4,266 contractors pulled 15,278 permits in the City of Cambridge from October 2023 to September 2026; 2,054 of them pulled at least one in the last 12 months on file. Every number comes from City of Cambridge Inspectional Services permits (the city's per-type open-data permit files). Pick the job, then pick what you value. The list moves.
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Every permit a contractor pulled in the City of Cambridge, whether the inspector signed it off, what the job was worth and whether the license matches. You pick what matters and the list moves; nobody at our end sorts it.
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15,278 permits by trade, by month and by area, the most active firms, and how long a permit takes to finish once it's issued.