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Cost to Build a Deck in Minneapolis, MN: what the permits say

How much does it cost to build a deck in Minneapolis? The usual deck, porch & stoop job filed with Minneapolis is $7,370, from 688 priced permits (October 2023 through September 2026); the middle half of firms file between $4,500 and $19,750. A filed value is what the contractor wrote on the permit, not a quote or the final bill.

$7,370usual filed value
$4,500–$19,750middle half of firms' usual jobs
688priced permits (99% of 692)
338firms on file
166days, permit issue to final
Sep 2026records through

How much does it cost to build a deck in Minneapolis?

The usual deck, porch & stoop job filed with Minneapolis is $7,370, from 688 priced permits, October 2023 through September 2026. The middle half of firms usually file between $4,500 and $19,750. Half of jobs were filed for less, half for more. A filed value is what the contractor wrote on the permit, not a quote or the final bill. A deck, porch & stoop permit here usually takes 166 days from issue to final inspection. How long permits take →

What the spread looks like

Approximately, from each firm's own spread: every firm's range of filed values, weighted by its 688 priced permits across 336 firms, pooled into one. Half of Minneapolis deck, porch & stoop permits were filed between $3,600 and $20,000.

PercentileFiled valueReads as
10th$2,5001 in 10 permits filed below
25th$3,6001 in 4 filed below
50th$9,200the middle permit
75th$20,0001 in 4 filed above
90th$35,0001 in 10 filed above

By home value

Firms split into thirds by the usual value of the homes they work on, with each third's usual filed value weighted by permits. Home values: City of Minneapolis assessor values (2026).

Firms working onUsual home valueUsual filed valueFirmsPermits
Lower thirdunder $360,300$5,530111189
Middle third$360,300–$525,400$6,820112327
Upper third$525,700 and up$17,750112173

Busiest firms and what they usually charge

Top 10 by permits in the last 12 months. Usual is each firm's middle filed value; middle half is the range its middle half of jobs were filed in; both are shown for firms with 5 or more priced permits. Busy is not the same as careful: pick what you value to build a list.

FirmPermitsLast 12 moUsualMiddle halfFinished
Hage Construction Co9031$2,500$2,500–$2,65051.9%
Deck Science LLC159$19,152$15,843–$25,4736 of 6
Integrity Structures128$23,920$21,580–$31,2504 of 5
Rosebud Construction LLC124$19,750$13,750–$27,7508 of 9
Meridian Properties LLC84$4,625$4,500–$5,012—
Phi Decks74$25,000$13,500–$55,000—
Corbin Restoration and Construction LLC54$23,000$20,680–$41,530—
Brewer Built LLC44———
JC Miller and Sons Inc83$2,250$1,320–$2,5003 of 5
Holmlund Masonry Inc53$18,995$9,500–$21,765—

Why filed values run low or high

  • The 10 busiest firms usually file $2,500; the 330 firms with fewer than 10 permits usually file $11,500.
  • Firms working on the most expensive third of homes (usual home value $525,700 and up) usually file $17,750, against $5,530 for the least expensive third.
  • One permit type covers small and large jobs: 1 in 10 deck, porch & stoop permits is filed under $2,500 and 1 in 10 over $35,000, 14 times as much.
  • 99.4% of the 692 permits carry a value; the 4 without one are left out of every figure here.

Is your quote normal? Compare it with 688 filed values

Line your quote up against the file. In Minneapolis, 1 in 10 deck, porch & stoop filed values sit under $2,500, the middle half between $3,600 and $20,000, and 1 in 10 over $35,000.

  • $45,500Above $35,000: higher than 9 in 10 filed values for this work in Minneapolis.
  • $7,370Right at the usual $7,370: in the middle of the file.
  • $1,700Below $2,500: lower than 9 in 10. Ask what the quote leaves out.

When to schedule a deck build in Minneapolis

Minneapolis files the fewest deck, porch & stoop permits in February (20 against an average month of 100) and the most in May (161). If you can choose, ask for quotes in a quiet month. We have no prices by month, so this is about crews' schedules, not a discount. When each trade is busiest in Minneapolis →

How these numbers are made

Source: City of Minneapolis construction permits (CCS). The window is October 2023 through September 2026; a permit filed after that isn't here yet.

Usual is the middle permit: half were filed for less, half for more. Only permits with a filed value count; a value of $0 or none is left out.

The spread is approximate: we keep seven points of each firm's own range of filed values, not every permit, and pool them.

Nobody paid to be on this page and nobody can. How the records work in Minneapolis →

Common questions

  • How many quotes should I get for a deck, porch & stoop job in Minneapolis?At least three. In the permit record the middle half of Minneapolis deck, porch & stoop firms usually file between $4,500 and $19,750 a job, so two ordinary firms can sit 4.4 times apart and both be normal for Minneapolis. A third quote shows which one is the outlier. Filed values are what contractors wrote on permits, not quotes, so use them to judge the spread, not to price your own job.
  • What range is normal for deck, porch & stoop jobs in Minneapolis?Half of permits were filed between $3,600 and $20,000; 8 in 10 between $2,500 and $35,000. These are approximate, pooled from each firm's own spread.
  • How much do deck builders charge in Minneapolis?The usual deck, porch & stoop job is filed at $7,370; the middle half of firms usually file between $4,500 and $19,750. The 10 firms with the most permits in the last 12 months usually file $2,500, less than the usual. See every firm's usual job →
  • Why is this different from the per-square-foot prices I see online?Online prices are quoted per square foot. A filed value is one number for the whole job on one permit, often many square feet plus the work around them, and the Minneapolis file does not record how many each job covered, so we can't turn $7,370 into a price per square foot.
  • Do bigger houses get bigger bills?In the file, yes for the firms: those working on the upper third of homes by value usually file $17,750, the lower third $5,530. That is firms, not single jobs.
  • Where does this data come from?City of Minneapolis construction permits (CCS), read October 2026. How the records work in Minneapolis →

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