What each job was filed at
"Usual" is the middle permit: half were filed for less, half for more. "Middle half of firms" takes every firm with three or more permits in the trade, finds each firm's usual job, and shows the band the middle 50% of firms sit in; it is the number to hold a quote against. A dash (—) in the days column means too few permits of that type carry a final-inspection date to give a usual figure.
| Job | Usual filed value | Middle half of firms | Permits (share priced) | Usual days to final | Pages |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demolition | $10,449 | $8,250–$15,000 | 142 (95.1%) | — | cost · compare firms |
| Foundation & crawl space | $13,136 | $11,809–$13,966 | 682 (99.1%) | 85 | cost · compare firms |
| Deck | $16,046 | $11,000–$25,000 | 226 (97.3%) | 41 | cost · compare firms |
| Solar panels | $26,241 | $18,822–$33,940 | 397 (99.5%) | 103 | cost · compare firms |
| Remodel & repair | $35,000 | $25,000–$64,373 | 1,509 (98.3%) | 126 | cost · compare firms |
| Garage & shed | $38,700 | $25,000–$125,000 | 119 (93.3%) | 156 | cost · compare firms |
| Home addition | $66,975 | $44,000–$110,000 | 393 (98.2%) | 179 | cost · compare firms |
| New home | $189,075 | $150,000–$230,259 | 2,341 (98.8%) | 156 | cost · compare firms |
Electrical, HVAC, plumbing and driveway permits have compare pages but no cost page: Greensboro records no job value on them (0.0% of 16,678 HVAC permits carry one). The HVAC, plumbing and driveway compare pages still rank firms by permits and finished share.
What moves the price in Greensboro
The home. Each cost page splits firms into thirds by the usual value of the homes they work on (Guilford County parcel values, matched by address). Greensboro's single-family value figure is $177,000.
| Job | Firms on the least expensive third | Firms on the most expensive third |
|---|---|---|
| Garage & shed | $10,907 | $78,000 |
| Deck | $5,000 | $20,579 |
| Home addition | $48,750 | $157,700 |
| Remodel & repair | $28,000 | $55,249 |
| Foundation & crawl space | $8,500 | $12,315 |
| New home | $181,875 | $192,780 |
Figures from each cost page, data of 18 October 2026. Garages go from a shed to a real garage, and decks and additions roughly triple or quadruple with home value; new homes hardly move ($181,875 against $192,780), so for a new home the neighbourhood is not what sets the figure.
The firm. In additions the ten busiest firms usually file $160,315 a permit, against $65,000 for the 159 firms with fewer than ten permits (Greensboro addition cost page). Garages run the other way: $10,907 for the ten busiest, $54,200 for 58 smaller firms (Greensboro garage cost page), so the busiest names there are mostly putting up sheds.
The season. Deck permits peak in July (index 178, where 100 is an average month) and are fewest in January (25). We have no prices by month, so this is about crews' calendars, not discounts.
Filed value is not the price
- It is what the applicant wrote down. Some contractors write the contract price, some the permitted part only.
- Trade permits carry no value. Electrical, HVAC and plumbing are unpriced here, so this page says nothing about their prices.
- The lot. New-home values are construction only.
- Fees. We could not read Greensboro's residential fee schedule for this guide: the fee document we opened (Development Services Document #4000) covers commercial projects only, and the City's permit-fee pages would not open for us on 23 October 2026. So we don't quote permit fees; the City's Development Services pages publish them.
Check a quote in five minutes
- Find your job in the table and open its cost page.
- Put your quote against the "middle half of firms" band. Inside it is normal here; above it, ask what the extra covers.
- Open compare firms, find the contractor, and read its usual filed value, permit count and finished share.
- Ask whether the price includes the permit fee and the final inspection; the usual remodel permit here took 126 days to reach final.
Single-job guides: home addition cost, new home construction cost, solar panel installation cost. To check a North Carolina license, see Greensboro contractor license lookup.
How we know this
Every row is a permit type with a cost page: the City of Greensboro issued at least 100 priced permits of it in the window 2023-10 to 2026-09, making up at least 80% of the type. Usual = median of the permits that carry a value; middle half of firms = 25th to 75th percentile of the usual value of firms with three or more permits in the trade (shown when at least eight firms qualify); days = median from permit issue to final inspection. Home-value thirds and busiest-firm figures are copied from each job's cost page and dated. No fee schedule was quoted.
Numbers come from City of Greensboro building and trade permits, data through October 18, 2026. Nobody paid to be on this page and nobody can.
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Questions
- How much does it cost to build a custom home in Greensboro?
New-home permits in Greensboro were usually filed at $189,075 across 2,341 permits, with the middle half of 49 builders between $150,000 and $230,259. Small builders file about the same: those with fewer than ten permits usually file $183,825 (Greensboro new-home cost page, data of 18 October 2026). The figure is construction only, without the lot.
- What is the cost of a home renovation in Greensboro?
Remodel and repair permits were usually filed at $35,000 (1,509 permits), with the middle half of 115 remodelers between $25,000 and $64,373. Remodelers on the most expensive third of homes usually file $55,249, about twice the $28,000 on the least expensive third.
- How much does a home addition cost in Greensboro?
The usual addition permit was filed at $66,975, across 393 permits; the middle half of 40 firms usually file between $44,000 and $110,000. The usual addition permit took 179 days from issue to final inspection.
- How much does HVAC replacement cost in Greensboro?
The permit file can't say: 0.0% of Greensboro's 16,678 HVAC permits carry a job value. They do move fast, with the usual one reaching final in 48 days. For filed HVAC prices in cities that record them, see our HVAC replacement cost guide.
- How much do electricians charge in Greensboro?
Greensboro's 17,544 electrical permits carry no job value (0.0% priced), so we can't give a usual price. The electrical compare page lists 942 firms by permit count and finished share; for filed electrical prices elsewhere, see our electrical work cost guide.
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