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The City of College Station, TX building permits

Data through September 2026 · updated 19 Oct 2026

10,055 building permits were issued in the City of College Station from October 2024 to September 2026, about 5,028 a year. HVAC permits lead with 2,015, then plumbing (1,883) and electrical (1,470). 43% were for homes. The city's file doesn't name contractors, so we can't rank, compare or profile firms here: these pages show what was built, where and when.

10,055permits issued
5,028a year
43%for homes
60%finished (Oct 2024–Sep 2025 permits)
Sep 2026records through

What gets built here

HVAC

2,015permits
1,017last 12 mo

Plumbing

1,883permits
965last 12 mo

Electrical

1,470permits
746last 12 mo

Roofing

1,301permits
370last 12 mo

New homes

664permits
308last 12 mo

Remodels & repairs

246permits
119last 12 mo

What this page can and can't show

  • ✓Permits the city issued, by kind of work, month and ZIP code.
  • ✓Which permits finished, are still open or expired.
  • ✓What the job was declared at on the permit.
  • Who did the work. The city's file doesn't name contractors, so we can't rank, compare or profile firms here.
  • How long a permit takes to final. The file has too few final dates.
  • Street addresses or owners. We publish counts and permit rows without them.

Building and trade permits the City of College Station issues inside the city limits. Bryan, unincorporated Brazos County and Texas A&M University buildings on state land are not in this file. Event, vendor, short-term rental and inspection-only records are left out.

Hiring someone here?

The permit file can't tell you who does good work. Ask for the contractor's license number and look it up at the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation license search, then ask the city whether they pulled the permit for your job.

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Permits by kind of work

Permits issued October 2024 through September 2026, every kind of work with 100 or more. Last 12 months is Oct 2025–Sep 2026. Homes is the share issued as residential permits.

Kind of workPermitsShareLast 12 mo
HVAC2,01520%1,017
Plumbing1,88319%965
Electrical1,47015%746
Roofing1,30113%370
New homes6647%308
Remodels & repairs2462%119
Demolition1562%57
Pools & spas1401%64
Other2,01520%972

Fewer than 100 permits, so no row: garages, sheds & shade structures (82), solar (37), additions (28), fences & walls (11), ADUs & casitas (7).

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Local permit rules and lookups, each with College Station's own permit numbers.

How these numbers are made

Source: City of College Station Open Data, Permits - Master Dataset (hrbn-znt6), read 19 Oct 2026. We count permits issued October 2024 through September 2026; denied and withdrawn permits are left out.

Building and trade permits the City of College Station issues inside the city limits. Bryan, unincorporated Brazos County and Texas A&M University buildings on state land are not in this file. Event, vendor, short-term rental and inspection-only records are left out.

  • The city's file names no contractor, so there are no contractor lists, rankings or firm pages for College Station.
  • The file has a current status but no final date, so we can say how many permits finished but not how long they took.
  • The city seldom marks a permit expired: a permit that never got its final inspection usually still reads Issued, so it counts as open here.
  • Finished means the file shows Finaled, Complete, Closed or a certificate of occupancy or completion issued.
  • Plumbing, gas, mechanical and most electrical permits don't say whether the building is a home, so the homes share counts only permits whose type names a single-family home, duplex or townhome.
  • Value is the valuation declared on the permit and is filled on about half the permits, mostly building permits; trade permits usually carry none.

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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Contractor Records, "The City of College Station, TX building permits", https://contractorrecords.com/college-station/, data through September 2026, from the City of College Station Planning & Development Services building-permit records.

Link to a table: By kind of work · Browse the permits · Permits each month.

Download the tables (CSV): Permits by kind of work · Permits in the last 12 months.

Common questions

  • How many building permits does College Station issue a year?About 5,028 a year in the City of College Station: 10,055 permits issued October 2024 through September 2026, 4,691 of them in the last 12 months. That counts the permits the city issued, homes and commercial, not denied or withdrawn applications.
  • Can I find a contractor's permits in College Station?Not from this file: the city publishes its permits without the contractor's name, so we can't list or rank firms. Check a license at the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation license search and ask the contractor for the permit number of a past job.
  • What do people build most in College Station?HVAC: 2,015 of the 10,055 permits (20%), then plumbing (1,883), electrical (1,470), October 2024 through September 2026.
  • How do I look up a building permit in College Station?Filter the permit list on this page by month, kind of work and ZIP code to see what was issued. For one property's permits, search the city's own records by address or permit number; we don't publish addresses. How to look up a permit in College Station →
  • How many permits were issued in College Station last month?469 in September 2026, the last full month on file; 4,691 over the last 12 months.

Browse the permits

Browse 10,055 permits

Every permit in the file issued October 2024 through September 2026, newest first. Pick a month, a kind of work, a ZIP code or a status. Each row is one permit: no street address, no names.

The list loads as you reach it (10,055 permits).

IssuedKind of workCity permit typeStatusZIP

Permits each month, the last 12 months

Permits issued each month and the kind of work with the most. A month opens its permits in the list above.

MonthPermitsTop kind of work
Sep 2026469HVAC (129)
Aug 2026359HVAC (91)
Jul 2026354Plumbing (94)
Jun 2026351Plumbing (77)
May 2026330Plumbing (67)
Apr 2026314Plumbing (61)
Mar 2026504HVAC (168)
Feb 2026467HVAC (116)
Jan 2026363Plumbing (85)
Dec 2025379Plumbing (83)
Nov 2025348Plumbing (69)
Oct 2025453Plumbing (99)

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