Building permits by ZIP code in Asheville

How these numbers are made

Source: City of Asheville, Accela Permits View (ArcGIS layer Permits/AccelaPermitsView, layer 2), read 19 Oct 2026. We count permits issued October 2024 through September 2026; denied and withdrawn permits are left out.

Residential permits the City of Asheville Development Services Department issues inside city limits: new houses, townhomes, duplexes and ADUs, alterations, additions and repairs, re-roofs, trade permits, solar, decks, sheds, retaining walls, pools and demolition. Commercial permits, fire, sign, event, stormwater and right-of-way records in the same file are not counted. Unincorporated Buncombe County, Weaverville, Black Mountain, Woodfin and the other towns issue their own permits and are not in this file.

• The city's file lists a contractor on most permits, but these pages show permit counts only: there are no contractor lists, rankings or firm pages for Asheville.
• The file has no issue date, so a permit is dated by the day its application was opened; applications still in review or waiting on the applicant are not counted.
• The job value column is blank on almost every permit, so we show no costs.
• Hurricane Helene struck at the end of September 2024, so the first months of the window carry a wave of storm-repair permits.
• Because permits are dated by application, we don't show how long they take from issue to final: the file can't separate the wait for approval from the work. The finished share comes from the city's status (finaled, certificate of completion or occupancy issued, closed).

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