148 home builders filed 2,607 new home permits on homes in the City of Columbus from October 2023 to September 2026; 68 filed one in the last 12 months. The middle filed job value was $350,000. The most active in the last 12 months were Lincoln Avenue Communities (255 permits), D.R. Horton (202) and Maronda Homes, LLC of Ohio (140); busy is not the same as careful. Side by side: permits filed, share finished, license status 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 new home 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 new home permits on homes from October 2023 to September 2026. Each opens permits by trade and the most active firms there.
43110 (533) 43207 (331) 43026 (302) 43228 (278) 43123 (188) 43081 (155) 43119 (116) 43211 (110)
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 148 firms and pulled toward the middle when a record is short; a firm with a matched license problem is listed last.
The order comes from the Columbus permit file, not from reviews: 68 of 148 home builders 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 Columbus.
We do not rate contractors. In this page’s default order, which uses only the permit record through Sep 2026, the top 3 are Lincoln Avenue Communities (255 permits), WJ3 Enterprises Ltd (54 permits, 98% finished) and Pulte Homes of Ohio LLC (371 permits, 98% finished). By permits filed alone, the most active is Pulte Homes of Ohio LLC with 371.
148 firms are on the list; the busiest filed 255 new home 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, usual filed job value and license status. 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.
148 firms filed at least one new home permit on homes in the City of Columbus from October 2023 to September 2026; 68 of them filed one in the last 12 months.
The license file we match against for Columbus rarely covers new home firms (5 of 148 matched), so a missing status here says nothing about a firm. Ohio licenses electrical, HVAC, hydronics, plumbing and refrigeration contractors only — roofers, remodelers, waterproofers and home builders need no state license — and a licensed firm can file under a different name, so this is a gap in our match, not a finding. Ask for the license or registration number and check it with Ohio OCILB license lookup. How to check a contractor's license in Ohio →
Three you can check against this page: “How many new home permits have you filed in Columbus?” (the middle firm here filed 1; 68 of 148 filed one in the last 12 months); “What value will you put on the permit?” (the usual filed value here is $350,000); “Will you pull the permit in your company’s name, and when is the final inspection?” (92% of older new home permits here were finished). All 10 questions and how to check each →
On this page: 148 firms filed 2,607 new home permits from October 2023 to September 2026, and each firm’s name opens its own permit record. Every number comes from City of Columbus Building & Zoning Services permits on 1-, 2- and 3-family homes (the city's Accela permit layer). To see one permit itself, search the address or permit number with the Columbus permit office. How the records work in Columbus →
We do not rate or collect reviews. Instead each of the 148 home builders here is shown with its permit record: 2,607 permits, the share finished, usual filed value and license status. 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 Columbus Building & Zoning Services permits on 1-, 2- and 3-family homes (the city's Accela permit layer): 148 firms filed 2,607 new home permits on homes in the City of Columbus from October 2023 to September 2026, and 68 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 $350,000. That is a filed estimate, not a quote or final bill. See how we compare records.
Most Columbus new home permits are filed in November (186 against an average month of 100); January is the quietest (64). When each trade is busiest in Columbus →