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Richmond city, Virginia building permits

55,068 permits from Richmond city’s building department since 1963 — type, status, job value, contractor, dates and parcel id. Full history for $250, or the past 12 months for $45/mo.

Permits
55,068
Permit history
1963–2026
Past 12 months
10,114
Last collected
Oct 19, 2026

Permits by year

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

07.5K15K
10.1K
201220152018202120242026*
* 2026 is year to date.
View as table
YearPermits
20122,495
2013687
2014636
2015966
2016460
2017675
2018324
2019405
2020284
2021483
2022469
2023650
2024309
2025279
2026 (YTD)10,078

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_date100%
  • Completion datecomplete_date66%
  • Expiration dateexpiration_date42%
  • Site addressaddress92%
  • Parcel identifierparcel_id96%
  • Job valuevaluation0%
  • Contractorcontractor0%

Parcel identifier kinds

  • Parcel number 51.1K
  • None 2.4K
  • Address only 1.6K

Sample records

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

Permit #Work descriptionAppliedIssuedAddressParcel IDID kind
BLDR-125074-2023Creighton Court Redevelopment (Phase 1)Oct 27, 2023Oct 27, 2023{'ATTN': '', 'City': 'Richmond', 'POBox': '', 'IsMain': True, 'Station': '', 'CompSite': '', 'StateName': 'VA', 'PostalCode': '23223', 'RuralRoute': '', 'CountryName': None, 'FullAddress': '2000 Granny Jones Road Richmond VA 23223', 'UnitOrSuite': '', 'Add3275200_E0000955023Parcel number
BLDR-125082-2023Creighton Court Redevelopment (Phase 1)Oct 27, 2023Oct 27, 2023{'ATTN': '', 'City': 'Richmond', 'POBox': '', 'IsMain': True, 'Station': '', 'CompSite': '', 'StateName': 'VA', 'PostalCode': '23223', 'RuralRoute': '', 'CountryName': None, 'FullAddress': '2009 Creighton Road Richmond VA 23223', 'UnitOrSuite': '', 'Addres1043455_E0000955022Parcel number
WISP-120066-2023WanrackJun 23, 2023Aug 7, 2023{'ATTN': '', 'City': 'Richmond', 'POBox': '', 'IsMain': True, 'Station': '', 'CompSite': '', 'StateName': 'VA', 'PostalCode': '23223', 'RuralRoute': '', 'CountryName': None, 'FullAddress': '701 N 35th St Richmond VA 23223', 'UnitOrSuite': '', 'AddressLine10115638_E0001113012Parcel number
WISP-120239-2023WanrackJun 27, 2023Jul 28, 2023{'ATTN': '', 'City': 'Richmond', 'POBox': '', 'IsMain': True, 'Station': '', 'CompSite': '', 'StateName': 'VA', 'PostalCode': '23227', 'RuralRoute': '', 'CountryName': None, 'FullAddress': '900 Westbrook Ave Richmond VA 23227', 'UnitOrSuite': '', 'AddressL0102654_N0170190001Parcel number
WISP-120240-2023WanrackJun 27, 2023Jul 26, 2023{'ATTN': '', 'City': 'Richmond', 'POBox': '', 'IsMain': True, 'Station': '', 'CompSite': '', 'StateName': 'VA', 'PostalCode': '23230', 'RuralRoute': '', 'CountryName': None, 'FullAddress': '2902 N Arthur Ashe Blvd Richmond VA 23230', 'UnitOrSuite': '', 'Ad0007519_N0001605022Parcel number
BLDC-101596-2022Creighton Court Redevelopment (Phase 1)May 2, 2022May 2, 2022{'ATTN': '', 'City': 'Richmond', 'POBox': '', 'IsMain': True, 'Station': '', 'CompSite': '', 'StateName': 'VA', 'PostalCode': '23223', 'RuralRoute': '', 'CountryName': None, 'FullAddress': '2013 Creighton Road Richmond VA 23223', 'UnitOrSuite': '', 'Addres1043459_E0000955001Parcel number
BLDC-085393-2021The SphereMay 18, 2021May 18, 2021{'ATTN': '', 'City': 'Richmond', 'POBox': '', 'IsMain': True, 'Station': '', 'CompSite': '', 'StateName': 'VA', 'PostalCode': '23220', 'RuralRoute': '', 'CountryName': None, 'FullAddress': '2005 Brook Road Richmond VA 23220', 'UnitOrSuite': '', 'AddressLin3150070_N0000530010Parcel number
BLDC-085401-2021The SphereMay 18, 2021May 18, 2021{'ATTN': '', 'City': 'Richmond', 'POBox': '', 'IsMain': True, 'Station': '', 'CompSite': '', 'StateName': 'VA', 'PostalCode': '23220', 'RuralRoute': '', 'CountryName': None, 'FullAddress': '2009 Brook Road Richmond VA 23220', 'UnitOrSuite': '', 'AddressLin2019369_N0000530010Parcel number

Sources

Collected from one dataset published by Richmond city.

  • Richmond city permits (portal listing API)energov css listing55,068 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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