United States Building Permits

Last Release

Feb 28, 2025

Actual

1,459

Units In

Thousand

1,473

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

N/A

Time to Release

N/A

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
2,419 Dec 1972	513 Mar 2009	1,371.73 Thousand	1960-2025	U.S. Census Bureau

Building Permits refer to the approvals given by a local jurisdictions before the construction of a new or existing building can legally occur. Not all areas of the United States require a permit for construction.

Latest Updates

Building permits in the United States fell by 1% to a seasonally adjusted annualized rate of 1.459 million in February 2025, against preliminary estimates that they would decrease by 1.2% to 1.456 million, final data showed. Permits for buildings with five or more units dropped by 3.8% to 461 thousand, compared to the preliminary estimate of a 4.3% drop, while single-family permits rose by 0.4% to an annualized rate of 998 thousand, contrary to the initial estimate of a 0.2% decrease. Among different regions, permits fell in the Northeast (-15.3% to 116 thousand), and the West (-6.1% to 295 thousand), but increased in the South (1% to 806 thousand) and the Midwest (8% to 242 thousand).