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Home Remodel Cost in Columbus, OH: what the permits say

How much does home remodel cost in Columbus, OH? The usual remodel & alteration job filed with Columbus, OH is $22,000, from 2,603 priced permits (October 2023 through September 2026); the middle half of firms file between $17,000 and $65,000. A filed value is what the contractor wrote on the permit, not a quote or the final bill.

$22,000usual filed value
$17,000–$65,000middle half of firms' usual jobs
2,603priced permits (99% of 2,621)
635firms on file
155days, permit issue to final
Sep 2026records through

How much does home remodel cost in Columbus, OH?

The usual remodel & alteration job filed with Columbus, OH is $22,000, from 2,603 priced permits, October 2023 through September 2026. The middle half of firms usually file between $17,000 and $65,000. 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 remodel & alteration permit here usually takes 155 days from issue to final inspection. How long permits take →

What the spread looks like

Approximately, from each firm's own spread: every firm's range of filed values, weighted by its 2,603 priced permits across 629 firms, pooled into one. Half of Columbus, OH remodel & alteration permits were filed between $10,300 and $52,500.

PercentileFiled valueReads as
10th$5,5001 in 10 permits filed below
25th$10,3001 in 4 filed below
50th$22,400the middle permit
75th$52,5001 in 4 filed above
90th$100,0001 in 10 filed above

By home value

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: Franklin County Auditor base total values.

Firms working onUsual home valueUsual filed valueFirmsPermits
Lower thirdunder $208,100$30,000209385
Middle third$208,100–$353,350$13,0112091,583
Upper third$353,900 and up$70,000209645

Busiest firms and what they usually charge

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. Busy is not the same as careful: pick what you value to build a list.

FirmPermitsLast 12 moUsualMiddle halfFinished
Groundworks Ohio LLC440147$10,957$6,862–$15,93839.9%
Basement Doctor16456$14,961$9,648–$23,25492.1%
Mid-State Basement Systems LLC6639$13,011$6,462–$21,56586.3%
Jewell Building Company LLC7627$36,070$31,740–$42,91995.6%
Suncraft Corporation Inc5925$37,000$26,700–$56,00096.5%
Elite Home Remodeling Inc4216$62,000$37,000–$87,00095.6%
Acculevel, Inc2516$12,834$8,589–$16,26441.3%
Hydra Basement Waterproofing & Structural Repair LLC5612$14,339$8,111–$21,42082.9%
Dave Fox Remodeling Inc3212$80,000$60,000–$137,50090.4%
WB Bailey Contracting Services2710$50,000$28,500–$70,00089.1%

Why filed values run low or high

  • The 10 busiest firms usually file $13,011; the 592 firms with fewer than 10 permits usually file $34,750.
  • Firms working on the most expensive third of homes (usual home value $353,900 and up) usually file $70,000, against $30,000 for the least expensive third.
  • One permit type covers small and large jobs: 1 in 10 remodel & alteration permits is filed under $5,500 and 1 in 10 over $100,000, 18 times as much.
  • 99.3% of the 2,621 permits carry a value; the 18 without one are left out of every figure here.

Is your quote normal? Compare it with 2,603 filed values

Line your quote up against the file. In Columbus, OH, 1 in 10 remodel & alteration filed values sit under $5,500, the middle half between $10,300 and $52,500, and 1 in 10 over $100,000.

  • $130,000Above $100,000: higher than 9 in 10 filed values for this work in Columbus, OH.
  • $22,000Right at the usual $22,000: in the middle of the file.
  • $3,900Below $5,500: lower than 9 in 10. Ask what the quote leaves out.

When to schedule a home remodel in Columbus, OH

Columbus, OH files the fewest remodel & alteration permits in January (83 against an average month of 100) and the most in April (117). 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 Columbus, OH →

How these numbers are made

Source: City of Columbus Building & Zoning Services permits on 1-, 2- and 3-family homes (the city's Accela permit layer). 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.

Nobody paid to be on this page and nobody can. How the records work in Columbus, OH →

Common questions

  • How many quotes should I get for a remodel & alteration job in Columbus, OH?At least three. In the permit record the middle half of Columbus, OH remodel & alteration firms usually file between $17,000 and $65,000 a job, so two ordinary firms can sit 3.8 times apart and both be normal for Columbus, OH. A third quote shows which one is the outlier. Filed values are what contractors wrote on permits, not quotes, so use them to judge the spread, not to price your own job.
  • What range is normal for remodel & alteration jobs in Columbus, OH?Half of permits were filed between $10,300 and $52,500; 8 in 10 between $5,500 and $100,000. These are approximate, pooled from each firm's own spread.
  • How much do remodeling contractors charge in Columbus, OH?The usual remodel & alteration job is filed at $22,000; the middle half of firms usually file between $17,000 and $65,000. The 10 firms with the most permits in the last 12 months usually file $13,011, less than the usual. See every firm's usual job →
  • Why do prices I see online differ from $22,000?$22,000 is the construction value contractors wrote on Columbus, OH permits. Online figures are usually all-in ranges whose scope you can't check (design, fees, site work), and our file mixes small and large jobs of this type in one number. Use the spread above to see where a quote sits.
  • Do bigger houses get bigger bills?In the file, yes for the firms: those working on the upper third of homes by value usually file $70,000, the lower third $30,000. That is firms, not single jobs.
  • Where does this data come from?City of Columbus Building & Zoning Services permits on 1-, 2- and 3-family homes (the city's Accela permit layer), read October 2026. How the records work in Columbus, OH →

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