Building permit data
AvailableVirginia Beach city, Virginia building permits
216,430 permits from Virginia Beach city’s building department since 2019 — type, status, job value, contractor, dates and parcel id. Full history for $500, or the past 12 months for $75/mo.
- Permits
- 216,430
- Permit history
- 2019–2026
- Past 12 months
- 29,496
- Last collected
- Oct 19, 2026
Permits by year
By issue date (application date where no issue date), 2019–2026.
015K30K
28.9K
20192021202320252026*
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| Year | Permits |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 27,139 |
| 2020 | 25,394 |
| 2021 | 26,471 |
| 2022 | 27,668 |
| 2023 | 27,137 |
| 2024 | 27,840 |
| 2025 | 28,900 |
| 2026 (YTD) | 24,048 |
Most common permit types
As the department classifies them.
- Addition and or Alteration41.6K
- Electrical19.3K
- Mechanical16.7K
- Plumbing12.6K
- Moving and Hauling12.2K
- Utility7.4K
Field coverage
Share of records with each column populated.
- Permit numberpermit_number100%
- Permit typepermit_type50%
- Work descriptionwork_description84%
- Statuspermit_status35%
- Application dateapplication_date35%
- Issue dateissue_date98%
- Completion datecomplete_date72%
- Expiration dateexpiration_date0%
- Site addressaddress31%
- Parcel identifierparcel_id96%
- Job valuevaluation0%
- Contractorcontractor0%
Parcel identifier kinds
- Parcel number 204.2K
- None 11.9K
- Address only 5K
Sample records
8 real records from the file — its fullest, newest first.
| Permit # | Type | Work description | Status | Applied | Issued | Address | Parcel ID | ID kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-PLBR-26435 | Plumbing | exterior water service line spot repair at meter box | Final | Oct 7, 2026 | Oct 8, 2026 | 1096 CASANOVA DR | 24156001460000 | Parcel number |
| 2026-PLBR-26410 | Plumbing | exterior water service line repair/replacement digging required | Final | Oct 7, 2026 | Oct 8, 2026 | 1300 MOZART DR | 24153032960000 | Parcel number |
| 2026-BDRA-20765 | Addition and or Alteration | POOL BARRIER REPLACEMENT - **POOL FENCE BARRIER SHALL MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE 2021 ISPSC SECTION 305.6 - ALARMS REQUIRED WHEN BUILDING IS A PART OF THE BA | Final | Aug 4, 2026 | Oct 8, 2026 | 1528 BAY SHORE DR | 24192112860000 | Parcel number |
| 2026-GASR-26437 | Gas | RUNNING A 2PSI GAS LINE FOR POOL HEATER FURTURE USE, ONLY RUNNING GAS LINE DUE TO UNDERGROUND AND DRIVEWAY, WILL BE ADDING POOL HEATER OUTLET ONCE ZONING APPPR | Final | Oct 7, 2026 | Oct 7, 2026 | 1308 MEADOW LAKE RD | 24080638640000 | Parcel number |
| 2026-MECR-26304 | Mechanical | Install One Bathroom Exhaust Fan | Final | Oct 6, 2026 | Oct 7, 2026 | 104 DOGWOOD RD | 24186558400000 | Parcel number |
| 2026-PLBR-26338 | Plumbing | Installation of a (1) 40 gallon natural gas water heater (40,000 BTU) in the attic | Final | Oct 6, 2026 | Oct 7, 2026 | 1404 SIENA CT | 24049675760004 | Parcel number |
| 2026-PLBR-26360 | Plumbing | exterior water service line repair/ replacement | Final | Oct 7, 2026 | Oct 7, 2026 | 3848 FRAZIER LN | 14853103520000 | Parcel number |
| 2026-ELER-26312 | Electrical | Panel rejuvenation - breaker changes due to house fire. | Final | Oct 6, 2026 | Oct 7, 2026 | 106 DOGWOOD RD | 24186527940000 | Parcel number |
Sources
Collected from 2 datasets published by Virginia Beach city.
- Building Permits (point layer joined to parcel addresses)ArcGIS feature layer · historical archive202,601 rows
- Building_Permits_Applications (hosted feature layer view)ArcGIS feature layer109,564 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.