How many building permits does Las Cruces issue a year?

About 6,754 a year in Las Cruces: 13,509 permits over 24 months, October 2024 through September 2026. 6,884 permits in the last 12 months (Oct 2025-Sep 2026), 4% more than the 6,625 in the 12 months before.

Are building permits up or down in Las Cruces?

6,884 permits in the last 12 months (Oct 2025-Sep 2026), 4% more than the 6,625 in the 12 months before. Fence and wall permits grew most (169 to 332); solar permits fell most (267 to 165).

What is the busiest month for permits in Las Cruces?

September, counting every kind of work (114 against an average month of 100). November is the quietest (76). Each kind of work has its own season; the charts above show them.

What share of Las Cruces permits are for homes?

74%: 9,969 of the 13,509 permits issued October 2024 through September 2026 were residential permits.

Las Cruces, NM Permit Statistics (2026): 13,509 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
Electrical	3,851	29%	1,954	1,897	+3%	82%	March
Plumbing	3,536	26%	1,718	1,818	−6%	88%	July
HVAC	1,834	14%	914	920	−1%	86%	March
New homes	1,306	10%	649	657	−1%	100%	March
Roofing	502	4%	323	179	+80%	90%	October
Fences & walls	501	4%	332	169	+96%	0%	September
Remodels & repairs	466	3%	261	205	+27%	14%	September
Solar	432	3%	165	267	−38%	0%	October
Garages, sheds & shade structures	116	under 1%	68	48	+42%	100%	May
Additions	109	under 1%	57	52	+10%	100%	March
Other	754	6%	386	368	+5%	0%	May

Fewer than 100 permits, so no row: pools & spas (74), demolition (28).

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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	1,408	5,632
2025	12	6,705	6,705
2026 (through September)	9	5,396	7,195

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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	560
Nov 2024	407
Dec 2024	441
Jan 2025	553
Feb 2025	575
Mar 2025	561
Apr 2025	669
May 2025	493
Jun 2025	586
Jul 2025	630
Aug 2025	541
Sep 2025	609
Oct 2025	586
Nov 2025	449
Dec 2025	453
Jan 2026	602
Feb 2026	608
Mar 2026	698
Apr 2026	574
May 2026	559
Jun 2026	541
Jul 2026	576
Aug 2026	559
Sep 2026	679

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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.

Electrical

3,851 permits · busiest March, quietest December

Plumbing

3,536 permits · busiest July, quietest November

HVAC

1,834 permits · busiest March, quietest December

New homes

1,306 permits · busiest March, quietest November

Roofing

502 permits · busiest October, quietest December

Fences & walls

501 permits · busiest September, quietest December

Remodels & repairs

466 permits · busiest September, quietest November

Solar

432 permits · busiest October, quietest February

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Kind of work	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Electrical	95	104	122	118	89	104	102	97	117	107	73	71
Plumbing	111	111	101	110	93	93	112	90	101	102	82	94
HVAC	99	105	127	126	89	94	115	99	108	88	86	64
New homes	107	105	130	88	93	130	121	85	107	94	53	88
Roofing	103	76	88	120	93	86	96	134	103	141	98	62
Fences & walls	139	101	101	72	67	98	101	139	211	69	57	46
Remodels & repairs	64	126	82	118	108	106	129	98	136	72	54	106
Solar	108	64	83	86	86	89	86	114	139	156	92	97

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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)	9,969	74%	5,003
Other	3,540	26%	1,881

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How Las Cruces compares with other cities

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

Finished share of permits a year or more old, compared across cities. Permit completion rates by city →
Share of permits still open a year after they were issued, compared across cities. 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 Sep, 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 Las Cruces GIS, Information_Services map service (Accela feed): BuildingPermits and CertificateOFoccupancy layers, read 20 Oct 2026. We count permits issued October 2024 through September 2026; denied and withdrawn permits are left out. The city's permit layer carries no permit status, and only building permits get a certificate of occupancy or completion in the public data, so no finished share is shown.

Building, trade, solar, fence, sign and demolition permits the City of Las Cruces issued inside the city limits. Right-of-way, paving, site-improvement and utility permits are left out. Unincorporated Doña Ana County is permitted by the county and is not in this file.

The city's permit layer has no status, so we show no finished share.
A final date is the date of the certificate of occupancy or certificate of completion the city issued for a building permit (new homes, additions, alterations); electrical, plumbing, mechanical, roofing and solar permits have none, so time to final is shown only for building work.
The value is the project valuation on the permit. The city records no value on electrical, plumbing and mechanical permits, so those are left unpriced.
Homes are the permits the city files under its Residential project class plus manufactured-home installations. Solar, fence, window and door, and sign permits carry no residential or commercial class, so they count as other property in the homes figures.
The layer gives a street address and map point but no ZIP code, so there are no ZIP pages.

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, "Las Cruces, NM building permit statistics", https://contractorrecords.com/las-cruces/permit-statistics, data through September 2026, from City of Las Cruces Community Development 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.

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

Common questions

How many building permits does Las Cruces issue a year?About 6,754 a year in Las Cruces: 13,509 permits over 24 months, October 2024 through September 2026. 6,884 permits in the last 12 months (Oct 2025–Sep 2026), 4% more than the 6,625 in the 12 months before.
Are building permits up or down in Las Cruces?6,884 permits in the last 12 months (Oct 2025–Sep 2026), 4% more than the 6,625 in the 12 months before. Fence and wall permits grew most (169 to 332); solar permits fell most (267 to 165).
What is the busiest month for permits in Las Cruces?September, counting every kind of work (114 against an average month of 100). November is the quietest (76). Each kind of work has its own season; the charts above show them.
What share of Las Cruces permits are for homes?74%: 9,969 of the 13,509 permits issued October 2024 through September 2026 were residential permits.

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