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Gaston County, NC building permits

Data through December 2025 · updated 21 Oct 2026

1,970 building permits in the Gaston County residential building permit file were issued in Gaston County from January 2025 to December 2025, about 1,970 a year. New home permits lead with 1,931. 98% were for homes. The county's file names contractors, but we have not matched them to North Carolina license records, so we don't rate, rank or profile firms: these pages show what was built, where and when.

What this file covers: The county's published layer holds only new-home permits issued in 2025: re-roofs, remodels, additions, trade permits and commercial work are not in it.

1,970permits issued
1,970a year
98%for homes
Dec 2025records through

What gets built here

New homes

1,931permits
1,931last 12 mo on file

What this page can and can't show

  • ✓The permits in the Gaston County residential building permit file, 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.
  • ✓Which contractors filed the most permits (volume, not quality).
  • Who does good work. The county's file names contractors, but we have not matched them to North Carolina license records, so we don't rate, rank or profile firms.
  • 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.

New-home building permits Gaston County issues across the county: new single-family houses, modular homes and new multi-family buildings in Gastonia (whose permitting the county took over in 2022), Belmont, Cramerton, Bessemer City, Stanley, Lowell, Mount Holly, Cherryville, Dallas and the unincorporated county. Re-roofs, remodels, additions, trade permits and commercial permits are not in this file.

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 NC Licensing Board for General Contractors, then ask the county whether they pulled the permit for your job.

How to check a contractor's license in North Carolina →

Permits by kind of work

Permits issued January 2025 through December 2025, every kind of work with 100 or more. Last 12 months on file is Jan 2025–Dec 2025. Homes is the share issued as residential permits.

Kind of workPermitsShareLast 12 mo
New homes1,93198%1,931

Fewer than 100 permits, so no row: other (39).

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Most active contractors by permits filed

The contractors named on the most permits in the Gaston County residential building permit file, January 2025 through December 2025, with 5 or more each. Share is the part of all 1,970 permits; 92% of them name a contractor we can show. This is volume, not quality: more permits doesn't mean better work. Individuals' names, owner-builders and blanks are left out.

ContractorPermitsShare
Lennar Carolinas, LLC20911%
Lgi Homes-NC, LLC18910%
True Homes1839%
Pulte Home Company, LLC1608%
D.R. Horton975%
CKF Construction Services LLC925%
Meritage Homes814%
Tri Pointe Homes Holdings, Inc.462%
Profile Management LLC452%
Slate Building Group LLC422%

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Gaston County permit statistics →Gaston County permits by ZIP code →Gaston County building permit search: Citizen's Self Service and old records →

Before you start a project

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Guides for Gaston County

Local permit rules and lookups, each with Gaston County's own permit numbers.

Nearby permit data

Permit data for other places in Charlotte. Each permit office keeps its own file, so the numbers are not added together.

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How these numbers are made

Source: Gaston County GIS, BuildingPermits_2026 (Residential Building Permits, ArcGIS Online), read 21 Oct 2026. We count permits issued January 2025 through December 2025; denied and withdrawn permits are left out.

New-home building permits Gaston County issues across the county: new single-family houses, modular homes and new multi-family buildings in Gastonia (whose permitting the county took over in 2022), Belmont, Cramerton, Bessemer City, Stanley, Lowell, Mount Holly, Cherryville, Dallas and the unincorporated county. Re-roofs, remodels, additions, trade permits and commercial permits are not in this file.

  • The county publishes only one calendar year of new-home permits (2025), so there is no year-on-year comparison and no other kind of work.
  • The file names the general contractor on most permits. We show how many permits the most active builders filed, which is volume, not quality; we have not matched them to North Carolina license records.
  • A permit counts as finished when the county marks it complete; the file has no final inspection date, so we show no time to final.
  • The value is the project value the builder declared on the permit.
  • Town names and ZIP codes are mailing addresses, so a permit with a Gastonia mailing address may lie outside Gastonia itself.

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, "Gaston County, NC building permits", https://contractorrecords.com/gaston-county/, data through December 2025, from Gaston County Building Inspections building-permit records.

Link to a table: By kind of work · Most active contractors by permits filed · Browse the permits · Permits each month.

Download the tables (CSV): Permits by kind of work · Most active contractors by permits filed · Permits in the last 12 months on file.

Common questions

  • How many building permits does Gaston County issue a year?About 1,970 a year in Gaston County: 1,970 permits issued January 2025 through December 2025, 1,970 of them in the last 12 months on file (to December 2025). That counts the permits in the Gaston County residential building permit file, all for homes, not denied or withdrawn applications; the file doesn't hold every permit the county issues (see what it covers above).
  • Can I find a contractor's permits in Gaston County?The county's file names contractors, but we have not matched them to North Carolina license records, so we don't rate, rank or profile firms. The table above lists the contractors named on the most permits, as a count only. Check a license at the NC Licensing Board for General Contractors and ask the contractor for the permit number of a past job.
  • What do people build most in Gaston County?New homes: 1,931 of the 1,970 permits (98%), January 2025 through December 2025.
  • How do I look up a building permit in Gaston County?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 county's own records by address or permit number; we don't publish addresses. How to look up a permit in Gaston County →
  • How many permits were issued in Gaston County last month?161 in December 2025, the last full month on file; 1,970 over the last 12 months on file (to December 2025).

Browse the permits

Browse 1,970 permits

Every permit in the file issued January 2025 through December 2025, 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 (1,970 permits).

IssuedKind of workCounty permit typeStatusZIP

Permits each month, the last 12 months on file

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
Dec 2025161New homes (145)
Nov 2025150New homes (139)
Oct 2025171New homes (171)
Sep 2025155New homes (147)
Aug 2025140New homes (140)
Jul 2025161New homes (161)
Jun 2025198New homes (198)
May 2025140New homes (140)
Apr 2025155New homes (155)
Mar 2025193New homes (189)
Feb 2025164New homes (164)
Jan 2025182New homes (182)

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