Building Permits in the United States decreased to 1330 Thousand in August from 1362 Thousand in July of 2025. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - United States Building Permits - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

This dataset presents details of buildings works approved in Australia for the 2019-2020 financial year. The data has been aggregated and presented by Local Government Areas (LGA) 2019 boundaries. Statistics of building work approved are compiled from: permits issued by local government authorities and other principal certifying authorities; contracts let or day labour work authorised by commonwealth, state, semi-government and local government authorities; and major building approvals in areas not subject to normal administrative approval e.g. building on remote mine sites. The scope of the collection comprises the following: construction of new buildings; alterations and additions to existing buildings; approved non-structural renovation and refurbishment work; and approved installation of integral building fixtures. The statistics include all approved residential building valued at $10,000 or more and all approved non-residential building valued at $50,000 or more. For more information please visit the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Explanatory Notes. AURIN has spatially enabled the original data from the ABS. The data has been sourced from the July 2020 release.

Provides the number and value of dwelling units approved by sector (public/private) and by state, number and value of new houses, new other residential dwelling units approved by type of building, and the number and value of non-residential building jobs approved by type of building (i.e. by function such as 'retail and wholesale trade', 'offices') and value ranges. State data includes the number of private sector houses approved; number and value of new other residential dwellings by type of building such as flats, units or apartments in a building of one or two storeys; number and value of non-residential building jobs by type of building and sector; and for Greater Capital City Statistical Areas, the total number of dwelling units approved broken down by Houses, Dwellings Excluding Houses and Total Dwelling Units. Seasonally adjusted and trend estimates by state are included for the number of dwelling units and value of building approved. The quarterly value of building approved is shown in chain volume measure terms. Small geographic area data cubes are presented for Statistical Areas Level 2 and Local Government Areas. Small area data cubes will be released in an "Additional information" release five business days after the main publication.

This dataset presents details of buildings works approved in Australia for the 2020-2021 financial year. The data has been aggregated and presented by Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2) 2016 boundaries. Statistics of building work approved are compiled from: permits issued by local government authorities and other principal certifying authorities; contracts let or day labour work authorised by commonwealth, state, semi-government and local government authorities; and major building approvals in areas not subject to normal administrative approval e.g. building on remote mine sites. The scope of the collection comprises the following: construction of new buildings; alterations and additions to existing buildings; approved non-structural renovation and refurbishment work; and approved installation of integral building fixtures. The statistics include all approved residential building valued at $10,000 or more and all approved non-residential building valued at $50,000 or more. For more information please visit the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Explanatory Notes. AURIN has spatially enabled the original data from the ABS. The data has been sourced from the Jan 2022 release.

The monthly Building Approvals (BAPS) collection collects data relating to residential and non-residential building work above certain value limits that have been approved within the reference month. Data from this collection provides timely estimates of future building activity and is an important leading economic indicator. It also provides the sampling framework for the quarterly Building Activity Survey, which is a major contributor to the quarterly National Accounts estimates.

The monthly Building Approvals (BAPS) collection collects data relating to residential and non-residential building work above certain value limits that have been approved within the reference …Show full descriptionThe monthly Building Approvals (BAPS) collection collects data relating to residential and non-residential building work above certain value limits that have been approved within the reference month. Data from this collection provides timely estimates of future building activity and is an important leading economic indicator. It also provides the sampling framework for the quarterly Building Activity Survey, which is a major contributor to the quarterly National Accounts estimates.

This dataset presents number of dwelling units and value of buildings approved annually from 2014–15 to 2022–23 by Local Government Areas (LGA), 2022.

The monthly Building Approvals (BAPS) collection collects data relating to residential and non-residential building work above certain value limits that have been approved within the reference month. Data from this collection is an important leading economic indicator of future building activity. It also provides the sampling framework for the quarterly Building Activity Survey, which is a major contributor to the quarterly National Accounts estimates.

Building Approval statistics are used extensively by both public and private sector organisations to monitor economic activity, employment and investment.

Please note, the Building Approvals data from financial years 2014-15 to 2015-16 was originally published using the 2011 version of the ASGS boundaries. A small number of buildings approved during this period had lower quality address information. This may result in minor deviations from previously published state totals.

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Data and geography references Source data publication: Building Approvals, Australia Geographic boundary information: Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) Edition 3 Further information: Building Approvals, Australia methodology Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)

Building Permits in Bulgaria decreased to 2049 Units in the second quarter of 2025 from 2084 Units in the first quarter of 2025. This dataset provides - Bulgaria Building Permits- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Provides the number and value of dwelling units approved by sector (public/private) and by state, number and value of new houses, new other residential dwelling units approved by type of building, …Show full descriptionProvides the number and value of dwelling units approved by sector (public/private) and by state, number and value of new houses, new other residential dwelling units approved by type of building, and the number and value of non-residential building jobs approved by type of building (i.e. by function such as 'retail and wholesale trade', 'offices') and value ranges. State data includes the number of private sector houses approved; number and value of new other residential dwellings by type of building such as flats, units or apartments in a building of one or two storeys; number and value of non-residential building jobs by type of building and sector; and for Greater Capital City Statistical Areas, the total number of dwelling units approved broken down by Houses, Dwellings Excluding Houses and Total Dwelling Units. Seasonally adjusted and trend estimates by state are included for the number of dwelling units and value of building approved. The quarterly value of building approved is shown in chain volume measure terms. Small geographic area data cubes are presented for Statistical Areas Level 2 and Local Government Areas. Small area data cubes will be released in an "Additional information" release five business days after the main publication.

Short-term business statistics (STS) give information on a wide range of economic activities. All STS data are index data. Additionally, annual absolute values are released for building permits indicators. Percentage changes are also available for each indicator: Infra-annual percentage changes - changes between two consecutive months or quarters - are calculated on the basis of non-adjusted data (prices) or calendar and seasonally adjusted data (volume and value indicators) and year-on-year changes - comparing a period to the same period one year ago - are calculated on the basis of non-adjusted data (prices and employment) or calendar adjusted data (volume and value indicators).

The index data are generally presented in the following forms:

• unadjusted
• calendar adjusted
• calendar and seasonally adjusted.

Depending on the EBS Regulation data are accessible as monthly, quarterly and annual data.

The STS indicators are listed below in five different sectors, reflecting the dissemination of these data in Eurostat’s online database “Eurobase”.

Based on the national data, Eurostat compiles short-term indicators for the EU and euro area. Among these, a list of indicators, called Principal European Economic Indicators (PEEIs) has been identified by key users as being of primary importance for the conduct of monetary and economic policy of the euro area. The PEEIs contributed by STS are marked with * in the text below.

The euro indicators are released through Eurostat's website.

INDUSTRY

• production (volume)*
• turnover: Total, Domestic market and Non-domestic market. A further breakdown of the non-domestic turnover into euro area and non-euro area is available for the euro area countries.
• producer prices (output prices)*: Total, Domestic market and Non-domestic market. A further breakdown of the non-domestic producer prices into euro area and non-euro area is available for the euro area countries.
• import prices*: Total, euro area market, Non euro area market (euro area countries only)
• labour input indicators: Number of employees and self-employed persons, Hours worked by employees, Gross wages and salaries

CONSTRUCTION

• production (volume)*
• building permits indicators*: number of dwellings, square meters of useful floor
• producer (output) prices in construction (if not available, they can be approximated by the construction costs variable)
• labour input indicators: number of employees and self-employed persons, hours worked by employees, gross wages and salaries

TRADE

• volume of sales (deflated turnover)*
• turnover (value)
• labour input indicators: number of employees and self-employed persons, hours worked by employees, gross wages and salaries

SERVICES

• production (volume)*
• turnover (in value)
• labour input indicators: number of employees and self-employed persons, hours worked by employees, gross wages and salaries
• producer prices (output prices)*

MARKET ECONOMY

• total market production (volume)
• registrations
• bankruptcies

National reference metadata of the reporting countries are available in the Annexes to this metadata file.

This dataset contains data on permits for residential construction collected in the Census Bureau's Building Permits Survey. Data is aggregated to the county level. Data is only for final permits, not preliminary permits. Final permit data is published in May of the following year. Annual data are available from 1980 through the most recent reporting year, and may also contain imputed values. This dataset is part of the State of the Cities Data Systems (SOCDS).To retrieve the full database, including monthly permit totals and permit totals by metropolitan statistical area or municipalities, please visit: https://socds.huduser.gov/permits/To learn more about the Residential Construction Permit SOCDS, please visit: https://socds.huduser.gov/permits/help.htm, for questions about the spatial attribution of this dataset, please reach out to us at GISHelpdesk@hud.gov. Data Dictionary: DD_Residential Construction Permits by CountyDate of Coverage: 1980 - 2022

Building Permits in Chile increased to 6995 Units in July from 4527 Units in June of 2025. This dataset provides - Chile Building Permits- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

A. SUMMARY This dataset provides review time metrics for the San Francisco Planning Department’s application review process. The following metrics are provided: total days to Planning approval, days to finish completeness review, days to first check plan letter, and days to complete resubmission review. Targets for each metric and outcomes relative to these targets are also included. These metrics allow for ongoing tracking for individual planning projects and for the calculation of summary statistics for Planning review timelines. There are both Project level metrics and project event level metrics in this table. You can see a dashboard which shows the City's current permit processing performance on sf.gov. B. HOW THE DATASET IS CREATED Planning application review is tracked within Planning’s Project and Permit Tracking System (PPTS). Planners enter review period start and end dates in PPTS when review milestones are reached. Review timeline data is extracted from PPTS and review timelines and outcomes are calculated and consolidated within this dataset. The dataset is generated by a data model that pulls from multiple raw Accela sources and joins them together. C. UPDATE PROCESS This dataset is updated daily overnight. D. HOW TO USE THIS DATASET Use this dataset to analyze project level timelines for planning projects or to calculate summary metrics related to the planning review and approval processes. The review metric type is defined in the ‘project stage’ column. Note that multiple rounds of completeness check review and resubmission review may occur for a single Planning project. The ‘potential error’ column flags records where data entry errors are likely present. Filter out rows where a value is entered in this column before building summary statistics. E. RELATED DATASETS Planning Department Project Events (coming soon) Planning Department Projects (coming soon) Building Permits Building Permit Application Issuance Metrics Building Permit Completeness Check Review Metrics Building Permit Application Review Metrics Planning Department Project Application Review Metrics

Building Permits in Latvia increased to 864 Units in the second quarter of 2025 from 763 Units in the first quarter of 2025. This dataset provides - Latvia Building Permits- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

This dataset provides - Australia Building Approvals- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

This dataset presents details of buildings works approved in Australia for the 2012-2013 financial year. The data has been aggregated and presented by Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2) 2011 boundaries.

Statistics of building work approved are compiled from: permits issued by local government authorities and other principal certifying authorities; contracts let or day labour work authorised by commonwealth, state, semi-government and local government authorities; and major building approvals in areas not subject to normal administrative approval e.g. building on remote mine sites.

The scope of the collection comprises the following: construction of new buildings; alterations and additions to existing buildings; approved non-structural renovation and refurbishment work; and approved installation of integral building fixtures. The statistics include all approved residential building valued at $10,000 or more and all approved non-residential building valued at $50,000 or more.

For more information please visit the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Explanatory Notes.

• AURIN has spatially enabled the original data from the ABS.

• The data has been sourced from the June 2014 release.

Building permit data for the Yukon and by community. Keywords: building, permits, construction, commercial, residential, industrial, government, institutional

Building Permits in Serbia increased to 2532 Units in July from 2402 Units in June of 2025. This dataset provides - Serbia Building Permits- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

This dataset presents details of buildings works approved in Australia for the 2017-2018 financial year. The data has been aggregated and presented by Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2) 2016 boundaries. Statistics of building work approved are compiled from: permits issued by local government authorities and other principal certifying authorities; contracts let or day labour work authorised by commonwealth, state, semi-government and local government authorities; and major building approvals in areas not subject to normal administrative approval e.g. building on remote mine sites. The scope of the collection comprises the following: construction of new buildings; alterations and additions to existing buildings; approved non-structural renovation and refurbishment work; and approved installation of integral building fixtures. The statistics include all approved residential building valued at $10,000 or more and all approved non-residential building valued at $50,000 or more. For more information please visit the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Explanatory Notes. AURIN has spatially enabled the original data from the ABS. The data has been sourced from the July 2018 release.

Abstract

Construction statistics from approved building permits aims to provide monthly data on building construction at the municipality level nationwide. Some of the statistics derived from approved building permits are number of units or buildings, floor area, value of construction and type of building. These statistics are the bases of estimates of the level of construction activity useful in the computation of national income accounts and serves as indicators on the level of investment in the country. As such, the data are invaluable in analyzing present economic conditions and past developments, forecasting future trends and making policy decisions.

Approved building permit relates to data on new constructions and additions, renovations and repairs of existing structures. The data are taken from the original application forms of approved building permits collected by National Statistics Office (NSO) personnel from the Local Building Officials (LBOs) nationwide. However, statistics from approved building permits are characterized by some limitations namely: constructions refer to those proposed to be constructed during the reference period and not to construction work completed during the reference period; and the completeness of the number of building permits collected relies on the applications filed and approved by the LBOs, hence, building constructions without approved building permits are not included in the statistics.

The final data set provides updates to the preliminary data on the 2009 Quarterly Special Releases on construction statistics posted every 100 days after each reference quarter in NSO website. The sources of updates are additional approved building permits collected after cut-off dates because of data collection constraints. These additional documents were not yet available for inclusion in the quarterly tabulation of data on designated target dates.

Geographic coverage

National coverage Regions Provinces Cities and Municipalities

Analysis unit

Building or building construction is the unit of analysis.

Building is defined as any independent free-standing structure comprising of one or more rooms or other spaces, covered by a roof and enclosed with external walls which extend from the foundation to the roof.

Construction refers to all on-site work done from site preparation, excavation, foundation, assembly of all the components and installation of utilities and equipment of buildings or structures.

Universe

All building permits issued by Local Government Units.

Kind of data

Administrative records data [adm]

Sampling procedure

Not applicable.

Sampling deviation

Not applicable.

Mode of data collection

Other [oth] - Self administered administrative form

Research instrument

Construction statistics are compiled by the National Statistics Office (NSO) from the copies of original application forms of approved building permits collected every month by authorized NSO field personnel from the Local Building Officials (LBOs) nationwide.

A building permit is a written authorization granted by the LBO to an applicant allowing him to proceed with the construction of a specific project after plans, specifications and other pertinent documents have been found to be in conformity with the National Building Code. It consists of ten sections, referred to as boxes, which are accomplished by the applicant, his/her designated architect or civil engineer and the Local Government Units in-charge with the processing of the form. These are the following:

Box 1 - describes the name, address, form of ownership, economic activity, location of construction, scope of work, and the use or type of occupancy; Box 2 - checklist of supporting documents to the building permit; Box 3 - contains the LBO's action on the application; Box 3A - gives the breakdown of the cost, number of storey, total floor area, proposed date of construction, expected date of completion and materials of construction; Box 4 - contains the amount of assessed fees for the construction and corresponding receipt number; Box 5 - contains the flow in the processing of the building permit, corresponding dates and name of processor; Box 6 - contains the signature of architect/civil engineer in charge of the design/plan; Box 7 - contains the signature of the architect/civil engineer in charge of the construction; Box 8 - contains the signature of the applicant; and Box 9 - contains the name; address; TCT number; and signature of the lot owner.

Cleaning operations

Processing or editing of building permit documents is done to check for the validity, consistency and reasonableness of data. It involves manual and machine data processing.

Manual processing includes editing and coding the entries in the building permit document following the instructions provided in the Processing Instructions Manual. Manual processing of documents is done in two levels namely: editing and coding done by Provincial Office staff; and the review of edited documents by Central Office staff.

During machine data processing, items which did not meet the editing specifications are flagged in an error listing. The error listing displays the inconsistencies, errors and omissions found in the building permit as identified by the folio, sheet and permit number. These are verified against the identified building permit and corresponding corrections and/or updates are made in the data files. This process is repeated until there are no more inconsistent or erroneous entries are found in the error listing. The cleaned data files are then submitted to NSO Central Office for further processing and consolidation of data files for the generation of preliminary tables.

Detailed instructions on data processing can be found in the "Processing Instructions Manual Section 2" document provided as an external resource.

Response rate

Not applicable.

Sampling error estimates

Not applicable.