State of City building permits (Chicago, Seattle, Austin): October 2026

Aggregates computed from our own pull of the actor output. This is a 60-record sample pull, not a census of the source, so read it as a snapshot of recent records rather than a market total.

60 records pulled 2026-10-13; issueDate runs 2026-10-08 to 2026-10-12.
valuation (in 42 rows): min 0, median 11,843, max 69,876,675, total 75,199,464.

Top values of permitType (records)

Valuerecords
EXPRESS PERMIT PROGRAM20
Mechanical Permit16
Building - Addition/Alteration12
Building - New4
Roof3
Building Permit2
Demolition1
Plumbing Permit1

Top values of city (records)

Valuerecords
Chicago20
Seattle20
Austin20

Top values of status (records)

Valuerecords
ACTIVE20
Issued20
Active20

Earlier months

MonthRecordsNewest record
2026-10602026-10-12

Raw data: dataset page | JSON | machine-readable stats: data/building-permits-leads.json. Source actor: building-permits-leads on the Apify Store.

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