United States Building Permits

Last Release

Aug 31, 2025

Actual

1,330

Units In

Thousand

1,362

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

N/A

Time to Release

N/A

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
2,419 Dec 1972	513 Mar 2009	1,371.93 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

US building permits edged down 0.3% in October 2025 to a seasonally adjusted annualized rate of 1.411 million, broadly in line with the preliminary estimate of 1.412 million and slightly below September’s 1.415 million. Single-family permits fell 0.2% to 878,000, while permits for buildings with five or more units also declined 0.2% to 478,000. Regionally, permits dropped in the South (-3.6% to 729,000) and the Midwest (-2.5% to 198,000), remained unchanged in the Northeast (147,000), but surged 9.1% in the West to 337,000.