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Home Remodel Cost in Bismarck, ND: what the permits say

How much does home remodel cost in Bismarck? The usual remodel & addition job filed with Bismarck is $18,687, from 320 priced permits (October 2023 through September 2026); the middle half of firms file between $14,146 and $70,000. A filed value is what the contractor wrote on the permit, not a quote or the final bill.

$18,687usual filed value
$14,146–$70,000middle half of firms' usual jobs
320priced permits (99% of 323)
113firms on file
272days, permit issue to final
Sep 2026records through

How much does home remodel cost in Bismarck?

The usual remodel & addition job filed with Bismarck is $18,687, from 320 priced permits, October 2023 through September 2026. The middle half of firms usually file between $14,146 and $70,000. Half of jobs were filed for less, half for more. A filed value is what the contractor wrote on the permit, not a quote or the final bill. A remodel & addition permit here usually takes 272 days from issue to final inspection. How long permits take →

What the spread looks like

Approximately, from each firm's own spread: every firm's range of filed values, weighted by its 320 priced permits across 113 firms, pooled into one. Half of Bismarck remodel & addition permits were filed between $6,500 and $45,700.

PercentileFiled valueReads as
10th$2,5001 in 10 permits filed below
25th$6,5001 in 4 filed below
50th$20,000the middle permit
75th$45,7001 in 4 filed above
90th$104,0001 in 10 filed above

By home value

Firms split into thirds by the usual value of the homes they work on, with each third's usual filed value weighted by permits. Home values: Bismarck Assessing 2026 market values.

Firms working onUsual home valueUsual filed valueFirmsPermits
Lower thirdunder $337,750$2,5003295
Middle third$337,750–$498,100$14,70033138
Upper third$502,000 and up$50,1703367

Busiest firms and what they usually charge

Top 10 by permits in the last 12 months. Usual is each firm's middle filed value; middle half is the range its middle half of jobs were filed in; both are shown for firms with 5 or more priced permits. Busy is not the same as careful: pick what you value to build a list.

FirmPermitsLast 12 moUsualMiddle halfFinished
Groundworks Minnesota LLC5221$14,146$8,538–$28,35890.6%
Capital Property Services, LLC4619$2,500$2,50057.9%
Breland Enterprises Inc American Waterworks168$8,897$5,378–$22,0519 of 9
Lunde Development LLC55$30,000$20,000–$35,000—
Sparling Construction144$36,346$23,508–$92,48063.6%
Tobias Marman Construction LLC123$70,000$50,250–$110,0000 of 9
Northwest Contracting Inc63$219,680$196,600–$242,760—
Paramount Builders Inc dba Axis Concrete53$70,000$20,210–$154,570—
Iron & Oak Designs LLC43———
Pedersen Construction LLC33———

Why filed values run low or high

  • The 10 busiest firms usually file $14,146; the 108 firms with fewer than 10 permits usually file $30,000.
  • Firms working on the most expensive third of homes (usual home value $502,000 and up) usually file $50,170, against $2,500 for the least expensive third.
  • One permit type covers small and large jobs: 1 in 10 remodel & addition permits is filed under $2,500 and 1 in 10 over $104,000, 42 times as much.
  • 99.1% of the 323 permits carry a value; the 3 without one are left out of every figure here.

Is your quote normal? Compare it with 320 filed values

Line your quote up against the file. In Bismarck, 1 in 10 remodel & addition filed values sit under $2,500, the middle half between $6,500 and $45,700, and 1 in 10 over $104,000.

  • $135,000Above $104,000: higher than 9 in 10 filed values for this work in Bismarck.
  • $18,687Right at the usual $18,687: in the middle of the file.
  • $1,700Below $2,500: lower than 9 in 10. Ask what the quote leaves out.

When to schedule a home remodel in Bismarck

Bismarck files the fewest remodel & addition permits in January (48 against an average month of 100) and the most in August (171). If you can choose, ask for quotes in a quiet month. We have no prices by month, so this is about crews' schedules, not a discount. When each trade is busiest in Bismarck →

How these numbers are made

Source: City of Bismarck TRAKiT building, mechanical, electrical and plumbing permits on homes. The window is October 2023 through September 2026; a permit filed after that isn't here yet.

Usual is the middle permit: half were filed for less, half for more. Only permits with a filed value count; a value of $0 or none is left out.

The spread is approximate: we keep seven points of each firm's own range of filed values, not every permit, and pool them.

Nobody paid to be on this page and nobody can. How the records work in Bismarck →

Common questions

  • How many quotes should I get for a remodel & addition job in Bismarck?At least three. In the permit record the middle half of Bismarck remodel & addition firms usually file between $14,146 and $70,000 a job, so two ordinary firms can sit 4.9 times apart and both be normal for Bismarck. A third quote shows which one is the outlier. Filed values are what contractors wrote on permits, not quotes, so use them to judge the spread, not to price your own job.
  • What range is normal for remodel & addition jobs in Bismarck?Half of permits were filed between $6,500 and $45,700; 8 in 10 between $2,500 and $104,000. These are approximate, pooled from each firm's own spread.
  • How much do remodeling contractors charge in Bismarck?The usual remodel & addition job is filed at $18,687; the middle half of firms usually file between $14,146 and $70,000. The 10 firms with the most permits in the last 12 months usually file $14,146, less than the usual. See every firm's usual job →
  • Why do prices I see online differ from $18,687?$18,687 is the construction value contractors wrote on Bismarck permits. Online figures are usually all-in ranges whose scope you can't check (design, fees, site work), and our file mixes small and large jobs of this type in one number. Use the spread above to see where a quote sits.
  • Do bigger houses get bigger bills?In the file, yes for the firms: those working on the upper third of homes by value usually file $50,170, the lower third $2,500. That is firms, not single jobs.
  • Where does this data come from?City of Bismarck TRAKiT building, mechanical, electrical and plumbing permits on homes, read October 2026. How the records work in Bismarck →

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