Data through September 2026 · updated 19 Oct 2026
19 ZIP codes have 250 or more building permits in Memphis and Shelby County, October 2024 through September 2026. 38002 is the busiest with 693 (7% of 9,445). Together they hold 76% of the 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 38002 | 693 | 7% | New homes (283) |
| 38116 | 505 | 5% | Remodels & repairs (302) |
| 38127 | 504 | 5% | Remodels & repairs (172) |
| 38111 | 496 | 5% | Remodels & repairs (138) |
| 38109 | 429 | 5% | Remodels & repairs (173) |
| 38053 | 425 | 4% | New homes (183) |
| 38117 | 392 | 4% | Remodels & repairs (106) |
| 38114 | 372 | 4% | Remodels & repairs (144) |
| 38138 | 358 | 4% | Additions (76) |
| 38118 | 353 | 4% | Remodels & repairs (72) |
| 38018 | 340 | 4% | New homes (101) |
| 38104 | 321 | 3% | Remodels & repairs (97) |
| 38106 | 308 | 3% | Remodels & repairs (124) |
| 38128 | 308 | 3% | Remodels & repairs (83) |
| 38107 | 297 | 3% | Remodels & repairs (124) |
| 38125 | 282 | 3% | Remodels & repairs (113) |
| 38112 | 277 | 3% | Remodels & repairs (95) |
| 38108 | 254 | 3% | Remodels & repairs (148) |
| 38016 | 253 | 3% | Remodels & repairs (72) |
22 more ZIP codes have fewer than 250 permits each (2,065 in all), so no page.
Source: Memphis Open Data Hub, DPD Building Permits (ArcGIS 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 We count permits issued October 2024 through September 2026; denied and withdrawn permits are left out.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 the Memphis and Shelby County Division of Planning & Development issues: the City of Memphis, unincorporated Shelby County and the towns that use the joint office (rows carry Memphis, Cordova, Arlington, Millington, Lakeland, Eads and other postal cities). Germantown, Collierville and Bartlett, which run their own permit offices, appear only where the joint office issued the permit. Electrical, plumbing and mechanical permits are not in this file.
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