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House Demolition Cost in Greensboro, NC: what the permits say

How much does house demolition cost in Greensboro? The usual demolition job filed with Greensboro is $10,449, from 135 priced permits (October 2023 through September 2026); the middle half of firms file between $8,250 and $15,000. A filed value is what the contractor wrote on the permit, not a quote or the final bill. The file does not say which Greensboro demolition permits were whole-house teardowns and which were garages, sheds or partial demolition, so every figure here covers all of them.

$10,449usual filed value
$8,250–$15,000middle half of firms' usual jobs
135priced permits (95% of 142)
48firms on file
Sep 2026records through

How much does it cost to tear down a house in Greensboro?

The usual Greensboro demolition permit is filed at $10,449, from 135 priced permits, October 2023 through September 2026. Half were filed for less, half for more. The file does not separate whole-house teardowns from garages, sheds or partial demolition, so read it as the middle of all demolition jobs, not a house-only price. A filed value is what the contractor wrote on the permit, not a quote or the final bill.

What the spread looks like

Approximately, from each firm's own spread: every firm's range of filed values, weighted by its 135 priced permits across 48 firms, pooled into one. Half of Greensboro demolition permits were filed between $7,600 and $19,600.

PercentileFiled valueReads as
10th$5,3001 in 10 permits filed below
25th$7,6001 in 4 filed below
50th$10,500the middle permit
75th$19,6001 in 4 filed above
90th$28,1001 in 10 filed above

By home value

Firms split into thirds by the usual value of the homes they work on, with each third's usual filed value weighted by permits. Home values: Guilford County parcel values (matched by address).

Firms working onUsual home valueUsual filed valueFirmsPermits
Lower thirdunder $91,000$12,2591234
Middle third$91,000–$209,400$11,5001269
Upper third$226,900 and up$25,0001320

Busiest firms and what they usually charge

Top 10 by permits in the last 12 months. Usual is each firm's middle filed value; middle half is the range its middle half of jobs were filed in; both are shown for firms with 5 or more priced permits. Busy is not the same as careful: pick what you value to build a list.

FirmPermitsLast 12 moUsualMiddle halfFinished
D H Griffin Wrecking Co3511$11,500$8,782–$23,83523.3%
Martin Enterprise NC, LLC63$8,250$5,375–$8,500—
Cecil Holcomb Renovations, Inc33———
Eme Industrial Service, LLC212$7,401$4,839–$9,83376.8%
God's Way Landscaping42———
Cisco Site Services LLC22———
Holladay Construction22———
Double D Construction Svcs131$12,259$8,900–$17,72721.0%
Loye Grading & Tree Service31———
6th Generation, LLC21———

Why filed values run low or high

  • The 10 busiest firms usually file $11,500; the 45 firms with fewer than 10 permits usually file $13,500.
  • Firms working on the most expensive third of homes (usual home value $226,900 and up) usually file $25,000, against $12,259 for the least expensive third.
  • One permit type covers small and large jobs: 1 in 10 demolition permits is filed under $5,300 and 1 in 10 over $28,100, 5 times as much.
  • 95.1% of the 142 permits carry a value; the 7 without one are left out of every figure here.

Is your quote normal? Compare it with 135 filed values

Line your quote up against the file. In Greensboro, 1 in 10 demolition filed values sit under $5,300, the middle half between $7,600 and $19,600, and 1 in 10 over $28,100.

  • $36,600Above $28,100: higher than 9 in 10 filed values for this work in Greensboro.
  • $10,449Right at the usual $10,449: in the middle of the file.
  • $3,700Below $5,300: lower than 9 in 10. Ask what the quote leaves out.

When to schedule demolition in Greensboro

Greensboro files the fewest demolition permits in February (25 against an average month of 100) and the most in January (201). If you can choose, ask for quotes in a quiet month. We have no prices by month, so this is about crews' schedules, not a discount. When each trade is busiest in Greensboro →

How these numbers are made

Source: City of Greensboro building and trade permits. The window is October 2023 through September 2026; a permit filed after that isn't here yet.

Usual is the middle permit: half were filed for less, half for more. Only permits with a filed value count; a value of $0 or none is left out.

The spread is approximate: we keep seven points of each firm's own range of filed values, not every permit, and pool them.

Nobody paid to be on this page and nobody can. How the records work in Greensboro →

Common questions

  • How many quotes should I get for a demolition job in Greensboro?At least three. In the permit record the middle half of Greensboro demolition firms usually file between $8,250 and $15,000 a job, so two ordinary firms can sit 1.8 times apart and both be normal for Greensboro. A third quote shows which one is the outlier. Filed values are what contractors wrote on permits, not quotes, so use them to judge the spread, not to price your own job.
  • What range is normal for demolition jobs in Greensboro?Half of permits were filed between $7,600 and $19,600; 8 in 10 between $5,300 and $28,100. These are approximate, pooled from each firm's own spread.
  • How much do demolition contractors charge in Greensboro?The usual demolition job is filed at $10,449; the middle half of firms usually file between $8,250 and $15,000. The 10 firms with the most permits in the last 12 months usually file $11,500, more than the usual. See every firm's usual job →
  • Do bigger houses get bigger bills?In the file, yes for the firms: those working on the upper third of homes by value usually file $25,000, the lower third $12,259. That is firms, not single jobs.
  • Where does this data come from?City of Greensboro building and trade permits, read October 2026. How the records work in Greensboro →

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