How much does it cost to build a garage in Cleveland? The usual garage job filed with Cleveland is $22,275, from 301 priced permits (October 2023 through September 2026); the middle half of firms file between $19,000 and $40,591. A filed value is what the contractor wrote on the permit, not a quote or the final bill.
The usual garage job filed with Cleveland is $22,275, from 301 priced permits, October 2023 through September 2026. The middle half of firms usually file between $19,000 and $40,591. 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 garage permit here usually takes 139 days from issue to final inspection. How long permits take →
Approximately, from each firm's own spread: every firm's range of filed values, weighted by its 301 priced permits across 92 firms, pooled into one. Half of Cleveland garage permits were filed between $16,900 and $32,200.
| Percentile | Filed value | Reads as |
|---|---|---|
| 10th | $5,600 | 1 in 10 permits filed below |
| 25th | $16,900 | 1 in 4 filed below |
| 50th | $22,500 | the middle permit |
| 75th | $32,200 | 1 in 4 filed above |
| 90th | $183,000 | 1 in 10 filed above |
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: Cuyahoga County parcel values.
| Firms working on | Usual home value | Usual filed value | Firms | Permits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower third | under $108,500 | $25,000 | 30 | 63 |
| Middle third | $108,500–$156,500 | $19,937 | 31 | 172 |
| Upper third | $156,600 and up | $29,652 | 31 | 66 |
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.
| Firm | Permits | Last 12 mo | Usual | Middle half | Finished |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Creation Builders, LLC | 72 | 16 | $19,937 | $18,000–$24,550 | 75.5% |
| Platinum Construction LLC | 43 | 16 | $22,450 | $19,975–$28,900 | 91.4% |
| Shannonwood Homes LLC. | 19 | 6 | $27,000 | $22,500–$30,000 | 83.8% |
| Tuff Shed Inc. | 7 | 5 | $7,000 | $4,600–$14,558 | — |
| Northeast Ohio Amish Garages | 5 | 5 | $5,000 | $5,000 | — |
| D'Amico Construction, Inc dba Great Garage Company | 4 | 4 | — | — | — |
| Great Garage Company | 7 | 3 | $30,277 | $25,714–$42,981 | — |
| New Beginnings Construction | 3 | 3 | — | — | — |
| One Stop Junk Removal LLC | 3 | 3 | — | — | — |
| Greatlees Construction, Inc. | 4 | 2 | — | — | — |
Line your quote up against the file. In Cleveland, 1 in 10 garage filed values sit under $5,600, the middle half between $16,900 and $32,200, and 1 in 10 over $183,000.
Cleveland files the fewest garage permits in January (16 against an average month of 100) and the most in October (170). 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 Cleveland →
Source: City of Cleveland building permits. 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.
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