How many building permits does Lynchburg issue a year?

About 1,480 a year in Lynchburg: 2,959 permits over 24 months, October 2024 through September 2026. 1,592 permits in the last 12 months (Oct 2025-Sep 2026), 16% more than the 1,367 in the 12 months before.

Are building permits up or down in Lynchburg?

1,592 permits in the last 12 months (Oct 2025-Sep 2026), 16% more than the 1,367 in the 12 months before. Plumbing permits grew most (82 to 158); remodel and repair permits fell most (219 to 207).

What is the busiest month for permits in Lynchburg?

April, counting every kind of work (137 against an average month of 100). December is the quietest (75). Each kind of work has its own season; the charts above show them.

What share of Lynchburg permits are for homes?

76%: 2,255 of the 2,959 permits issued October 2024 through September 2026 were residential permits.

Lynchburg, VA Permit Statistics (2026): 2,959 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	651	22%	347	304	+14%	84%	July
Remodels & repairs	426	14%	207	219	−5%	100%	October
New homes	392	13%	204	188	+9%	99%	June
Solar	256	9%	126	130	−3%	100%	July
Plumbing	240	8%	158	82	+93%	92%	July
Garages, sheds & shade structures	165	6%	91	74	+23%	100%	July
HVAC	127	4%	88	39	+126%	77%	September
Other	543	18%	272	271	0%	5%	April

Fewer than 100 permits, so no row: demolition (69), additions (44), roofing (23), pools & spas (15), fences & walls (8).

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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	309	1,236
2025	12	1,427	1,427
2026 (through September)	9	1,223	1,631

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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	130
Nov 2024	94
Dec 2024	85
Jan 2025	110
Feb 2025	86
Mar 2025	128
Apr 2025	148
May 2025	115
Jun 2025	126
Jul 2025	131
Aug 2025	89
Sep 2025	125
Oct 2025	159
Nov 2025	110
Dec 2025	100
Jan 2026	91
Feb 2026	116
Mar 2026	173
Apr 2026	190
May 2026	121
Jun 2026	133
Jul 2026	152
Aug 2026	122
Sep 2026	125

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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

651 permits · busiest July, quietest June

Remodels & repairs

426 permits · busiest October, quietest December

New homes

392 permits · busiest June, quietest January

Solar

256 permits · busiest July, quietest January

Plumbing

240 permits · busiest July, quietest January

Garages, sheds & shade structures

165 permits · busiest July, quietest June

HVAC

127 permits · busiest September, quietest August

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Kind of work	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Electrical	118	81	107	125	77	72	127	88	105	112	90	96
Remodels & repairs	79	107	118	118	104	99	79	99	110	127	87	73
New homes	52	58	159	165	67	196	58	83	92	122	89	58
Solar	42	47	84	150	141	122	164	70	52	141	122	66
Plumbing	45	100	110	100	100	75	130	105	130	130	70	105
Garages, sheds & shade structures	102	73	138	95	102	65	145	109	102	131	73	65
HVAC	132	94	142	104	94	113	85	47	161	104	76	47

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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)	2,255	76%	1,237
Other	704	24%	355

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How many permits get finished

Permits issued Oct 2024–Sep 2025, so each has had at least 12 months to reach a final. Finished means the city recorded a final inspection or marked it complete; expired means it lapsed without one.

Status	Permits	Share
Finished	1,153	84.3%
Still open	209	15.3%
Expired	5	0.4%

How long each kind of permit takes →

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How Lynchburg compares with other cities

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

88% finished of electrical permits a year or more old here, against 80% across 37 cities (12th highest of 38). Permit completion rates by city →
12% still open of electrical permits a year after issue here, against 20% across 37 cities (12th fewest left open of 38). 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 Apr, quietest Dec 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 Lynchburg GIS open data, Building Permits - Tabluar (ODPDynamic MapServer layer 37, from the city's TRAKiT permit system), read 20 Oct 2026. We count permits issued October 2024 through September 2026; denied and withdrawn permits are left out.

Building and trade permits the City of Lynchburg Department of Community Development issued inside the city. Lynchburg is an independent city; homes with a Lynchburg mailing address in Bedford, Campbell or Amherst County get their permits from those counties and are not in this file.

The city's file names no contractor, so there are no contractor lists, rankings or firm pages for Lynchburg.
The file has no homes-versus-other flag on building permits, so a permit counts as a home when its parcel is a residential property class (or when it is a residential EZ permit).
Kinds of work within building permits (roofing, decks and garages, pools, fences) are picked out by the short job name.
Job value is the value declared on the permit; many trade permits carry none. A final date is the city's end date on a finaled permit.
The file has no ZIP code, so there are no ZIP code 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 →

Cite this page

Free to reuse with attribution (CC BY 4.0). Please credit Contractor Records and link to this page. Suggested citation:

Contractor Records, "Lynchburg, VA building permit statistics", https://contractorrecords.com/lynchburg/permit-statistics, data through September 2026, from City of Lynchburg 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 · How many get finished.

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

Common questions

How many building permits does Lynchburg issue a year?About 1,480 a year in Lynchburg: 2,959 permits over 24 months, October 2024 through September 2026. 1,592 permits in the last 12 months (Oct 2025–Sep 2026), 16% more than the 1,367 in the 12 months before.
Are building permits up or down in Lynchburg?1,592 permits in the last 12 months (Oct 2025–Sep 2026), 16% more than the 1,367 in the 12 months before. Plumbing permits grew most (82 to 158); remodel and repair permits fell most (219 to 207).
What is the busiest month for permits in Lynchburg?April, counting every kind of work (137 against an average month of 100). December is the quietest (75). Each kind of work has its own season; the charts above show them.
What share of Lynchburg permits are for homes?76%: 2,255 of the 2,959 permits issued October 2024 through September 2026 were residential permits.

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