3,139 renovation contractors filed 11,805 renovation permits on homes in New York City from October 2023 to September 2026; 1,625 filed one in the last 12 months. The middle filed job value was $80,000. The most active in the last 12 months were Kale Construction Inc (221 permits), Mercury Building Asso Inc (69) and NY Building Associates Inc (68); busy is not the same as careful. 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 renovation 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), how many permits it filed in the last 12 months (15) and how quickly its permits closed (10). Each measure is ranked against the other 3,139 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: 1,625 of 3,139 renovation contractors filed a permit in the last 12 months and 64% 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 Kale Construction Inc (433 permits, 91% finished), NY Building Associates Inc (180 permits, 90% finished) and Mercury Building Asso Inc (69 permits).
3,139 firms are on the list; the busiest filed 221 renovation 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, usual filed job value 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.
3,139 firms filed at least one renovation permit on homes in New York City from October 2023 to September 2026; 1,625 of them filed one in the last 12 months.
2,609 of the 3,139 renovation contractors on the New York City permit file match an active license, 503 match one that is expired, suspended or inactive, and 27 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 renovation permits have you filed in New York City?” (the middle firm here filed 2; 1,625 of 3,139 filed one in the last 12 months); “What value will you put on the permit?” (the usual filed value here is $80,000); “Will you pull the permit in your company’s name, and when is the final inspection?” (64% of older renovation permits here were finished). All 10 questions and how to check each →
On this page: 3,139 firms filed 11,805 renovation 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 →
We do not rate or collect reviews. Instead each of the 3,139 renovation contractors here is shown with its permit record: 11,805 permits, the share finished, usual filed value 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): 3,139 firms filed 11,805 renovation permits on homes in New York City from October 2023 to September 2026, and 1,625 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.
The middle recorded permit value is $80,000. That is a filed estimate, not a quote or final bill. See how we compare records.
Most New York City renovation permits are filed in July (115 against an average month of 100); February is the quietest (78). When each trade is busiest in New York City →