How many building permits does Greenville issue a year?

About 1,491 a year in Greenville: 2,982 permits over 24 months, October 2024 through September 2026. 1,393 permits in the last 12 months (Oct 2025-Sep 2026), 12% fewer than the 1,589 in the 12 months before.

Are building permits up or down in Greenville?

1,393 permits in the last 12 months (Oct 2025-Sep 2026), 12% fewer than the 1,589 in the 12 months before. Home addition permits grew most (247 to 286); new home permits fell most (453 to 297).

What is the busiest month for permits in Greenville?

October, counting every kind of work (116 against an average month of 100). November is the quietest (85). Each kind of work has its own season; the charts above show them.

What share of Greenville permits are for homes?

78%: 2,322 of the 2,982 permits issued October 2024 through September 2026 were residential permits.

Greenville, SC Permit Statistics (2026): 2,982 Permits

By kind of work

Permits issued October 2024 through September 2026. Last 12 months is Oct 2025–Sep 2026; the 12 months before is Oct 2024–Sep 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	12 mo before	Change	Homes	Busiest month
New homes	750	25%	297	453	−34%	100%	October
Remodels & repairs	663	22%	300	363	−17%	100%	March
Additions	533	18%	286	247	+16%	100%	August
Demolition	222	7%	103	119	−13%	77%	October
Garages, sheds & shade structures	135	5%	65	70	−7%	99%	June
Other	603	20%	319	284	+12%	0%	March

Fewer than 100 permits, so no row: roofing (59), ADUs & casitas (8), pools & spas (5), electrical (2), fences & walls (2).

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By year

Permits issued in each calendar year of the window. Per year scales a part year to 12 months.

Year	Months	Permits	Per year
2024 (from October)	3	403	1,612
2025	12	1,492	1,492
2026 (through September)	9	1,087	1,449

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By month

Permits issued each month, October 2024 through September 2026. The tallest bar is the busiest month on file.

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Month	Permits
Oct 2024	172
Nov 2024	123
Dec 2024	108
Jan 2025	119
Feb 2025	141
Mar 2025	134
Apr 2025	126
May 2025	136
Jun 2025	118
Jul 2025	131
Aug 2025	129
Sep 2025	152
Oct 2025	117
Nov 2025	87
Dec 2025	102
Jan 2026	133
Feb 2026	91
Mar 2026	137
Apr 2026	102
May 2026	110
Jun 2026	107
Jul 2026	142
Aug 2026	140
Sep 2026	125

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When each kind of work is filed

Permits by calendar month, 100 = an average month (the thin line), October 2024 through September 2026. Kinds of work do not all peak together. Each month is counted twice (once a year), so one unusual month still moves these numbers.

New homes

750 permits · busiest October, quietest December

Remodels & repairs

663 permits · busiest March, quietest June

Additions

533 permits · busiest August, quietest December

Demolition

222 permits · busiest October, quietest November

Garages, sheds & shade structures

135 permits · busiest June, quietest July

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Kind of work	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
New homes	85	77	104	98	104	80	134	110	123	138	86	61
Remodels & repairs	98	94	121	109	101	76	109	85	98	109	101	100
Additions	101	99	117	74	95	119	106	137	122	104	65	61
Demolition	103	114	76	59	114	86	97	114	119	162	49	108
Garages, sheds & shade structures	107	107	98	71	107	142	62	116	133	89	107	62

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Homes and everything else

How the city classed each permit. Other covers commercial buildings, signs, towers and similar work.

Permit class	Permits	Share	Last 12 mo
Homes (residential)	2,322	78%	1,052
Other	660	22%	341

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How many permits get finished

Permits issued Oct 2024–Sep 2025, so each has had at least 12 months to reach a final. Finished means the city recorded a final inspection or marked it complete. The file doesn't mark permits expired, so a lapsed permit still reads open.

Status	Permits	Share
Finished	1,107	69.7%
Still open	482	30.3%

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How Greenville compares with other cities

From our cross-city data studies: the same measure, read the same way, for every city we cover.

81% finished of new home permits a year or more old here, against 90% across 26 cities (8th lowest of 27). Permit completion rates by city →
19% still open of new home permits a year after issue here, against 10% across 26 cities (8th most left open of 27). Permits still open after a year, by city →
Firms per city, how many are active and how many are new, across 53 cities. How many contractors each city has →
Busiest Oct, quietest Nov for permits here; see when each trade peaks in 50 cities. Busiest months for home projects, by city →

How these numbers are made

Source: City of Greenville GIS, BuildingPermits_PriorTwoYears (InfoHUB MapServer layer 0), read 19 Oct 2026. We count permits issued October 2024 through September 2026; denied and withdrawn permits are left out.

Building and demolition permits the City of Greenville Building Codes division issued inside the city limits. Homes with a Greenville mailing address outside the city (Taylors, Berea, Mauldin's edges and the rest of unincorporated Greenville County) get their permits from Greenville County and are not in this file. Electrical, plumbing and mechanical permits are not published and are not counted.

The city's file lists a contractor on most permits, but this page shows permit counts only: there are no contractor lists, rankings or firm pages for Greenville.
The city publishes only building and demolition permits from the last two years or so. Electrical, plumbing and HVAC permits are not in the file, so there are no counts for those trades.
The file has no final date, so we show no time to final. A permit counts as finished when the city marks it closed.
The file has no ZIP code for the property, so there are no ZIP code pages.
Job value is the valuation declared on the permit.
Roofing, solar and pool jobs are picked out of residential alteration permits by their comments; window and door replacements count as remodels.

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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Free to reuse with attribution (CC BY 4.0). Please credit Contractor Records and link to this page. Suggested citation:

Contractor Records, "Greenville, SC building permit statistics", https://contractorrecords.com/greenville-sc/permit-statistics, data through September 2026, from City of Greenville Building Codes 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 · How many get finished.

Download the tables (CSV): Permits by kind of work · Permits by year · Permits by month · Permits by calendar month (index) · Homes and other permits · Finished, open and expired.

Common questions

How many building permits does Greenville issue a year?About 1,491 a year in Greenville: 2,982 permits over 24 months, October 2024 through September 2026. 1,393 permits in the last 12 months (Oct 2025–Sep 2026), 12% fewer than the 1,589 in the 12 months before.
Are building permits up or down in Greenville?1,393 permits in the last 12 months (Oct 2025–Sep 2026), 12% fewer than the 1,589 in the 12 months before. Home addition permits grew most (247 to 286); new home permits fell most (453 to 297).
What is the busiest month for permits in Greenville?October, counting every kind of work (116 against an average month of 100). November is the quietest (85). Each kind of work has its own season; the charts above show them.
What share of Greenville permits are for homes?78%: 2,322 of the 2,982 permits issued October 2024 through September 2026 were residential permits.

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