': '', 'StateName': 'VA', 'PostalCode': '22304', 'RuralRoute': '', 'CountryName': None, 'FullAddress': '4970 CUMBERLAND ST ALEXANDRIA VA 22304', 'UnitOrSuite': '', 'Add | 60045410 | Parcel number |
| MEC2026-00570 | Eisenhower Pointe - 4901 Eisenhower Ave | Jun 22, 2026 | Jun 30, 2026 | {'ATTN': '', 'City': 'ALEXANDRIA', 'POBox': '', 'IsMain': True, 'Station': '', 'CompSite': '', 'StateName': 'VA', 'PostalCode': '22304', 'RuralRoute': '', 'CountryName': None, 'FullAddress': '4966 CUMBERLAND ST ALEXANDRIA VA 22304', 'UnitOrSuite': '', 'Add | 60045410 | Parcel number |
| MEC2026-00569 | Eisenhower Pointe - 4901 Eisenhower Ave | Jun 22, 2026 | Jun 30, 2026 | {'ATTN': '', 'City': 'ALEXANDRIA', 'POBox': '', 'IsMain': True, 'Station': '', 'CompSite': '', 'StateName': 'VA', 'PostalCode': '22304', 'RuralRoute': '', 'CountryName': None, 'FullAddress': '4964 CUMBERLAND ST ALEXANDRIA VA 22304', 'UnitOrSuite': '', 'Add | 60045410 | Parcel number |
Sources
Collected from one dataset published by Alexandria city.
- Alexandria city permits (portal listing API)energov css listing392,714 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.