Building permit data
AvailableRoanoke city, Virginia building permits
235,067 permits from Roanoke city’s building department since 2012 — type, status, job value, contractor, dates and parcel id. Full history for $250, or the past 12 months for $45/mo.
- Permits
- 235,067
- Permit history
- 2012–2026
- Past 12 months
- 31,219
- Last collected
- Oct 19, 2026
Permits by year
By issue date (application date where no issue date), 2012–2026.
020K40K
30.9K
201220152018202120242026*
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| Year | Permits |
|---|---|
| 2012 | 368 |
| 2013 | 696 |
| 2014 | 552 |
| 2015 | 932 |
| 2016 | 1,670 |
| 2017 | 3,070 |
| 2018 | 9,889 |
| 2019 | 25,663 |
| 2020 | 23,573 |
| 2021 | 24,432 |
| 2022 | 28,369 |
| 2023 | 28,716 |
| 2024 | 30,885 |
| 2025 | 30,610 |
| 2026 (YTD) | 25,602 |
Field coverage
Share of records with each column populated.
- Permit numberpermit_number100%
- Permit typepermit_type0%
- Work descriptionwork_description0%
- Statuspermit_status100%
- Application dateapplication_date0%
- Issue dateissue_date100%
- Completion datecomplete_date0%
- Expiration dateexpiration_date0%
- Site addressaddress0%
- Parcel identifierparcel_id100%
- Job valuevaluation94%
- Contractorcontractor0%
Parcel identifier kinds
- Parcel number 235.1K
Sample records
8 real records from the file — its fullest, newest first.
| Permit # | Status | Issued | Parcel ID | ID kind | Job value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BD26003643001B001 | 1792234260000 | Oct 17, 2026 | 131260392471 | Parcel number | $20,000 |
| BD26023573001BR001 | 1792236780000 | Oct 17, 2026 | 140020020510 | Parcel number | $16,000 |
| BD26019744001P001 | 1792241160000 | Oct 17, 2026 | 132301120001 | Parcel number | $5,000 |
| BD22009545018B001 | 1792247880000 | Oct 17, 2026 | 141170020190 | Parcel number | $10,000 |
| BD24021106001MA001 | 1792214040000 | Oct 17, 2026 | 141040000290 | Parcel number | $2,400 |
| BD25020085001P001 | 1792223880000 | Oct 17, 2026 | 141100140540 | Parcel number | $1,500 |
| BD24028737001B001 | 1792242900000 | Oct 17, 2026 | 131140150150 | Parcel number | $165,600 |
| BD22030590044E001 | 1792155000000 | Oct 16, 2026 | 131250480390 | Parcel number | $100 |
Sources
Collected from one dataset published by Roanoke city.
- Building_Permits_Since_2014ArcGIS feature layer · historical archive235,067 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.