United States Building Permits

Last Release

Jan 31, 2025

Actual

1,473

Units In

Thousand

1,482

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

N/A

Time to Release

N/A

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
2,419 Dec 1972	513 Mar 2009	1,371.62 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 0.6% to a seasonally adjusted annualized rate of 1.473 million in January of 2025, against preliminary estimates that they would increase 0.1% to 1.483 million, final data showed. Single-family permits went down by 0.2% to an annualized rate of 994 thousand, while permits for buildings with five or more units dropped by 2.5% to 422 thousand. Among different regions, permits fell in the Northeast (-6.8% to 137 thousand), and the South (-1.1% to 798 thousand). On the other hand, permits increased in the West (1.6% to 314 thousand) and the Midwest (2.3% to 224 thousand).