17,935 building permits issued in Eugene, October 2024 through September 2026: about 8,968 a year. The biggest kind of work is electrical, with 5,835. 8,794 permits in the last 12 months (Oct 2025–Sep 2026), 4% fewer than the 9,141 in the 12 months before. 72% were permits for homes. The busiest month for permits is July.
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By kind of work
Permits issued October 2024 through September 2026. Last 12 months is Oct 2025–Sep 2026; the 12 months before is Oct 2024–Sep 2025. Homes is the share issued as residential permits. Busiest month is the calendar month with the most permits on average.
Permits by calendar month, 100 = an average month (the thin line), October 2024 through September 2026. Kinds of work do not all peak together. Each month is counted twice (once a year), so one unusual month still moves these numbers.
Electrical
5,835 permits · busiest August, quietest November
HVAC
5,394 permits · busiest July, quietest January
Plumbing
2,926 permits · busiest October, quietest November
Building, electrical, mechanical, plumbing, manufactured-home, fire-sprinkler and sign permits the City of Eugene issued inside the city. Public-works (right-of-way), erosion-control and site-development permits are left out. Springfield and unincorporated Lane County run their own permit offices and are not in this file.
Eugene issues the building, electrical, mechanical and plumbing work for one project as separate permits under one log number, each with its own issue date; each counts once here, under its own trade.
The city's report has no permit status or completion date, so we show no finished share and no time to final.
The report gives a street address but no ZIP code, so there are no ZIP pages.
Values are the declared value of work on building permits only; trade permits are left unpriced because most carry no value or the whole project's figure.
Homes are the permits the city files under its Residential application type (one- and two-family dwellings, townhouses, ADUs and manufactured homes); apartments of five or more units are commercial.
Building permits for alterations and repairs are sorted into roofing, solar, pools, fences or garages, sheds and decks where the city's project description names one.
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Contractor Records, "Eugene, OR building permit statistics", https://contractorrecords.com/eugene/permit-statistics, data through September 2026, from City of Eugene Planning & Development building-permit records.
How many building permits does Eugene issue a year?About 8,968 a year in Eugene: 17,935 permits over 24 months, October 2024 through September 2026. 8,794 permits in the last 12 months (Oct 2025–Sep 2026), 4% fewer than the 9,141 in the 12 months before.
Are building permits up or down in Eugene?8,794 permits in the last 12 months (Oct 2025–Sep 2026), 4% fewer than the 9,141 in the 12 months before. Roofing permits grew most (88 to 101); HVAC permits fell most (2,764 to 2,630).
What is the busiest month for permits in Eugene?July, counting every kind of work (113 against an average month of 100). January is the quietest (85). Each kind of work has its own season; the charts above show them.
What share of Eugene permits are for homes?72%: 12,910 of the 17,935 permits issued October 2024 through September 2026 were residential permits.