Monthly Chicago Building Permit Reports
Explore work categories, reported job estimates and supporting records by issue / ready month.
These reports describe the retained collection. They are not complete city totals, unique project counts or measures of construction starts. Partial months are identified in each report.
Available months
- November 2026 Chicago permit activity · 4 work permits
- October 2026 Chicago permit activity · 2562 work permits
- September 2026 Chicago permit activity · 2938 work permits
- August 2026 Chicago permit activity · 2827 work permits
- July 2026 Chicago permit activity · 2270 work permits
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