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Roofing permits in the City of Gainesville, FL

Data through July 2026 · updated 19 Oct 2026

3,582 roofing permits were issued in the City of Gainesville, August 2024 through July 2026: about 1,791 a year and 21% of all permits. 1,647 roofing permits in the last 12 months on file (Aug 2025–Jul 2026), 15% fewer than the 1,935 in the 12 months before. The busiest month is May. The usual one took 21 days from issue to the city's final. 32605 has the most, 1,241.

3,582permits issued
1,647last 12 months on file
Maybusiest month
21days, usual issue to final
97%finished
Jul 2026records through

Roofing permits by month

Permits issued each month, August 2024 through July 2026.

Aug 2024: 168Aug2024Sep 2024: 125Oct 2024: 140Nov 2024: 125Dec 2024: 95Jan 2025: 134Jan2025Feb 2025: 128Mar 2025: 125Apr 2025: 176May 2025: 231Jun 2025: 246Jul 2025: 242JulAug 2025: 204Sep 2025: 154Oct 2025: 153Nov 2025: 126Dec 2025: 114Jan 2026: 119Jan2026Feb 2026: 128Mar 2026: 136Apr 2026: 124May 2026: 152Jun 2026: 118Jul 2026: 119Jul
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MonthPermits
Aug 2024168
Sep 2024125
Oct 2024140
Nov 2024125
Dec 202495
Jan 2025134
Feb 2025128
Mar 2025125
Apr 2025176
May 2025231
Jun 2025246
Jul 2025242
Aug 2025204
Sep 2025154
Oct 2025153
Nov 2025126
Dec 2025114
Jan 2026119
Feb 2026128
Mar 2026136
Apr 2026124
May 2026152
Jun 2026118
Jul 2026119

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When roofing permits are filed

By calendar month, 100 = an average month (the thin line). May is the busiest (128), December the quietest (70). A busy month at the permit counter usually means a longer wait for a contractor.

January: 85 (100 = an average month)February: 86 (100 = an average month)March: 87 (100 = an average month)April: 101 (100 = an average month)May: 128 (100 = an average month)128June: 122 (100 = an average month)July: 121 (100 = an average month)August: 125 (100 = an average month)September: 93 (100 = an average month)October: 98 (100 = an average month)November: 84 (100 = an average month)December: 70 (100 = an average month)JFMAMJJASOND
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MonthIndex
January85
February86
March87
April101
May128
June122
July121
August125
September93
October98
November84
December70

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How long a roofing permit takes

Permits issued Aug 2024–Jul 2025, at least 12 months before the file ends. Usual days is the middle permit among the 1,869 with a final date.

MeasureValue
Permits issued Aug 2024–Jul 20251,935
Finished96.6%
Expired0.0%
Usual days, issue to final21
Middle half, days13–38

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ZIP codes with the most roofing permits

Counted at the property's ZIP code. Share is the part of the city's 3,582 roofing permits.

ZIP codePermitsShare
326051,24135%
3265346613%
3260143312%
3260942512%
326073339%
326412176%
326062116%
326081584%
32603792%

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The city's own permit types

How the city filed these permits. We group its types into kinds of work; this is the split.

Permit typePermitsShare
Roofing: Re-Roof3,38795%
Roofing: Roof Over1955%

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How Gainesville compares with other cities

From our cross-city data studies: the same measure, read the same way, for every city we cover.

Nearby permit data

Roofing permits for other places in Gainesville. Each permit office keeps its own file, so the numbers are not added together.

How these numbers are made

Source: City of Gainesville, Gainesville Permit Cases (ArcGIS Online, table All_Permit_Cases), read 19 Oct 2026. We count permits issued August 2024 through July 2026; denied and withdrawn permits are left out.

Building and trade permits the City of Gainesville issues inside city limits. Unincorporated Alachua County and the other towns in the county (Alachua, High Springs, Newberry and others) have their own permit offices and are not in this file.

  • The file names no contractor company (only the license holder's personal name), so there are no contractor lists, rankings or firm pages here.
  • The file has no declared job value, so we show no costs.
  • The city loaded this permit table once, on July 31, 2026, and it has not been updated since, so the window ends in July 2026.
  • Each trade on a job gets its own permit: a new house usually has a building permit plus separate electrical, mechanical, plumbing and gas permits. Those trade permits are counted under their trade.
  • A final date is the date the city closed the permit. Homes versus other property comes from the parcel's land-use code on the county tax roll, and the ZIP code from the same roll.

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Free to reuse with attribution (CC BY 4.0). Please credit Contractor Records and link to this page. Suggested citation:

Contractor Records, "Roofing permits in the City of Gainesville, FL", https://contractorrecords.com/gainesville/roofing-permits, data through July 2026, from the City of Gainesville Building Division building-permit records.

Link to a table: By month · Season · Days to final · By ZIP code · Permit types.

Download the tables (CSV): Roofing permits by month · Roofing permits by calendar month (index) · Roofing permits: days to final · Roofing permits by ZIP code · Roofing permits by permit type.

Common questions

  • How many roofing permits does Gainesville issue a year?About 1,791 a year in the City of Gainesville: 3,582 permits issued August 2024 through July 2026, 1,647 of them in the last 12 months on file (to July 2026).
  • How long does a roofing permit take in Gainesville?The usual one took 21 days from issue to the city's final inspection, and the middle half took 13 to 38 days (1,869 permits issued Aug 2024–Jul 2025 that reached a final). The wait to get the permit issued is not in this file.
  • When do people in Gainesville file the most roofing permits?May (128 against an average month of 100); December is the quietest (70). If you can choose, a quiet month at the permit counter can mean contractors have more room in their schedules.
  • Which ZIP code has the most roofing permits in Gainesville?32605, with 1,241 of the 3,582 (35%); then 32653 (466).