United States Building Permits

Last Release

Oct 31, 2024

Actual

1,416

Units In

Thousand

1,425

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

N/A

Time to Release

N/A

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
2,419 Dec 1972	513 Mar 2009	1,371.19 Thousand	1960-2024	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 0.6% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.416 million in October 2024, below market expectations of 1.43 million. Approvals of units in buildings with five units or more tumbled by 3% to a rate of 393 thousand and single-family authorizations went up by 0.5% to 968 thousand. Across different US regions, there were decreases in permits in the Midwest (-4% to 193 thousand), the South (-1.8% to 752 thousand), and the West (-1.2% to 327 thousand), while increases were reported in the Northeast (13.4% to 144 thousand).