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The Town of Normal, IL building permits

Data through September 2026 · updated 20 Oct 2026

5,569 building permits were issued in the Town of Normal from October 2024 to September 2026, about 2,784 a year. Remodel and repair permits lead with 1,269, then plumbing (1,072) and HVAC (986). 75% were for homes. The town's file names contractors, but we have not matched the names to state or local license records, so we only count permits per firm and don't rate or rank them: these pages show what was built and when.

5,569permits issued
2,784a year
75%for homes
Sep 2026records through

What gets built here

Remodels & repairs

1,269permits
425last 12 mo

Plumbing

1,072permits
525last 12 mo

HVAC

986permits
477last 12 mo

Electrical

950permits
474last 12 mo

Roofing

589permits
586last 12 mo

What this page can and can't show

  • ✓Permits the town issued, by kind of work and month.
  • ✓What the job was declared at on the permit.
  • ✓Which contractors filed the most permits (volume, not quality).
  • Who does good work. The town's file names contractors, but we have not matched the names to state or local license records, so we only count permits per firm and don't rate or rank them.
  • Which permits were finished. The town's closeout is not consistently recorded: in every issue year only about a third of permits read Completed, however old.
  • Where, by ZIP code. The file carries no usable ZIP code.
  • Street addresses or owners. We publish counts and permit rows without them.

Residential and commercial building, HVAC, plumbing and electrical permits the Town of Normal issues inside town limits. Bloomington runs its own permit office and is not in this file.

Guides for this kind of work

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Permits by kind of work

Permits issued October 2024 through September 2026, every kind of work with 100 or more. Last 12 months is Oct 2025–Sep 2026. Homes is the share issued as residential permits.

Kind of workPermitsShareLast 12 mo
Remodels & repairs1,26923%425
Plumbing1,07219%525
HVAC98618%477
Electrical95017%474
Roofing58911%586
Solar1773%95
New homes1633%70
Other2775%128

Fewer than 100 permits, so no row: additions (34), demolition (21), garages, sheds & shade structures (18), pools & spas (13).

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Most active contractors by permits filed

The contractors named on the most permits in the Town of Normal permit file, October 2024 through September 2026, with 5 or more each. Share is the part of all 5,569 permits; 92% of them name a contractor we can show. This is volume, not quality: more permits doesn't mean better work. Individuals' names, owner-builders and blanks are left out.

ContractorPermitsShare
Bratcher Heating/Air Condition3316%
Window World of Bloomington2565%
WM. Masters, Inc.2034%
Carlson Siding and Construction LLC1964%
Masters Bros. Inc.1823%
Rich Plumbing, Inc1362%
Sundown Exteriors LLC1292%
O' Danny Boy Builders, LLC992%
Platinum Plumbing, Inc.962%
Custom Air Company821%

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Normal permit statistics →Normal, IL building permit search: the Town's eTRAKiT portal and FOIA requests →

Guides for Normal

Local permit rules and lookups, each with Normal's own permit numbers.

How these numbers are made

Source: Town of Normal GIS, OpenData/Permits_Public feature layer, read 20 Oct 2026. We count permits issued October 2024 through September 2026; denied and withdrawn permits are left out. The town's closeout is not consistently recorded: in every issue year only about a third of permits read Completed, however old, so no finished share is shown.

Residential and commercial building, HVAC, plumbing and electrical permits the Town of Normal issues inside town limits. Bloomington runs its own permit office and is not in this file.

  • The town's file starts in January 2022, when it moved to its current permit system.
  • The file has no final inspection date and no ZIP code, and only about a third of permits are marked Completed in every year, so we show no finished share, no time to final and no ZIP code pages.
  • The value is the valuation written on the permit, not the final cost of the job.
  • Electrical service permits (new and replacement services) don't say whether the property is a home, so they are not counted as residential.
  • A new house gets separate building, HVAC, plumbing and electrical permits, so one project can count several times, once under each kind of work.

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, "The Town of Normal, IL building permits", https://contractorrecords.com/normal-il/, data through September 2026, from the Town of Normal Inspections Division building-permit records.

Link to a table: By kind of work · Most active contractors by permits filed · Browse the permits · Permits each month.

Download the tables (CSV): Permits by kind of work · Most active contractors by permits filed · Permits in the last 12 months.

Common questions

  • How many building permits does Normal issue a year?About 2,784 a year in the Town of Normal: 5,569 permits issued October 2024 through September 2026, 2,826 of them in the last 12 months. That counts the permits the town issued, homes and commercial, not denied or withdrawn applications.
  • Can I find a contractor's permits in Normal?The town's file names contractors, but we have not matched the names to state or local license records, so we only count permits per firm and don't rate or rank them. The table above lists the contractors named on the most permits, as a count only. Ask the contractor for the permit number of a past job.
  • What do people build most in Normal?Remodels & repairs: 1,269 of the 5,569 permits (23%), then plumbing (1,072), HVAC (986), October 2024 through September 2026.
  • How do I look up a building permit in Normal?Filter the permit list on this page by month, kind of work to see what was issued. For one property's permits, search the town's own records by address or permit number; we don't publish addresses. How to look up a permit in Normal →
  • How many permits were issued in Normal last month?244 in September 2026, the last full month on file; 2,826 over the last 12 months.

Browse the permits

Browse 5,569 permits

Every permit in the file issued October 2024 through September 2026, newest first. Pick a month or a kind of work. Each row is one permit: no street address, no names.

The list loads as you reach it (5,569 permits).

IssuedKind of workTown permit type

Permits each month, the last 12 months

Permits issued each month and the kind of work with the most. A month opens its permits in the list above.

MonthPermitsTop kind of work
Sep 2026244Roofing (78)
Aug 2026250Electrical (56)
Jul 2026232HVAC (50)
Jun 2026250HVAC (58)
May 2026256Roofing (66)
Apr 2026271Roofing (87)
Mar 2026231Roofing (62)
Feb 2026167Plumbing (58)
Jan 2026173Roofing (42)
Dec 2025164Plumbing (44)
Nov 2025261HVAC (70)
Oct 2025327Remodels & repairs (96)

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