United States Building Permits

Last Release

Jul 31, 2025

Actual

1,362

Units In

Thousand

1,393

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

N/A

Time to Release

N/A

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
2,419 Dec 1972	513 Mar 2009	1,371.98 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 decreased by 2.2% to a seasonally adjusted annualized rate of 1.362 million in June 2025, revised up from a preliminary estimate of 1.354 million. Despite the revision, this remains the lowest level since June 2020. Permits for buildings with five or more units dropped by 9.4% to an annualized rate of 432 thousand, while single-family permits increased by 1% to 875 thousand. Regionally, permits declined in the South (-4.3% to 742 thousand) and the West (-7.7% to 274 thousand), but increased in the Northeast (21.4% to 125 thousand), and in the Midwest (1.4% to 221 thousand).