297 home builders filed 1,087 new home permits on homes in New York City from October 2023 to September 2026; 156 filed one in the last 12 months. The most active in the last 12 months were Stream Rock Contsruction (22 permits), Madonia Development Corp (20) and Maximum Contracting Inc (19); busy is not the same as careful. New York City new home permits carry no filed job value, so this list compares firms on permits filed, finishing, license and recent activity only. Side by side: permits filed, share finished, license status and permits in the last 12 months for each firm. Pick what you value and the list re-orders.
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Top 5 by new home permits filed in the last 12 months. This is volume, not quality: a busy firm is not necessarily a careful one.
Before you move a slider, the list is in a default order built only from the permit record: how much of each firm’s record is this kind of job (weight 30), how often its permits reached completion (25) and how many permits it filed in the last 12 months (15). Each measure is ranked against the other 297 firms and pulled toward the middle when a record is short; a firm with a matched license problem is listed last.
The order comes from the New York City permit file, not from reviews: 156 of 297 home builders filed a permit in the last 12 months and 21% of their permits a year or more old were finished. Nobody pays to be listed or to move up, and there are no star ratings or reviews. The sliders and presets change the weights, and the order changes with them. How the records work in New York City.
We do not rate contractors. In this page’s default order, which uses only the permit record through Sep 2026, the top 3 are Primrose Service Inc (25 permits, 47% finished), Statcon Development LLC (25 permits, 36% finished) and M.S.B. Development Co Inc (28 permits, 29% finished). By permits filed alone, the most active is L&L Construction Develop with 34.
297 firms are on the list; the busiest filed 22 new home permits in the last 12 months and the middle firm filed 2 in the whole file. Line them up on the same public measures: permits filed, share of permits finished and license status. Pick what matters to you and the list re-orders, for example recent activity if you need someone soon. The order comes from the permit record only, and nobody pays to be listed or to move up.
297 firms filed at least one new home permit on homes in New York City from October 2023 to September 2026; 156 of them filed one in the last 12 months.
284 of the 297 home builders on the New York City permit file match an active license, 10 match one that is expired, suspended or inactive, and 3 we could not match. A firm we could not match is not proven unlicensed: the match is by company name. Look any firm up by name or license number with NYC Buildings; statuses show under each firm’s name above. How to check a contractor's license in New York →
Three you can check against this page: “How many new home permits have you filed in New York City?” (the middle firm here filed 2; 156 of 297 filed one in the last 12 months); “What does your quote include: the permit fee and the city inspection?”; “Will you pull the permit in your company’s name, and when is the final inspection?” (21% of older new home permits here were finished). All 10 questions and how to check each →
On this page: 297 firms filed 1,087 new home permits from October 2023 to September 2026, and each firm’s name opens its own permit record. Every number comes from NYC Department of Buildings permits and DOB NOW filings on one- and two-family homes (NYC Open Data). To see one permit itself, search the address or permit number with the New York City permit office. How the records work in New York City →
New York City new home permits carry no filed job value, so we can’t rank home builders by price. Get two or three written quotes; ask whether the permit fee and the city inspection are included; shortlist from the 156 firms that filed in the last 12 months. What new home jobs cost in Cambridge →
We do not rate or collect reviews. Instead each of the 297 home builders here is shown with its permit record: 1,087 permits, the share finished and license status. Read reviews on other sites and use this page to check them against the record. Reviews vs permit records →
Every number on this page comes from NYC Department of Buildings permits and DOB NOW filings on one- and two-family homes (NYC Open Data): 297 firms filed 1,087 new home permits on homes in New York City from October 2023 to September 2026, and 156 of them filed one in the last 12 months. The middle firm has 2 permits in the whole file. A short record leaves more uncertainty, and some jobs never require a permit.
No usable job value is recorded for this permit type, so no typical cost is shown. See how we compare records.
Most New York City new home permits are filed in April (142 against an average month of 100); January is the quietest (64). When each trade is busiest in New York City →