How many building permits were issued in 28227?

5,050 permits issued by the county in ZIP code 28227, June 2025 through September 2026: 2,014 electrical, 1,532 HVAC, 577 plumbing. 3,793 were in the last 12 months.

What is built most in 28227?

Electrical: 2,014 of the 5,050 permits (40%), against 39% countywide.

How long does a permit take in 28227?

The usual permit issued here Jun 2025-Sep 2025 took 54 days from issue to final (1,028 permits with a final date), against 63 days countywide.

Who did the work in 28227?

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.

Building Permits in 28227 (Mecklenburg County, NC): 5,050 Permits

Permits in 28227 by kind of work

Share here is the part of the 5,050 permits in 28227; countywide is the same for all of Charlotte and the rest of Mecklenburg County.

Kind of work	Permits	Share here	Countywide
Electrical	2,014	40%	39%
HVAC	1,532	30%	29%
Plumbing	577	11%	12%
New homes	271	5%	7%
Remodels & repairs	165	3%	3%
Garages, sheds & shade structures	91	2%	1%
Additions	77	2%	1%
Pools & spas	45	under 1%	under 1%
Demolition	44	under 1%	1%
Solar	37	under 1%	under 1%
Roofing	31	under 1%	under 1%
Fences & walls	3	under 1%	under 1%
ADUs & casitas	3	under 1%	under 1%
Other	160	3%	5%

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Permits in 28227 by year

Permits issued in each calendar year of the window.

Year	Months	Permits	Per year
2025 (from June)	7	1,995	3,420
2026 (through September)	9	3,055	4,073

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How permits in 28227 finish

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

Measure	28227	Countywide
Permits issued Jun 2025–Sep 2025	1,257	30,481
Finished	83.0%	82.0%
Expired	11.3%	12.0%
Usual days, issue to final	54	63

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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 We count permits issued June 2025 through September 2026; denied and withdrawn permits are left out.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 28227, Charlotte and the rest of Mecklenburg County", https://contractorrecords.com/mecklenburg-county/zip/28227, 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 28227 by kind of work · Permits in 28227 by year · Permits in 28227: finished and days to final.

Common questions

How many building permits were issued in 28227?5,050 permits issued by the county in ZIP code 28227, June 2025 through September 2026: 2,014 electrical, 1,532 HVAC, 577 plumbing. 3,793 were in the last 12 months.
What is built most in 28227?Electrical: 2,014 of the 5,050 permits (40%), against 39% countywide.
How long does a permit take in 28227?The usual permit issued here Jun 2025–Sep 2025 took 54 days from issue to final (1,028 permits with a final date), against 63 days countywide.
Who did the work in 28227?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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