Official Site of The State of New Jersey
Building Permits: Yearly Summary Data
Local construction officials issue building permits for new construction, additions, and alterations. New construction permits are for new buildings. Permits for additions authorize work that adds space to an existing structure. Alterations also are for work on existing buildings, but no new space is added. Examples of alterations include tenant fit ups, new roofs, and repairs to existing structures.
Development Trends Viewer
The Development Trends Viewer is an Excel-based data visualization tool that summarizes building permit and demolition activity data for every county and municipality from 2004 through the most current release. In addition to a multi-year data summary for every community, the Viewer offers four modules that show construction and demolition activity in comparison to regional and statewide norms through interactive tables and graphs.
The following indicators are reported from building permits by year:
- Housing Units Authorized by Building Permits
- Housing Units Authorized by Building Permits for New Construction
- Square Feet of Office Space Authorized by Building Permits
- Square Feet of Retail Space Authorized by Building Permits
- Square Feet of Other Nonresidential Space Authorized by Building Permits
- Estimated Cost of Construction Authorized by Building Permits
- Dollar Amount of Construction Authorized by Building Permits, by Use Group
- Dollar Amount of Construction Authorized by Building Permit Type
(2023 postings, approx July 2024)
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Phone: (609) 292-7899 
Email: CodeAssist@dca.nj.gov
