How many building permits does Centennial issue a year?

About 6,737 a year in the City of Centennial: 13,474 permits over 24 months, October 2024 through September 2026. 6,369 permits in the last 12 months (Oct 2025-Sep 2026), 10% fewer than the 7,105 in the 12 months before.

Are building permits up or down in Centennial?

6,369 permits in the last 12 months (Oct 2025-Sep 2026), 10% fewer than the 7,105 in the 12 months before. HVAC permits grew most (912 to 1,080); roofing permits fell most (1,672 to 872).

What is the busiest month for permits in Centennial?

October, counting every kind of work (127 against an average month of 100). February is the quietest (81). Each kind of work has its own season; the charts above show them.

Centennial, CO Permit Statistics (2026): 13,474 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
Remodels & repairs	3,071	23%	1,529	1,542	−1%	100%	June
Roofing	2,544	19%	872	1,672	−48%	97%	October
Plumbing	2,214	16%	1,144	1,070	+7%	98%	January
HVAC	1,992	15%	1,080	912	+18%	98%	July
Electrical	1,216	9%	558	658	−15%	98%	October
Solar	396	3%	122	274	−55%	98%	October
New homes	295	2%	114	181	−37%	100%	July
Fences & walls	283	2%	153	130	+18%	0%	July
Garages, sheds & shade structures	225	2%	123	102	+21%	100%	April
Other	1,108	8%	595	513	+16%	0%	May

Fewer than 100 permits, so no row: demolition (52), additions (43), pools & spas (27), ADUs & casitas (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	2,024	8,096
2025	12	6,566	6,566
2026 (through September)	9	4,884	6,512

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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	839
Nov 2024	703
Dec 2024	482
Jan 2025	481
Feb 2025	458
Mar 2025	575
Apr 2025	652
May 2025	542
Jun 2025	620
Jul 2025	606
Aug 2025	565
Sep 2025	582
Oct 2025	585
Nov 2025	468
Dec 2025	432
Jan 2026	463
Feb 2026	450
Mar 2026	469
Apr 2026	512
May 2026	502
Jun 2026	556
Jul 2026	620
Aug 2026	622
Sep 2026	690

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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.

Remodels & repairs

3,071 permits · busiest June, quietest December

Roofing

2,544 permits · busiest October, quietest January

Plumbing

2,214 permits · busiest January, quietest December

HVAC

1,992 permits · busiest July, quietest May

Electrical

1,216 permits · busiest October, quietest November

Solar

396 permits · busiest October, quietest February

New homes

295 permits · busiest July, quietest November

Fences & walls

283 permits · busiest July, quietest January

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Kind of work	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Remodels & repairs	89	86	88	104	95	120	107	114	119	107	89	81
Roofing	48	59	83	93	87	90	77	102	129	191	182	60
Plumbing	114	93	104	97	94	104	99	94	111	113	91	86
HVAC	90	69	81	89	66	106	146	124	107	111	106	105
Electrical	102	87	103	117	83	95	107	97	116	132	76	86
Solar	73	67	82	88	97	85	139	115	103	176	88	88
New homes	49	49	159	134	106	175	183	122	49	49	45	81
Fences & walls	55	191	81	127	93	93	195	72	64	98	64	68

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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)	11,833	88%	5,497
Other	1,641	12%	872

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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	5,866	82.6%
Still open	87	1.2%
Expired	1,152	16.2%

How long each kind of permit takes →

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By ZIP code

The 7 ZIP codes with the most permits, counted at the property's ZIP code. A ZIP code can cross into a city that runs its own permit office; only the city's permits are counted.

ZIP code	Permits	Share	Top kind of work
80122	3,744	28%	Remodels & repairs (990)
80112	2,928	22%	Remodels & repairs (596)
80015	2,807	21%	Roofing (921)
80121	1,636	12%	Remodels & repairs (404)
80016	1,304	10%	Roofing (332)
80111	1,049	8%	Roofing (314)
80116	2	under 1%	Other

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How Centennial compares with other cities

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

85% finished of remodel permits a year or more old here, against 79% across 24 cities (7th highest of 25). Permit completion rates by city →
1.4% still open of remodel permits a year after issue here, against 21% across 24 cities (fewest left open of 25). 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 Feb for permits here; see when each trade peaks in 50 cities. Busiest months for home projects, by city →

Nearby permit data

Permit statistics for other places in Denver and Boulder. Each permit office keeps its own file, so the numbers are not added together.

Denver, CO Boulder, CO Boulder County, CO Adams County, CO Aurora, CO Thornton, CO Longmont, CO

How these numbers are made

Source: City of Centennial ArcGIS Server, EPL_Permit (EnerGov permit table), read 20 Oct 2026. We count permits issued October 2024 through September 2026; denied and withdrawn permits are left out.

Building, trade, fence and sign permits the City of Centennial issues inside the city limits only. Homes with a Centennial mailing address in unincorporated Arapahoe County, and the neighbouring cities of Greenwood Village, Littleton, Englewood, Lone Tree and Aurora, get their permits elsewhere and are not in this file.

The city's file names no contractor, so there are no contractor lists, rankings or firm pages for Centennial.
The value is the valuation declared on the permit, which sets the fee. Many over-the-counter home permits list none or a nominal figure, so values are a guide, not a cost.
Hailstorms drive roofing: a storm season can double a month's permits, so roofing counts swing from year to year.
The city's broad 'Misc' class (EV circuits, sewer repairs, furnace swaps, siding) is sorted into trades from the short work description; anything left is a remodel or repair.
Homes are permits the city files as residential. Multi-family buildings and commercial work count as other.
A final date is the date the permit was finaled. Right-of-way, temporary use and development permits are left out.

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 Centennial, CO building permit statistics", https://contractorrecords.com/centennial/permit-statistics, data through September 2026, from the City of Centennial Building Services 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 · By ZIP code.

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 · Permits by ZIP code.

Common questions

How many building permits does Centennial issue a year?About 6,737 a year in the City of Centennial: 13,474 permits over 24 months, October 2024 through September 2026. 6,369 permits in the last 12 months (Oct 2025–Sep 2026), 10% fewer than the 7,105 in the 12 months before.
Are building permits up or down in Centennial?6,369 permits in the last 12 months (Oct 2025–Sep 2026), 10% fewer than the 7,105 in the 12 months before. HVAC permits grew most (912 to 1,080); roofing permits fell most (1,672 to 872).
What is the busiest month for permits in Centennial?October, counting every kind of work (127 against an average month of 100). February is the quietest (81). Each kind of work has its own season; the charts above show them.
What share of Centennial permits are for homes?88%: 11,833 of the 13,474 permits issued October 2024 through September 2026 were residential permits.

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