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Building permits in 28134, Charlotte and the rest of Mecklenburg County

Data through September 2026 · updated 26 Oct 2026

2,015 building permits were issued in ZIP code 28134 by Mecklenburg County Code Enforcement, June 2025 through September 2026: 1% of the 143,503 in Charlotte and the rest of Mecklenburg County, the 26th busiest ZIP code. Electrical permits lead with 727. Permits from a city that runs its own permit office are not counted.

2,015permits in 28134
1,566last 12 months
73%for homes
131days, usual issue to final
Sep 2026records through

Permits in 28134 by kind of work

Share here is the part of the 2,015 permits in 28134; countywide is the same for all of Charlotte and the rest of Mecklenburg County.

Kind of workPermitsShare hereCountywide
Electrical72736%39%
HVAC51025%29%
Plumbing31816%12%
New homes19810%7%
Remodels & repairs332%3%
Additions16under 1%1%
Roofing14under 1%under 1%
Garages, sheds & shade structures13under 1%1%
Pools & spas11under 1%under 1%
Demolition8under 1%1%
Solar5under 1%under 1%
Other1628%5%

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Permits in 28134 by year

Permits issued in each calendar year of the window.

YearMonthsPermitsPer year
2025 (from June)76771,161
2026 (through September)91,3381,784

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How permits in 28134 finish

Permits issued Jun 2025–Sep 2025, at least 12 months before the file ends.

Measure28134Countywide
Permits issued Jun 2025–Sep 202544930,481
Finished87.5%82.0%
Expired10.2%12.0%
Usual days, issue to final13163

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How these numbers are made

Source: Mecklenburg County GIS, AccelaAllPermits FeatureServer layer 0, with the older BuildingPermits layer for permits still issued in the old system, read 26 Oct 2026. We count permits issued June 2025 through September 2026; denied and withdrawn permits are left out.

Building and trade permits that Mecklenburg County Code Enforcement issued anywhere in the county: Charlotte, the towns of Huntersville, Cornelius, Matthews, Mint Hill, Davidson and Pineville, and unincorporated land. The county issues building, electrical, mechanical and plumbing permits for every town, so this one file covers them all. Fire, sign and site-work permits count as other.

  • The county's file names no contractor, so there are no contractor lists, rankings or firm pages for Mecklenburg County or Charlotte.
  • The county moved its permits to a new system (Accela) in spring 2025. The window starts in June 2025, once the new system's file was filling at its usual rate, so it covers 16 months and there is no comparison with the 12 months before. Permits still issued under the old system for older projects come from the county's older building permit layer and are counted too.
  • Electrical, mechanical (HVAC) and plumbing permits are only in the new system's file. Each new home gets its own electrical, mechanical and plumbing permits, and those count under those trades. Monthly plumbing and electrical counts keep rising through early 2026 as projects started under the old system finish.
  • The new system files an equipment changeout as an umbrella record with separate mechanical, electrical or plumbing permits under it; we count the trade permits, not the umbrella record.
  • The kind of work comes from the county's type of work and census building code; roofing, solar, pools, additions and decks are picked out of residential alteration permits by their descriptions.
  • Job value is the building cost the applicant declared on the permit; most trade permits have none. A final date is the county's completion date.
  • Apartment, condo and hotel buildings count as other, not as homes. Cancelled, withdrawn and replaced permits are not counted.

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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Contractor Records, "Building permits in 28134, Charlotte and the rest of Mecklenburg County", https://contractorrecords.com/mecklenburg-county/zip/28134, data through September 2026, from Mecklenburg County Code Enforcement building-permit records.

Link to a table: By kind of work · By year · How permits finish.

Download the tables (CSV): Permits in 28134 by kind of work · Permits in 28134 by year · Permits in 28134: finished and days to final.

Common questions

  • How many building permits were issued in 28134?2,015 permits issued by the county in ZIP code 28134, June 2025 through September 2026: 727 electrical, 510 HVAC, 318 plumbing. 1,566 were in the last 12 months.
  • What is built most in 28134?Electrical: 727 of the 2,015 permits (36%), against 39% countywide.
  • How long does a permit take in 28134?The usual permit issued here Jun 2025–Sep 2025 took 131 days from issue to final (391 permits with a final date), against 63 days countywide.
  • Who did the work in 28134?The county's file doesn't name contractors, so we can't say. Ask a contractor for the permit numbers of past jobs and check them with the county.

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