Which ZIP code in Lincoln has the most building permits?

68516, with 1,313 permits, October 2024 through September 2026; then 68521 (613).

Can I see the permits for one address in Lincoln?

Not here: we publish permits by ZIP code without street addresses. The city keeps each property's permit history; search its records by address or permit number.

Lincoln, NE Building Permits by ZIP Code (Sep 2026)

ZIP codes by permits

Busiest first, October 2024 through September 2026. Top kind of work is the one with the most permits in that ZIP code.

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)
68504	296	4%	Garages, sheds & shade structures (54)
68512	261	4%	Remodels & repairs (89)

11 more ZIP codes have fewer than 250 permits each (1,360 in all), so no page.

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How these numbers are made

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 We count permits issued October 2024 through September 2026; denied and withdrawn permits are left out.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.

The Assessor's permit log names no contractor, so there are no contractor lists, rankings or firm pages for Lincoln.
The Assessor logs only permits that can change assessed value: new homes, additions, remodels, decks, sheds, garages, pools, demolitions and some roofs. Electrical, plumbing and HVAC permits are not in the log, and re-roofs are mostly missing.
The log's status is the Assessor's own review, not a final inspection, and it has no final dates, so we show no finished share and no time to final; every permit is listed as open.
The value is the amount on the permit as logged by the Assessor.

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Contractor Records, "Building permits by ZIP code in Lincoln", https://contractorrecords.com/lincoln/zip/, data through September 2026, from the City of Lincoln Building & Safety Department (as logged by the Lancaster County Assessor) building-permit records.

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Common questions

Which ZIP code in Lincoln has the most building permits?68516, with 1,313 permits, October 2024 through September 2026; then 68521 (613).
Can I see the permits for one address in Lincoln?Not here: we publish permits by ZIP code without street addresses. The city keeps each property's permit history; search its records by address or permit number.

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