120 demolition contractors filed 1,572 demolition permits on homes in the City of Cleveland from October 2023 to September 2026; 59 filed one in the last 12 months. The middle filed job value was $9,000. The most active in the last 12 months were Great Lakes Deconstruction, Inc (37 permits), Nova Demolition LLC (35) and 3D Moore Enterprises LLC. (26); busy is not the same as careful. Side by side: permits filed, share finished 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 demolition 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 demolition permits on homes from October 2023 to September 2026. Each opens permits by trade and the most active firms there.
44110 (262) 44105 (229) 44108 (192) 44104 (140) 44103 (125) 44102 (113) 44120 (113) 44127 (80)
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 120 firms and pulled toward the middle when a record is short.
The order comes from the Cleveland permit file, not from reviews: 59 of 120 demolition contractors filed a permit in the last 12 months and 92% 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 Cleveland.
We do not rate contractors. In this page’s default order, which uses only the permit record through Sep 2026, the top 3 are XL Excavating, Inc. (86 permits, 98% finished), 3D Moore Enterprises LLC. (119 permits, 96% finished) and Pro Demolition LLC. (67 permits, 99% finished). By permits filed alone, the most active is Great Lakes Deconstruction, Inc with 145.
120 firms are on the list; the busiest filed 37 demolition permits in the last 12 months and the middle firm filed 1 in the whole file. Line them up on the same public measures: permits filed, share of permits finished and usual filed job value. 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.
120 firms filed at least one demolition permit on homes in the City of Cleveland from October 2023 to September 2026; 59 of them filed one in the last 12 months.
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Three you can check against this page: “How many demolition permits have you filed in Cleveland?” (the middle firm here filed 1; 59 of 120 filed one in the last 12 months); “What value will you put on the permit?” (the usual filed value here is $9,000); “Will you pull the permit in your company’s name, and when is the final inspection?” (92% of older demolition permits here were finished). All 10 questions and how to check each →
On this page: 120 firms filed 1,572 demolition permits from October 2023 to September 2026, and each firm’s name opens its own permit record. Every number comes from City of Cleveland building permits. To see one permit itself, search the address or permit number with the Cleveland permit office. How the records work in Cleveland →
We do not rate or collect reviews. Instead each of the 120 demolition contractors here is shown with its permit record: 1,572 permits, the share finished and usual filed value. 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 Cleveland building permits: 120 firms filed 1,572 demolition permits on homes in the City of Cleveland from October 2023 to September 2026, and 59 of them filed one in the last 12 months. The middle firm has 1 permit in the whole file. A short record leaves more uncertainty, and some jobs never require a permit.
The middle recorded permit value is $9,000. That is a filed estimate, not a quote or final bill. See how we compare records.
Most Cleveland demolition permits are filed in April (131 against an average month of 100); June is the quietest (69). When each trade is busiest in Cleveland →