Government & planning

Building permit datafor government & planning

Housing production, permit timelines and construction value across jurisdictions: 591 building departments in one schema.

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Aerial view of a residential neighborhood of single-family homes and tree-lined streets — Lincoln Park, Greenville, NC · Photo: City of Greenville

Building permits: 4.9M
Building departments: 591
Permit history: Since 1963
Update cadence: Monthly

Benchmark across jurisdictions

Every department publishes differently. The files put them on the same columns, so neighbors can be compared directly.

One schema

Every department’s permits normalized to the same columns.

Timelines

Application-to-issue time by permit type and department.

Housing production

New units by type, county and year.

Permits planning departments track

New single-family

Units by county and month.

Multifamily

Projects and their construction value.

Permit timelines

Days from application to issue.

Construction value

Regional totals by permit type.

Demolitions

Units lost alongside units added.

Regional comparisons

Neighboring departments side by side.

What every file holds

4.9M permits from 591 building departments, in one schema.

Data dictionary Pricing

The same columns for every department: Permit number, type, work description, status, application, issue and completion dates, job value, contractor, site address and parcel ID.
Full history, or the past 12 months monthly: A county’s full history is $250–$500 once; a fresh 12-month file every month is $45–$75/mo. Statewide files and nationwide licensing too.
Joins to parcels: 99% of permits carry the county’s parcel ID, for joins to assessor rolls and parcel boundaries.
CSV, Excel or Parquet: Chosen per order, one file per county or state.

Common questions

Can we compare our department with our neighbors?

Yes. Buy the neighboring counties, or the statewide file, and every department arrives in the same columns.

Which departments are covered?

The coverage pages list every county with its permit count, years of history and sources, including New Jersey’s municipal departments.

What formats do files come in?

CSV, Excel or Parquet, chosen per order.

How is it priced?

Counties are $250–$500 for the full history or $45–$75/mo for monthly updates, by county size. Statewide files are priced on permit count and never cost more than their counties combined. Every county and state page shows its exact price.

Compare your region on one schema

Statewide files for regional work; nationwide through sales.

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