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# Commercial Sign Permits in Austin & Chicago: 2026 statistics from 673 public records

**The most common work type is Illuminated or electric sign: 396 of 673 records (58.8%) (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 SignPermitPulse dataset holds 673 SignPermitPulse records dated 2026-07-07 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 Illuminated or electric sign: 396 of 673 records (58.8%) (as of 2026-11-04; source: City of Austin and City of Chicago open-data building permits (commercial work only)). [#](#finding-2)
- Across 637 records with a stated job value, the total is $10,368,398 and the median is $3,200; the largest is $1,300,000 (N LA SALLE ST, 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 (64 of 637) account for 82.6% 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)
- 138 of 673 records (20.5%) 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)

## SignPermitPulse records by work type

| Group | Records | Share | Total job value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Illuminated or electric sign | 396 | 58.8% | $8,052,206 |
| Sign | 200 | 29.7% | $2,155,732 |
| Wall or awning sign | 77 | 11.4% | $160,460 |

## Methodology and data provenance

- Sample: 673 public records dated 2026-07-07 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, "SignPermitPulse statistics" (data as of 2026-11-04), https://zalwin.com/research/signpermitpulse

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