Data through September 2026 · updated 19 Oct 2026
7,020 building permits issued in Lincoln, October 2024 through September 2026: about 3,510 a year. The biggest kind of work is garages, sheds & shade structures, with 1,760. 3,602 permits in the last 12 months (Oct 2025–Sep 2026), 5% more than the 3,418 in the 12 months before. 81% were permits for homes. The busiest month for permits is April.
What this file covers: The Lancaster County Assessor logs only permits that can change a property's assessed value, so stand-alone electrical, plumbing and HVAC permits are missing.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garages, sheds & shade structures | 1,760 | 25% | 874 | 886 | −1% | 100% | April |
| New homes | 1,752 | 25% | 914 | 838 | +9% | 100% | May |
| Remodels & repairs | 1,372 | 20% | 703 | 669 | +5% | 100% | October |
| Demolition | 272 | 4% | 125 | 147 | −15% | 81% | April |
| Additions | 227 | 3% | 131 | 96 | +36% | 100% | August |
| Pools & spas | 160 | 2% | 76 | 84 | −10% | 100% | July |
| Roofing | 124 | 2% | 77 | 47 | +64% | 94% | July |
| Other | 1,353 | 19% | 702 | 651 | +8% | 4% | April |
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 | 834 | 3,336 |
| 2025 | 12 | 3,441 | 3,441 |
| 2026 (through September) | 9 | 2,745 | 3,660 |
Permits issued each month, October 2024 through September 2026. The tallest bar is the busiest month on file.
| Month | Permits |
|---|---|
| Oct 2024 | 355 |
| Nov 2024 | 268 |
| Dec 2024 | 211 |
| Jan 2025 | 194 |
| Feb 2025 | 178 |
| Mar 2025 | 271 |
| Apr 2025 | 363 |
| May 2025 | 338 |
| Jun 2025 | 304 |
| Jul 2025 | 330 |
| Aug 2025 | 292 |
| Sep 2025 | 314 |
| Oct 2025 | 359 |
| Nov 2025 | 278 |
| Dec 2025 | 220 |
| Jan 2026 | 231 |
| Feb 2026 | 172 |
| Mar 2026 | 294 |
| Apr 2026 | 390 |
| May 2026 | 309 |
| Jun 2026 | 318 |
| Jul 2026 | 360 |
| Aug 2026 | 361 |
| Sep 2026 | 310 |
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.
1,760 permits · busiest April, quietest January
1,752 permits · busiest May, quietest January
1,372 permits · busiest October, quietest February
272 permits · busiest April, quietest February
227 permits · busiest August, quietest February
160 permits · busiest July, quietest December
124 permits · busiest July, quietest January
| Kind of work | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garages, sheds & shade structures | 40 | 44 | 82 | 149 | 139 | 130 | 135 | 121 | 117 | 128 | 76 | 40 |
| New homes | 60 | 73 | 112 | 97 | 129 | 91 | 108 | 119 | 96 | 116 | 110 | 90 |
| Remodels & repairs | 98 | 65 | 108 | 118 | 85 | 88 | 103 | 113 | 98 | 132 | 101 | 90 |
| Demolition | 57 | 49 | 88 | 163 | 79 | 88 | 115 | 101 | 159 | 137 | 115 | 49 |
| Additions | 58 | 42 | 79 | 127 | 90 | 127 | 116 | 153 | 137 | 111 | 95 | 63 |
| Pools & spas | 38 | 45 | 105 | 180 | 135 | 158 | 202 | 98 | 82 | 38 | 90 | 30 |
| Roofing | 10 | 48 | 116 | 165 | 145 | 58 | 174 | 135 | 165 | 97 | 58 | 29 |
How the city classed each permit. Other covers commercial buildings, signs, towers and similar work.
| Permit class | Permits | Share | Last 12 mo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes (residential) | 5,657 | 81% | 2,901 |
| Other | 1,363 | 19% | 701 |
The 10 ZIP codes with the most permits, counted at the property's ZIP code. A ZIP code can cross into a city that runs its own permit office; only the city's permits are counted.
| ZIP code | Permits | Share | Top kind of work |
|---|---|---|---|
| 68516 | 1,313 | 19% | New homes (437) |
| 68521 | 613 | 9% | Garages, sheds & shade structures (191) |
| 68502 | 500 | 7% | Remodels & repairs (176) |
| 68506 | 491 | 7% | Garages, sheds & shade structures (186) |
| 68523 | 454 | 6% | New homes (284) |
| 68510 | 377 | 5% | Remodels & repairs (116) |
| 68507 | 365 | 5% | Garages, sheds & shade structures (115) |
| 68526 | 348 | 5% | New homes (205) |
| 68505 | 323 | 5% | Garages, sheds & shade structures (99) |
| 68520 | 319 | 5% | New homes (206) |
From our cross-city data studies: the same measure, read the same way, for every city we cover.
Source: Lancaster County Assessor, PublicAnalytics map service: Permits layer, read 19 Oct 2026. We count permits issued October 2024 through September 2026; denied and withdrawn permits are left out. The file carries no usable permit status, so it can't say which permits were finished, so no finished share is shown.
Building permits for properties with a Lincoln address, as logged by the Lancaster County Assessor. Lincoln Building & Safety issues permits for the city and the county around it, so a few rural properties with a Lincoln mailing address are included. The small towns of Lancaster County (Waverly, Hickman, Bennet, Firth and others) are not counted. Only permits that can change a property's assessed value are logged: no stand-alone electrical, plumbing or HVAC permits.
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Contractor Records, "Lincoln, NE building permit statistics", https://contractorrecords.com/lincoln/permit-statistics, data through September 2026, from the City of Lincoln Building & Safety Department (as logged by the Lancaster County Assessor) 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 · By ZIP code.
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