How many building permits does Bozeman issue a year?

About 1,889 a year in the City of Bozeman: 3,778 permits over 24 months, October 2024 through September 2026. 1,848 permits in the last 12 months (Oct 2025-Sep 2026), 4% fewer than the 1,930 in the 12 months before.

Are building permits up or down in Bozeman?

1,848 permits in the last 12 months (Oct 2025-Sep 2026), 4% fewer than the 1,930 in the 12 months before. Electrical permits grew most (131 to 192); solar permits fell most (352 to 235).

What is the busiest month for permits in Bozeman?

October, counting every kind of work (155 against an average month of 100). January is the quietest (55). Each kind of work has its own season; the charts above show them.

What share of Bozeman permits are for homes?

59%: 2,244 of the 3,778 permits issued October 2024 through September 2026 were residential permits.

Bozeman, MT Permit Statistics (2026): 3,778 Permits

By kind of work

Permits issued October 2024 through September 2026. Last 12 months is Oct 2025–Sep 2026; the 12 months before is Oct 2024–Sep 2025. Homes is the share issued as residential permits. Busiest month is the calendar month with the most permits on average.

Kind of work	Permits	Share	Last 12 mo	12 mo before	Change	Homes	Busiest month
Roofing	918	24%	447	471	−5%	100%	September
Solar	587	16%	235	352	−33%	94%	October
Electrical	323	9%	192	131	+47%	56%	October
Remodels & repairs	254	7%	138	116	+19%	100%	June
New homes	171	5%	92	79	+16%	100%	August
Other	1,275	34%	624	651	−4%	0%	August

Fewer than 100 permits, so no row: plumbing (69), HVAC (60), garages, sheds & shade structures (42), additions (40), demolition (17), ADUs & casitas (14), pools & spas (8).

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By year

Permits issued in each calendar year of the window. Per year scales a part year to 12 months.

Year	Months	Permits	Per year
2024 (from October)	3	384	1,536
2025	12	2,044	2,044
2026 (through September)	9	1,350	1,800

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By month

Permits issued each month, October 2024 through September 2026. The tallest bar is the busiest month on file.

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Month	Permits
Oct 2024	218
Nov 2024	90
Dec 2024	76
Jan 2025	81
Feb 2025	90
Mar 2025	114
Apr 2025	174
May 2025	128
Jun 2025	202
Jul 2025	254
Aug 2025	220
Sep 2025	283
Oct 2025	271
Nov 2025	130
Dec 2025	97
Jan 2026	91
Feb 2026	103
Mar 2026	130
Apr 2026	136
May 2026	119
Jun 2026	169
Jul 2026	212
Aug 2026	200
Sep 2026	190

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When each kind of work is filed

Permits by calendar month, 100 = an average month (the thin line), October 2024 through September 2026. Kinds of work do not all peak together. Each month is counted twice (once a year), so one unusual month still moves these numbers.

Roofing

918 permits · busiest September, quietest February

Solar

587 permits · busiest October, quietest February

Electrical

323 permits · busiest October, quietest January

Remodels & repairs

254 permits · busiest June, quietest January

New homes

171 permits · busiest August, quietest February

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Kind of work	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Roofing	20	14	56	90	90	120	183	150	252	171	31	21
Solar	76	41	53	49	53	143	176	72	92	245	121	80
Electrical	56	59	71	137	93	119	126	111	149	160	56	63
Remodels & repairs	38	85	85	94	76	180	128	123	123	137	80	52
New homes	77	21	49	84	105	140	147	225	105	126	63	56

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Homes and everything else

How the city classed each permit. Other covers commercial buildings, signs, towers and similar work.

Permit class	Permits	Share	Last 12 mo
Homes (residential)	2,244	59%	1,085
Other	1,534	41%	763

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How many permits get finished

Permits issued Oct 2024–Sep 2025, so each has had at least 12 months to reach a final. Finished means the city recorded a final inspection or marked it complete; expired means it lapsed without one.

Status	Permits	Share
Finished	1,795	93.0%
Still open	79	4.1%
Expired	56	2.9%

How long each kind of permit takes →

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How Bozeman compares with other cities

From our cross-city data studies: the same measure, read the same way, for every city we cover.

100% finished of roofing permits a year or more old here, against 86% across 19 cities (highest of 20). Permit completion rates by city →
0.0% still open of roofing permits a year after issue here, against 14% across 19 cities (fewest left open of 20). Permits still open after a year, by city →
Firms per city, how many are active and how many are new, across 53 cities. How many contractors each city has →
Busiest Oct, quietest Jan for permits here; see when each trade peaks in 50 cities. Busiest months for home projects, by city →

How these numbers are made

Source: City of Bozeman, BP_Comm_Dev_Report_Data_view (data behind the Building Permit Data Dashboard), read 19 Oct 2026. We count permits issued October 2024 through September 2026; denied and withdrawn permits are left out.

Permits the City of Bozeman Community Development issues inside the city limits only. Belgrade, Four Corners, Bridger Canyon and the rest of Gallatin County outside the city are not in this file.

The city's permit data names no contractor, so there are no contractor lists, rankings or firm pages for Bozeman.
The city issues a project's building, electrical, mechanical and plumbing work under one permit number; each number counts once here, under the kind of project it was applied for.
The data has no ZIP code, so there are no ZIP pages.
A final date is the date every part of the permit passed final inspection or the certificate of occupancy was issued. A permit past its expiration date without a final counts as expired.
The value is the valuation on the permit, which sets the fee. It is not a final cost.

Counts are permits, not jobs: one job can need several permits. Nobody paid to be on this page and nobody can. Sources and definitions →

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Free to reuse with attribution (CC BY 4.0). Please credit Contractor Records and link to this page. Suggested citation:

Contractor Records, "The City of Bozeman, MT building permit statistics", https://contractorrecords.com/bozeman/permit-statistics, data through September 2026, from the City of Bozeman Community Development building-permit records.

Link to a table: By kind of work · By year · By month · When each kind of work is filed · Homes and everything else · How many get finished.

Download the tables (CSV): Permits by kind of work · Permits by year · Permits by month · Permits by calendar month (index) · Homes and other permits · Finished, open and expired.

Common questions

How many building permits does Bozeman issue a year?About 1,889 a year in the City of Bozeman: 3,778 permits over 24 months, October 2024 through September 2026. 1,848 permits in the last 12 months (Oct 2025–Sep 2026), 4% fewer than the 1,930 in the 12 months before.
Are building permits up or down in Bozeman?1,848 permits in the last 12 months (Oct 2025–Sep 2026), 4% fewer than the 1,930 in the 12 months before. Electrical permits grew most (131 to 192); solar permits fell most (352 to 235).
What is the busiest month for permits in Bozeman?October, counting every kind of work (155 against an average month of 100). January is the quietest (55). Each kind of work has its own season; the charts above show them.
What share of Bozeman permits are for homes?59%: 2,244 of the 3,778 permits issued October 2024 through September 2026 were residential permits.

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