How many building permits does Murphy issue a year?

About 1,058 a year in Murphy: 2,115 permits over 24 months, October 2024 through September 2026. 1,025 permits in the last 12 months (Oct 2025-Sep 2026), 6% fewer than the 1,090 in the 12 months before.

Are building permits up or down in Murphy?

1,025 permits in the last 12 months (Oct 2025-Sep 2026), 6% fewer than the 1,090 in the 12 months before. Plumbing permits grew most (94 to 114); roofing permits fell most (577 to 488).

What is the busiest month for permits in Murphy?

May, counting every kind of work (135 against an average month of 100). January is the quietest (50). Each kind of work has its own season; the charts above show them.

What share of Murphy permits are for homes?

100%: 2,115 of the 2,115 permits issued October 2024 through September 2026 were residential permits.

Murphy, TX Permit Statistics (2026): 2,115 Permits

By kind of work

Permits issued October 2024 through September 2026. Last 12 months is Oct 2025–Sep 2026; the 12 months before is Oct 2024–Sep 2025. Homes is the share issued as residential permits. Busiest month is the calendar month with the most permits on average.

Kind of work	Permits	Share	Last 12 mo	12 mo before	Change	Homes	Busiest month
Roofing	1,065	50%	488	577	−15%	100%	June
Remodels & repairs	279	13%	135	144	−6%	100%	February
HVAC	251	12%	128	123	+4%	100%	April
Plumbing	208	10%	114	94	+21%	100%	October
Garages, sheds & shade structures	104	5%	46	58	−21%	100%	February

Fewer than 100 permits, so no row: new homes (49), electrical (33), pools & spas (32), solar (26), fences & walls (12), additions (9), demolition (8), other (39).

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By year

Permits issued in each calendar year of the window. Per year scales a part year to 12 months.

Year	Months	Permits	Per year
2024 (from October)	3	125	500
2025	12	1,322	1,322
2026 (through September)	9	668	891

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By month

Permits issued each month, October 2024 through September 2026. The tallest bar is the busiest month on file.

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Month	Permits
Oct 2024	42
Nov 2024	46
Dec 2024	37
Jan 2025	20
Feb 2025	52
Mar 2025	45
Apr 2025	123
May 2025	142
Jun 2025	154
Jul 2025	133
Aug 2025	132
Sep 2025	164
Oct 2025	155
Nov 2025	115
Dec 2025	87
Jan 2026	69
Feb 2026	103
Mar 2026	80
Apr 2026	35
May 2026	96
Jun 2026	70
Jul 2026	69
Aug 2026	82
Sep 2026	64

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When each kind of work is filed

Permits by calendar month, 100 = an average month (the thin line), October 2024 through September 2026. Kinds of work do not all peak together. Each month is counted twice (once a year), so one unusual month still moves these numbers.

Roofing

1,065 permits · busiest June, quietest January

Remodels & repairs

279 permits · busiest February, quietest June

HVAC

251 permits · busiest April, quietest December

Plumbing

208 permits · busiest October, quietest February

Garages, sheds & shade structures

104 permits · busiest February, quietest January

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Kind of work	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Roofing	36	55	55	75	157	159	123	131	143	119	82	64
Remodels & repairs	60	168	77	103	103	47	60	99	129	99	163	90
HVAC	48	57	81	153	143	143	115	139	129	81	67	43
Plumbing	98	46	144	58	98	98	115	81	121	162	69	110
Garages, sheds & shade structures	12	185	69	104	104	173	127	69	104	92	127	35

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Homes and everything else

How the city classed each permit. Other covers commercial buildings, signs, towers and similar work.

Permit class	Permits	Share	Last 12 mo
Homes (residential)	2,115	100%	1,025
Other	0	0%	0

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How Murphy compares with other cities

From our cross-city data studies: the same measure, read the same way, for every city we cover.

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Nearby permit data

Permit statistics for other places in Dallas–Fort Worth. Each permit office keeps its own file, so the numbers are not added together.

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How these numbers are made

Source: Collin Central Appraisal District, building permits (data.texas.gov dataset 82ee-gbj5), rows for the City of Murphy, read 20 Oct 2026. We count permits issued October 2024 through September 2026; denied and withdrawn permits are left out. The appraisal district's copy has no status and no final date, so no finished share is shown.

Permits the City of Murphy issues for homes, as the Collin Central Appraisal District records them: re-roofs, mechanical, plumbing and electrical work, foundation repairs, windows, new houses, accessory buildings, solar, pools, additions, remodels and demolition. Commercial property is not counted. Murphy lies wholly in Collin County, and the countywide Collin County file is not published on this site, so nothing here is counted twice.

Murphy does not publish its own permit file; these are the city's permits on homes as the Collin Central Appraisal District records them from the city's monthly permit reports.
The district's copy names a builder or contractor on most permits. We show how many permits the most active ones filed, which is volume, not quality; we have not matched them to Texas license records.
The district's copy has no status and no final date, so there is no finished share and no time to final.
Re-roof permits jumped from a handful a month to about a hundred from April 2025 and eased off in 2026; the file does not say why.
Mechanical, plumbing, electrical, foundation and window permits are filed as miscellaneous and sorted into a kind of work from the district's short note; a few with no note count as other.
The value is the permit value the district recorded; most permits carry one.

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, "Murphy, TX building permit statistics", https://contractorrecords.com/murphy-tx/permit-statistics, data through September 2026, from the City of Murphy (as recorded by the Collin Central Appraisal District) building-permit records.

Link to a table: By kind of work · By year · By month · When each kind of work is filed · Homes and everything else.

Download the tables (CSV): Permits by kind of work · Permits by year · Permits by month · Permits by calendar month (index) · Homes and other permits.

Common questions

How many building permits does Murphy issue a year?About 1,058 a year in Murphy: 2,115 permits over 24 months, October 2024 through September 2026. 1,025 permits in the last 12 months (Oct 2025–Sep 2026), 6% fewer than the 1,090 in the 12 months before.
Are building permits up or down in Murphy?1,025 permits in the last 12 months (Oct 2025–Sep 2026), 6% fewer than the 1,090 in the 12 months before. Plumbing permits grew most (94 to 114); roofing permits fell most (577 to 488).
What is the busiest month for permits in Murphy?May, counting every kind of work (135 against an average month of 100). January is the quietest (50). Each kind of work has its own season; the charts above show them.
What share of Murphy permits are for homes?100%: 2,115 of the 2,115 permits issued October 2024 through September 2026 were residential permits.

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