645 home builders filed 4,352 new home permits on homes in the City of Austin from October 2023 to September 2026; 298 filed one in the last 12 months. The most active in the last 12 months were Milestone Community Builders, LLC (107 permits), New Home Co (79) and Century Land Holdings II, LLC (69); busy is not the same as careful. Austin new home permits carry no filed job value, so this list compares firms on permits filed, finishing, license and recent activity only. Side by side: permits filed, share finished, license status 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 8 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.
78745 (419) 78747 (396) 78702 (355) 78704 (353) 78754 (328) 78721 (262) 78757 (251) 78723 (219)
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 often its permits reached completion (25), 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 645 firms and pulled toward the middle when a record is short; a firm with a matched license problem is listed last.
The order comes from the Austin permit file, not from reviews: 298 of 645 home builders filed a permit in the last 12 months and 81% of their permits a year or more old were finished. 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 Austin.
We do not rate contractors. In this page’s default order, which uses only the permit record through Sep 2026, the top 3 are Century Land Holdings II, LLC (69 permits), David Weekley Homes (154 permits, 99% finished) and Meritage Homes Corp (107 permits, 98% finished). By permits filed alone, the most active is Milestone Community Builders, LLC with 346.
645 firms are on the list; the busiest filed 107 new home permits in the last 12 months and the middle firm filed 2 in the whole file. Line them up on the same public measures: permits filed, share of permits finished and license status. 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.
645 firms filed at least one new home permit on homes in the City of Austin from October 2023 to September 2026; 298 of them filed one in the last 12 months.
The license file we match against for Austin rarely covers new home firms (9 of 645 matched), so a missing status here says nothing about a firm. Ask for the license or registration number and check it with TDLR license search. How to check a contractor's license in Texas →
Three you can check against this page: “How many new home permits have you filed in Austin?” (the middle firm here filed 2; 298 of 645 filed one in the last 12 months); “What does your quote include: the permit fee and the city inspection?”; “Will you pull the permit in your company’s name, and when is the final inspection?” (81% of older new home permits here were finished). All 10 questions and how to check each →
On this page: 645 firms filed 4,352 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 Austin issued construction permits. To see one permit itself, search the address or permit number with the Austin permit office. How the records work in Austin →
Austin new home permits carry no filed job value, so we can’t rank home builders by price. Get two or three written quotes; ask whether the permit fee and the city inspection are included; shortlist from the 298 firms that filed in the last 12 months. What new home jobs cost in Denton →
We do not rate or collect reviews. Instead each of the 645 home builders here is shown with its permit record: 4,352 permits, the share finished and license status. 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 Austin issued construction permits: 645 firms filed 4,352 new home permits on homes in the City of Austin from October 2023 to September 2026, and 298 of them filed one in the last 12 months. The middle firm has 2 permits in the whole file. A short record leaves more uncertainty, and some jobs never require a permit.
No usable job value is recorded for this permit type, so no typical cost is shown. See how we compare records.
Most Austin new home permits are filed in March (141 against an average month of 100); August is the quietest (82). When each trade is busiest in Austin →