21 home builders filed 163 new home permits on homes in the City of Ames from October 2023 to September 2026; 14 filed one in the last 12 months. The middle filed job value was $350,000. The most active in the last 12 months were Res Builders (17 permits), Valor Home Builders (15) and Genesis Homes (14); busy is not the same as careful. The finished share isn't shown for new home permits here, so this list compares firms on permits filed and recent activity only. Side by side: permits filed and permits in the last 12 months for each firm. Pick what you value and the list re-orders.
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Top 5 by new home permits filed in the last 12 months. This is volume, not quality: a busy firm is not necessarily a careful one.
The 2 ZIP codes with the most new home permits on homes from October 2023 to September 2026. Each opens permits by trade and the most active firms there.
Before you move a slider, the list is in a default order built only from the permit record: how much of each firm’s record is this kind of job (weight 30), how many permits it filed in the last 12 months (15) and how quickly its permits closed (10). Each measure is ranked against the other 21 firms and pulled toward the middle when a record is short.
The order comes from the Ames permit file, not from reviews: 14 of 21 home builders filed a permit in the last 12 months. Nobody pays to be listed or to move up, and there are no star ratings or reviews. The sliders and presets change the weights, and the order changes with them. How the records work in Ames.
We do not rate contractors. In this page’s default order, which uses only the permit record through Sep 2026, the top 3 are Genesis Homes (35 permits), Valor Home Builders (15 permits) and Res Builders (18 permits).
21 firms are on the list; the busiest filed 17 new home permits in the last 12 months and the middle firm filed 3 in the whole file. Line them up on the same public measures: permits filed and usual filed job value. Pick what matters to you and the list re-orders, for example recent activity if you need someone soon. The order comes from the permit record only, and nobody pays to be listed or to move up.
21 firms filed at least one new home permit on homes in the City of Ames from October 2023 to September 2026; 14 of them filed one in the last 12 months.
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Three you can check against this page: “How many new home permits have you filed in Ames?” (the middle firm here filed 3; 14 of 21 filed one in the last 12 months); “What value will you put on the permit?” (the usual filed value here is $350,000); “Will you pull the permit in your company’s name, and when is the final inspection?”. All 10 questions and how to check each →
On this page: 21 firms filed 163 new home permits from October 2023 to September 2026, and each firm’s name opens its own permit record. Every number comes from City of Ames residential permits (one record per permit). To see one permit itself, search the address or permit number with the Ames permit office. How the records work in Ames →
We do not rate or collect reviews. Instead each of the 21 home builders here is shown with its permit record: 163 permits and usual filed value. Read reviews on other sites and use this page to check them against the record. Reviews vs permit records →
Every number on this page comes from City of Ames residential permits (one record per permit): 21 firms filed 163 new home permits on homes in the City of Ames from October 2023 to September 2026, and 14 of them filed one in the last 12 months. The middle firm has 3 permits in the whole file. A short record leaves more uncertainty, and some jobs never require a permit.
The middle recorded permit value is $350,000. That is a filed estimate, not a quote or final bill. See how we compare records.
Most Ames new home permits are filed in August (199 against an average month of 100); July is the quietest (22). When each trade is busiest in Ames →