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# Commercial Roofing Permits in Austin & Chicago: 2026 statistics from 260 public records

**The most common work type is Re-roof or replacement: 184 of 260 records (70.8%) (as of 2026-11-04; source: City of Austin and City of Chicago open-data building permits (commercial work only)).**

Data as of 2026-11-04 · Compiled by Zalwin from City of Austin and City of Chicago open-data building permits (commercial work only) Copy citation

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## Key findings

- Zalwin's RoofingStormPermitPulse dataset holds 260 RoofingStormPermitPulse records dated 2026-07-08 to 2026-11-02 (as of 2026-11-04; source: City of Austin and City of Chicago open-data building permits (commercial work only)). [#](#finding-1)
- The most common work type is Re-roof or replacement: 184 of 260 records (70.8%) (as of 2026-11-04; source: City of Austin and City of Chicago open-data building permits (commercial work only)). [#](#finding-2)
- Across 96 records with a stated job value, the total is $249,218,563 and the median is $427,450; the largest is $162,000,000 (W LOYOLA AVE, Chicago IL) (as of 2026-11-04; source: City of Austin and City of Chicago open-data building permits (commercial work only)). [#](#finding-3)
- The top 10% of records by job value (10 of 96) account for 82.4% of the total (as of 2026-11-04; source: City of Austin and City of Chicago open-data building permits (commercial work only)). [#](#finding-4)
- 77 of 260 records (29.6%) are dated within the 30 days before 2026-11-04 (source: City of Austin and City of Chicago open-data building permits (commercial work only)). [#](#finding-5)

## RoofingStormPermitPulse records by work type

| Group | Records | Share | Total job value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Re-roof or replacement | 184 | 70.8% | $56,097,418 |
| Roofing work | 68 | 26.2% | $190,019,518 |
| Roof repair | 8 | 3.1% | $3,101,627 |

## Methodology and data provenance

- Sample: 260 public records dated 2026-07-08 to 2026-11-02; illustrative samples excluded.

- Source: City of Austin and City of Chicago open-data building permits (commercial work only). 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 job value.

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

### Cite this study

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

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