Where Baton Rouge permits can be found
| Where | Search by | What it shows |
|---|---|---|
| EBR Building Permits (Open Data BR) | Any column: address, permit number, permit type, contractor | Permit type, issue date, contractor, project value; no status |
| MGO Connect | Permit number, address or name, after logging in | Your own applications, fees and inspections |
| Our Baton Rouge pages | Kind of work, month, ZIP code | Counts of permits, and the contractors named on the most permits |
How to look up the permits on a Baton Rouge address
- Open EBR Building Permits and choose to view the data.
- Filter the address column for your street name, then find your house number. Search the street name alone first; spellings such as "Dr" and "Drive" vary.
- Read each row's permit type, issue date, contractor and project value. A new house gets separate building, electrical, plumbing, gas and mechanical permits, so expect several rows per job.
- Compare the contractor on the permit with the one on your contract. About one permit in four in the file names no contractor, more often for plumbing, gas, fence and demolition permits.
- To learn whether inspections passed, ask the contractor for the MGO Connect permit number and the inspection results, or ask the City-Parish's Permits and Inspections office.
What the statuses mean
The public file has no permit status and no final inspection or completion date, so it can't show whether a permit was finished, and our pages show no finished share or time to final. A row in the file means a permit was issued, nothing more. The status lives in MGO Connect, which shows it to the account holder.
When the record is not online
The City-Parish's Public Records page links a Public Records Portal and says "Public Records requests for the City and each City Department are answered by the Parish Attorney's Office" (read 24 October 2026). Ask for the permit and inspection history of the address, and give the permit number if you have it.
What our Baton Rouge pages add
The Baton Rouge page counts permits issued October 2024 to September 2026 by kind of work:
| Kind of work | Permits (Oct 2024–Sep 2026) | Last 12 months (Oct 2025–Sep 2026) |
|---|---|---|
| Electrical | 2,516 | 1,055 |
| Roofing | 1,899 | 1,776 |
| Plumbing | 1,747 | 817 |
| New homes | 1,019 | 544 |
| Remodels and repairs | 768 | 356 |
| Demolition | 347 | 162 |
| Fences and walls | 322 | 182 |
| Additions | 231 | 106 |
| Pools and spas | 169 | 79 |
| HVAC | 129 | 67 |
| Garages, sheds and shade structures | 109 | 64 |
79% of the 10,556 permits were for homes. The permit statistics page has the file by year and month, browse permits lists the rows without owners or street addresses, and the ZIP code pages split the counts by ZIP. Louisiana contractor licenses are checked at the Louisiana State Licensing Board for Contractors.
What this does not tell you
The file has no status and no final date, and its value is the project value written on the permit, not the final cost; demolition permits carry none. We have not matched contractor names to state license records, so we count permits per firm and don't rate or rank them. Occupancy permits, short-term rental registrations, complaints and land clearing permits in the same file are left out.
How we know this
The portal and login wording is quoted from the City-Parish's Development page, and the request route from its Public Records page, both read 24 October 2026. Our counts are Open Data BR's EBR Building Permits file (7fq7-8j7r), read 19 October 2026: construction permits issued October 2024 to September 2026.
Numbers come from public permit records in 57 cities, data through October 19, 2026. Nobody paid to be on this page and nobody can.
Questions
- How do I find out if a permit was pulled on my house in Baton Rouge?
Open EBR Building Permits on data.brla.gov, which needs no account, and filter the address column for your street and house number. Each row is one permit with its type, issue date, contractor and project value.
- Can I look up Baton Rouge permits by contractor?
In the open data file, yes: filter the contractor column. It names a contractor on about three in four of the 10,556 permits we count from October 2024 to September 2026.
- Does the Baton Rouge permit file show whether a permit passed final?
No. EBR Building Permits has no status and no final inspection date. Permit holders see their inspections in MGO Connect after logging in; anyone else can ask Permits and Inspections or file a public records request.
- How do I get an old Baton Rouge permit record?
Use the Public Records Portal linked from brla.gov's Public Records page. The City-Parish says public records requests for the City and each department are answered by the Parish Attorney's Office.
- What do people pull permits for most in Baton Rouge?
Electrical work: 2,516 of 10,556 permits from October 2024 to September 2026, then roofing (1,899) and plumbing (1,747).
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Related guides
- Adams County, CO building permit search: the e-Permit Center, statuses and CORA
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- Anaheim building permit search: Anaheim NEXT and the Building Permit Report
- Arlington, VA building permit search: Permit Arlington lookups and FOIA requests
- Bozeman building permit search: the City's permit tools, statuses and records
- Brownsville building permit search: Accela Citizen Access and old records
- Development — City of Baton Rouge / Parish of East Baton Rouge (2026-10-24)
- MGO Connect portal (2026-10-24)
- EBR Building Permits — Open Data BR (2026-10-19)
- Public Records — City of Baton Rouge / Parish of East Baton Rouge (2026-10-24)