How much does it cost to build a garage in Greensboro? The usual garage & shed job filed with Greensboro is $38,700, from 111 priced permits (October 2023 through September 2026); the middle half of firms file between $25,000 and $125,000. A filed value is what the contractor wrote on the permit, not a quote or the final bill.
The usual garage & shed job filed with Greensboro is $38,700, from 111 priced permits, October 2023 through September 2026. The middle half of firms usually file between $25,000 and $125,000. Half of jobs were filed for less, half for more. A filed value is what the contractor wrote on the permit, not a quote or the final bill. A garage & shed permit here usually takes 156 days from issue to final inspection. How long permits take →
Approximately, from each firm's own spread: every firm's range of filed values, weighted by its 111 priced permits across 59 firms, pooled into one. Half of Greensboro garage & shed permits were filed between $14,800 and $77,600.
| Percentile | Filed value | Reads as |
|---|---|---|
| 10th | $8,500 | 1 in 10 permits filed below |
| 25th | $14,800 | 1 in 4 filed below |
| 50th | $33,900 | the middle permit |
| 75th | $77,600 | 1 in 4 filed above |
| 90th | $200,000 | 1 in 10 filed above |
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 on | Usual home value | Usual filed value | Firms | Permits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower third | under $268,100 | $10,907 | 19 | 51 |
| Middle third | $268,100–$429,700 | $65,000 | 20 | 33 |
| Upper third | $461,800 and up | $78,000 | 20 | 31 |
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.
| Firm | Permits | Last 12 mo | Usual | Middle half | Finished |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuff Shed | 28 | 11 | $10,907 | $8,910–$15,686 | 93.6% |
| Thomas Hobson Builder, Inc | 4 | 3 | — | — | — |
| Comer Shuford LLC | 4 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Richardson Home | 4 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Olde Greensborough Const | 3 | 2 | — | — | — |
| K J Smith Builders & Realty | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Walt Construction, Inc | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Wolfe Construction, Inc | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Blue Ridge Bldrs of the Triad | 3 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Frye Build & Design, LLC | 3 | 1 | — | — | — |
Line your quote up against the file. In Greensboro, 1 in 10 garage & shed filed values sit under $8,500, the middle half between $14,800 and $77,600, and 1 in 10 over $200,000.
Greensboro files the fewest garage & shed permits in February (71 against an average month of 100) and the most in September (124). 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 →
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.
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