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Building permits in 59801, the City of Missoula

Data through September 2026 · updated 19 Oct 2026

3,972 building permits were issued in ZIP code 59801 by the City of Missoula Community Planning, Development & Innovation, October 2024 through September 2026: 38% of the 10,318 in the City of Missoula, the busiest ZIP code. HVAC permits lead with 870. 1,893 permits in the last 12 months (Oct 2025–Sep 2026), 9% fewer than the 2,079 in the 12 months before. Permits from a city that runs its own permit office are not counted.

3,972permits in 59801
1,893last 12 months
65%for homes
Sep 2026records through

Permits in 59801 by kind of work

Share here is the part of the 3,972 permits in 59801; citywide is the same for all of the City of Missoula.

Kind of workPermitsShare hereCitywide
HVAC87022%23%
Electrical83321%20%
Roofing77620%18%
Plumbing69517%18%
Solar3228%8%
Fences & walls1073%2%
Remodels & repairs1033%2%
Additions431%under 1%
Garages, sheds & shade structures401%under 1%
Demolition37under 1%1%
New homes15under 1%2%
ADUs & casitas15under 1%under 1%
Pools & spas1under 1%under 1%
Other1153%3%

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Permits in 59801 by year

Permits issued in each calendar year of the window.

YearMonthsPermitsPer year
2024 (from October)35002,000
2025122,0542,054
2026 (through September)91,4181,891

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How permits in 59801 finish

Permits issued Oct 2024–Sep 2025, at least 12 months before the file ends.

Measure59801Citywide
Permits issued Oct 2024–Sep 20252,0795,541
Finished81.4%83.5%
Expired13.5%11.5%

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How these numbers are made

Source: City of Missoula, AddressesWithPermits_mso (ArcGIS Online layer of the city's Accela permit records), read 19 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 We count permits issued October 2024 through September 2026; denied and withdrawn permits are left out.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 Missoula's building division issues: residential and commercial construction, electrical, mechanical, plumbing, re-roofing, fence and demolition permits. Engineering records in the same system (sewer and water service, utility excavation, paving, right-of-way, ADA ramps), permit revisions and planning cases are left out. Lolo, Frenchtown, Bonner, Seeley Lake and the rest of Missoula County outside the city's building jurisdiction permit through Missoula County and are not in this file.

  • The city's permit layer names no contractor, so there are no contractor lists, rankings or firm pages for Missoula.
  • The layer has no issue date, so a permit is dated by the day its application was filed; applications still in review, approved but not yet issued, or waiting on fees are not counted.
  • Applications for long-review work such as new homes are counted only once issued, so the last few months of the window undercount them until those permits are issued.
  • The layer has no job value, so we show no costs.
  • Because permits are dated by application, we don't show how long they take from issue to final. The finished share comes from the city's status: Final, Inspections Complete, Certificate of Occupancy or Closed. Expired means the permit lapsed without a final.
  • Kinds of building work (new homes, re-roofs, additions, garages) and homes versus other buildings are read from the city's own work description; trade permits count as homes when the description names a house, townhouse, duplex or mobile home.
  • ZIP codes come from the Montana Cadastral parcel record at the permit's address.
  • Re-roofing permits surged after a 2024 storm (August to October 2024), and solar permits peaked in autumn 2025 before the federal residential solar tax credit ended that December, so both fall in the last 12 months against the 12 before.

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Contractor Records, "Building permits in 59801, the City of Missoula", https://contractorrecords.com/missoula/zip/59801, data through September 2026, from the City of Missoula Community Planning, Development & Innovation building-permit records.

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

Download the tables (CSV): Permits in 59801 by kind of work · Permits in 59801 by year · Permits in 59801: finished and days to final.

Common questions

  • How many building permits were issued in 59801?3,972 permits issued by the city in ZIP code 59801, October 2024 through September 2026: 870 HVAC, 833 electrical, 776 roofing. 1,893 were in the last 12 months.
  • What is built most in 59801?HVAC: 870 of the 3,972 permits (22%), against 23% citywide.
  • Who did the work in 59801?The city'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 city.

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