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# New Commercial Building Permits for Subcontractors: 2026 statistics from 911 public records

**The most common trade is New Build / Shell: 370 of 911 records (40.6%) (as of 2026-11-04; source: City of Austin, City of Chicago, City of Los Angeles, Montgomery County MD and City of Cincinnati open-data building permits).**

Data as of 2026-11-04 · Compiled by Zalwin from City of Austin, City of Chicago, City of Los Angeles, Montgomery County MD and City of Cincinnati open-data building permits Copy citation

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## Key findings

- Zalwin's PermitPulse dataset holds 911 PermitPulse records dated 2026-07-01 to 2026-11-03 (as of 2026-11-04; source: City of Austin, City of Chicago, City of Los Angeles, Montgomery County MD and City of Cincinnati open-data building permits). [#](#finding-1)
- The most common trade is New Build / Shell: 370 of 911 records (40.6%) (as of 2026-11-04; source: City of Austin, City of Chicago, City of Los Angeles, Montgomery County MD and City of Cincinnati open-data building permits). [#](#finding-2)
- Across 911 records with a stated valuation, the total is $9,172,159,882 and the median is $443,000; the largest is $812,383,209 (500 E 3RD ST, Austin TX) (as of 2026-11-04; source: City of Austin, City of Chicago, City of Los Angeles, Montgomery County MD and City of Cincinnati open-data building permits). [#](#finding-3)
- The top 10% of records by valuation (91 of 911) account for 95.3% of the total (as of 2026-11-04; source: City of Austin, City of Chicago, City of Los Angeles, Montgomery County MD and City of Cincinnati open-data building permits). [#](#finding-4)
- 546 of 911 records (59.9%) are dated within the 30 days before 2026-11-04 (source: City of Austin, City of Chicago, City of Los Angeles, Montgomery County MD and City of Cincinnati open-data building permits). [#](#finding-5)

## PermitPulse records by trade

| Group | Records | Share | Total valuation |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Build / Shell | 370 | 40.6% | $8,471,538,876 |
| Commercial TI / Remodel | 245 | 26.9% | $230,246,973 |
| HVAC / Mechanical | 112 | 12.3% | $122,925,078 |
| Roofing | 92 | 10.1% | $152,113,927 |
| Electrical | 47 | 5.2% | $158,461,314 |
| Other | 45 | 4.9% | $36,873,715 |

## Methodology and data provenance

- Sample: 911 public records dated 2026-07-01 to 2026-11-03; illustrative samples excluded.

- Source: City of Austin, City of Chicago, City of Los Angeles, Montgomery County MD and City of Cincinnati open-data building permits. Refreshed automatically about every 12 hours; figures above are as of 2026-11-04.

- Shares are of all records in the dataset; totals and medians use only records with a stated valuation.

- Organization-level data only. Informational; verify individual records at the official source.

### Cite this study

Zalwin Research, "PermitPulse statistics" (data as of 2026-11-04), https://zalwin.com/research/permitpulse

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