Chicago New Construction Permits
Every new construction permit filed in Chicago, IL, refreshed daily — the projects debris-box operators and excavation, concrete, framing, and roofing contractors want to reach before the owner starts collecting bids.
Chicago has been filing about 19 new construction permits a week over the 16 days on record. Half of them declare between $7,000 and $710,581 of work.
What's being built in Chicago, IL
- New construction49
Most recent filings
- New construction $50k-$100k 2 days ago
- New construction Under $25k 2 days ago
- New construction $250k-$500k 3 days ago
- New construction Under $25k 3 days ago
- New construction Under $25k 3 days ago
- New construction $25k-$50k 4 days ago
- New construction Under $25k 5 days ago
- New construction $500k-$1M 8 days ago
Addresses, full scope, and the contractor named on each permit are unlocked with a subscription.
Get these Chicago, IL permits the day they're filed
PingPermit scores every new building permit in Chicago, IL and delivers the ones worth chasing — address, scope, valuation, and who pulled it — every morning. Roofers, remodelers, and debris-box operators use it to reach the project before the owner starts collecting bids.
Who is building in Chicago, IL
The businesses named on these permits, ranked by how many they have filed recently — what they build and where they work, from the same public records. See Chicago, IL contractors by permits filed.
New Construction permits in other markets
The same trade, filed in the other markets we read — each market's own window, not this one's.
- Seattle, WA — 385 this month
- Nashville, TN — 344 this month
- New York City, NY — 295 filed Sep 30–Oct 1
- Montgomery County, MD — 217 this month
- Philadelphia, PA — 209 filed Sep 24–Oct 2
- Cincinnati, OH — 162 this month
- New Orleans, LA — 121 filed Sep 18–30
- Mesa, AZ — 102 this month
- Austin, TX — 87 filed Sep 3–30
- Louisville, KY — 83 filed Sep 10–Oct 2
- New Construction permits by city — every market we read