Data through December 2025 · updated 21 Oct 2026
1,970 building permits issued in Gaston County, January 2025 through December 2025: about 1,970 a year. The biggest kind of work is new homes, with 1,931. 98% were permits for homes. The busiest month for permits is June.
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 January 2025 through December 2025. Last 12 months on file is Jan 2025–Dec 2025. Homes is the share issued as residential permits. Busiest month is the calendar month with the most permits on average.
| Kind of work | Permits | Share | Last 12 mo | Homes | Busiest month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New homes | 1,931 | 98% | 1,931 | 100% | June |
Fewer than 100 permits, so no row: other (39).
Permits issued in each calendar year of the window. Per year scales a part year to 12 months.
| Year | Months | Permits | Per year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | 1,970 | 1,970 |
Permits issued each month, January 2025 through December 2025. The tallest bar is the busiest month on file.
| Month | Permits |
|---|---|
| Jan 2025 | 182 |
| Feb 2025 | 164 |
| Mar 2025 | 193 |
| Apr 2025 | 155 |
| May 2025 | 140 |
| Jun 2025 | 198 |
| Jul 2025 | 161 |
| Aug 2025 | 140 |
| Sep 2025 | 155 |
| Oct 2025 | 171 |
| Nov 2025 | 150 |
| Dec 2025 | 161 |
Permits by calendar month, 100 = an average month (the thin line), January 2025 through December 2025. Kinds of work do not all peak together. Each month is counted once, so one unusual month moves these numbers.
1,931 permits · busiest June, quietest November
| Kind of work | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New homes | 113 | 102 | 117 | 96 | 87 | 123 | 100 | 87 | 91 | 106 | 86 | 90 |
How the county classed each permit. Other covers commercial buildings, signs, towers and similar work.
| Permit class | Permits | Share | Last 12 mo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes (residential) | 1,931 | 98% | 1,931 |
| Other | 39 | 2% | 39 |
The 10 ZIP codes with the most permits, counted at the property's ZIP code. A ZIP code can cross into a city that runs its own permit office; only the county's permits are counted.
| ZIP code | Permits | Share | Top kind of work |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28012 | 433 | 22% | New homes (424) |
| 28052 | 420 | 21% | New homes (414) |
| 28056 | 269 | 14% | New homes (269) |
| 28032 | 184 | 9% | New homes (184) |
| 28054 | 179 | 9% | New homes (157) |
| 28016 | 95 | 5% | New homes (93) |
| 28164 | 81 | 4% | New homes (81) |
| 28098 | 75 | 4% | New homes (75) |
| 28120 | 68 | 3% | New homes (68) |
| 28021 | 50 | 3% | New homes (50) |
From our cross-city data studies: the same measure, read the same way, for every city we cover.
Permit statistics 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, "Gaston County, NC building permit statistics", https://contractorrecords.com/gaston-county/permit-statistics, data through December 2025, from Gaston County Building Inspections building-permit records.Link to a table: By kind of work · By year · By month · When each kind of work is filed · Homes and everything else · By ZIP code.
Download the tables (CSV): Permits by kind of work · Permits by year · Permits by month · Permits by calendar month (index) · Homes and other permits · Permits by ZIP code.