Data through December 2025 · updated 21 Oct 2026
1,931 new home permits were issued in Gaston County, January 2025 through December 2025: about 1,931 a year and 98% of all permits. The busiest month is June. 28012 has the most, 424.
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.
Permits issued each month, January 2025 through December 2025.
| Month | Permits |
|---|---|
| Jan 2025 | 182 |
| Feb 2025 | 164 |
| Mar 2025 | 189 |
| Apr 2025 | 155 |
| May 2025 | 140 |
| Jun 2025 | 198 |
| Jul 2025 | 161 |
| Aug 2025 | 140 |
| Sep 2025 | 147 |
| Oct 2025 | 171 |
| Nov 2025 | 139 |
| Dec 2025 | 145 |
By calendar month, 100 = an average month (the thin line). June is the busiest (123), November the quietest (86). A busy month at the permit counter usually means a longer wait for a contractor.
| Month | Index |
|---|---|
| January | 113 |
| February | 102 |
| March | 117 |
| April | 96 |
| May | 87 |
| June | 123 |
| July | 100 |
| August | 87 |
| September | 91 |
| October | 106 |
| November | 86 |
| December | 90 |
The value written on the permit at application, from 1,931 permits with one. Not a quote and not the final bill.
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Usual declared value | $365,458 |
| Middle half | $291,333–$459,737 |
Counted at the property's ZIP code. Share is the part of the county's 1,931 new home permits.
How the county filed these permits. We group its types into kinds of work; this is the split.
| Permit type | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New Single Family | 1,925 | 100% |
| Modular Home | 6 | under 1% |
The contractors named on the most new home 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 1,931 new home 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.
| Contractor | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Lennar Carolinas, LLC | 200 | 10% |
| Lgi Homes-NC, LLC | 189 | 10% |
| True Homes | 183 | 9% |
| Pulte Home Company, LLC | 160 | 8% |
| D.R. Horton | 97 | 5% |
| Meritage Homes | 81 | 4% |
| CKF Construction Services LLC | 76 | 4% |
| Tri Pointe Homes Holdings, Inc. | 46 | 2% |
| Profile Management LLC | 45 | 2% |
| Slate Building Group LLC | 42 | 2% |
New home permits for other places in Charlotte. Each permit office keeps its own file, so the numbers are not added together.
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.
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, "New home permits in Gaston County, NC", https://contractorrecords.com/gaston-county/new-home-permits, data through December 2025, from Gaston County Building Inspections building-permit records.Link to a table: By month · Season · Declared value · By ZIP code · Permit types · Most active contractors by permits filed.
Download the tables (CSV): New homes permits by month · New homes permits by calendar month (index) · New homes permits: declared value · New homes permits by ZIP code · New homes permits by permit type · Most active contractors by permits filed.