Building permit data
AvailableFairfax County, Virginia building permits
141,209 permits from Fairfax County’s building department since 2008 — type, status, job value, contractor, dates and parcel id. Full history for $500, or the past 12 months for $75/mo.
- Permits
- 141,209
- Permit history
- 2008–2026
- Past 12 months
- 22,697
- Last collected
- Oct 19, 2026
Permits by year
By issue date (application date where no issue date), 2012–2026.
012.5K25K
20.3K
201220152018202120242026*
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| Year | Permits |
|---|---|
| 2012 | 2,162 |
| 2013 | 2,440 |
| 2014 | 2,454 |
| 2015 | 3,694 |
| 2016 | 3,757 |
| 2017 | 4,020 |
| 2018 | 4,918 |
| 2019 | 11,689 |
| 2020 | 12,538 |
| 2021 | 14,605 |
| 2022 | 13,314 |
| 2023 | 11,964 |
| 2024 | 13,014 |
| 2025 | 13,820 |
| 2026 (YTD) | 20,306 |
Field coverage
Share of records with each column populated.
- Permit numberpermit_number100%
- Permit typepermit_type0%
- Work descriptionwork_description63%
- Statuspermit_status50%
- Application dateapplication_date100%
- Issue dateissue_date90%
- Completion datecomplete_date85%
- Expiration dateexpiration_date0%
- Site addressaddress50%
- Parcel identifierparcel_id100%
- Job valuevaluation0%
- Contractorcontractor0%
Parcel identifier kinds
- Parcel number 141.2K
- None 1
Sample records
8 real records from the file — its fullest, newest first.
| Permit # | Work description | Status | Applied | Issued | Address | Parcel ID | ID kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALTC-2026-00907 | SPEC SUITE #102 | 10/2/2026 12:00:00 AM | Oct 18, 2026 | Oct 2, 2026 | 12700 SUNRISE VALLEY DR | 0164 26 0001 | Parcel number |
| ALTC-2026-00908 | OWNER | 10/2/2026 12:00:00 AM | Oct 18, 2026 | Oct 2, 2026 | 12700 SUNRISE VALLEY DR | 0164 26 0001 | Parcel number |
| ALTC-2024-01101 | Jummah Bakery | 9/28/2026 12:00:00 AM | Oct 18, 2026 | Sep 11, 2026 | 6351 ROLLING RD | 0793 01 0007 | Parcel number |
| ALTR-2026-02736 | Fletcher - Screened Enclosure | 10/12/2026 12:00:00 AM | Oct 18, 2026 | Sep 9, 2026 | 1320 FORTY OAKS DR | 0054 04 0001 | Parcel number |
| ALTR-2026-02463 | 5310 Sammie Kay Ln. DECK | 9/9/2026 12:00:00 AM | Oct 18, 2026 | Aug 25, 2026 | 5310 SAMMIE KAY LN | 0553 18 0006 | Parcel number |
| ALTR-2026-00676 | SCREENED IN PORCH | 9/16/2026 12:00:00 AM | Oct 18, 2026 | Aug 24, 2026 | 2114 TYSONS EXECUTIVE CT | 0392 48 0014 | Parcel number |
| ALTR-2026-02865 | Fraser Porch & Deck Project | 9/28/2026 12:00:00 AM | Oct 18, 2026 | Aug 21, 2026 | 620 JOHN MARSHALL DR | 0381 06 0049 | Parcel number |
| ALTC-2026-00936 | VANTAGE HILL - LOT 1 - GARAGE TO SALES OFFICE CONVERSION | 8/24/2026 12:00:00 AM | Oct 18, 2026 | Aug 20, 2026 | 11663 VANTAGE HILL RD | 0172 47 0001 | Parcel number |
Sources
Collected from 2 datasets published by Fairfax County.
- Building Records PLUS (polygon)ArcGIS feature layer · historical archive141,209 rows
- Building Records PLUS - hub export (also geojson/excel/shapefile/kml/gdb variants)Published data file · historical archive141,209 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.