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Prince William County, Virginia building permits

189,116 permits from Prince William County’s building department since 1979 — type, status, job value, contractor, dates and parcel id. Full history for $500, or the past 12 months for $75/mo.

Permits
189,116
Permit history
1979–2026
Past 12 months
24,468
Last collected
Oct 19, 2026

Permits by year

By issue date (application date where no issue date), 2012–2026.

012.5K25K
20.7K
201220152018202120242026*
* 2026 is year to date.
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YearPermits
2012631
2013662
20142,887
20153,858
20161,759
20175,507
20188,525
20195,418
20208,046
20217,842
20227,186
20239,254
202415,475
202517,760
2026 (YTD)20,714

Field coverage

Share of records with each column populated.

  • Permit numberpermit_number100%
  • Permit typepermit_type0%
  • Work descriptionwork_description95%
  • Statuspermit_status0%
  • Application dateapplication_date92%
  • Issue dateissue_date85%
  • Completion datecomplete_date72%
  • Expiration dateexpiration_date18%
  • Site addressaddress100%
  • Parcel identifierparcel_id100%
  • Job valuevaluation0%
  • Contractorcontractor0%

Parcel identifier kinds

  • Parcel number 188.7K
  • None 388
  • Address only 44

Sample records

8 real records from the file — its fullest, newest first.

Permit #Work descriptionAppliedIssuedAddressParcel IDID kind
FOP2027-00177EXXON #28249 / SUNOCO #0711-1198Oct 16, 2026Oct 19, 202614195 MINNIEVILLE RD WOODBRIDGE VA 22193, Woodbridge, VA, 221938192-40-9516Parcel number
FOP2027-00167SANDIA CERAMICSOct 1, 2026Oct 7, 20268022 FLANNERY CT MANASSAS VA 20109, Manassas, VA, 201097597-10-2406Parcel number
FOP2027-00163CIRCLE K / MACS # 60 (7-ELEVEN #40038)Sep 29, 2026Oct 6, 202615701 CARRS BROOKE WAY MANASSAS VA 20112, Manassas, VA, 201128090-48-6613Parcel number
FOP2027-00160BELMONT BAY SHELL # 139515 PERMIT FOR GASOLINEOct 4, 2026Oct 5, 202612871 GORDON BLVD WOODBRIDGE VA 22192, Woodbridge, VA, 221928393-81-5622Parcel number
FOP2027-00158SMITH CROSSING, (RENEWAL1), No issues notedOct 2, 2026Oct 2, 20265770 ARTEMUS RD GAINESVILLE VA 20155, Gainesville, VA, 201557498-25-0890Parcel number
FOP2027-00154GAINESVILLE MARKETPLACESep 1, 2026Sep 29, 20267601 SOMERSET CROSSING DR GAINESVILLE VA 20155, Gainesville, VA, 201557397-02-9168Parcel number
ELE2027-01536To Install 2 Receptacle Inlets 50-amp eachSep 24, 2026Sep 28, 202611008 INSPIRATION POINT PL MANASSAS VA 20112, Manassas, VA, 201127794-56-1105Parcel number
FOP2027-00151DUMFRIES B.P. 17400 JEFFERSON DAVIS HWY DUMFRIES, VIRGINIA PERMIT IS FOR LPGSep 23, 2026Sep 25, 202617400 JEFFERSON DAVIS HWY DUMFRIES VA 22026, Dumfries, VA, 220268289-14-5759Parcel number

Sources

Collected from one dataset published by Prince William County.

  • Prince William County permits (portal listing API)energov css listing189,116 rows
Why rows, not permits?

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.

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