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The City of Oxford, OH building permits

Data through April 2026 · updated 20 Oct 2026

1,175 building permits were issued in the City of Oxford from May 2022 to April 2026, about 294 a year. HVAC permits lead with 258, then electrical (140). 62% were for homes. The city's file names contractors, but Oxford issues only a few hundred permits a year, so we don't rate, rank or profile firms from it: these pages show what was built and when.

1,175permits issued
294a year
62%for homes
62%finished (May 2022–Apr 2025 permits)
Apr 2026records through

What gets built here

What this page can and can't show

  • ✓Permits the city issued, by kind of work and month.
  • ✓Which permits finished, are still open or expired.
  • ✓What the job was declared at on the permit.
  • ✓Which contractors filed the most permits (volume, not quality).
  • Who does good work. The city's file names contractors, but Oxford issues only a few hundred permits a year, so we don't rate, rank or profile firms from it.
  • How long a permit takes to final. The file has too few final dates.
  • Where, by ZIP code. The file carries no usable ZIP code.
  • Street addresses or owners. We publish counts and permit rows without them.

Building and trade permits the City of Oxford issued inside the city limits. Oxford Township and the rest of Butler County are not in this file. Curb, sidewalk and street-cut permits, driveways and site modifications, zoning and change-of-use reviews are left out. The file holds no plumbing permits apart from gas lines, so plumbing barely appears here.

Hiring someone here?

The permit file can't tell you who does good work. Ask for the contractor's license number and look it up at the Ohio eLicense licence lookup (Construction Industry Licensing Board), then ask the city whether they pulled the permit for your job.

How to check a contractor's license in Ohio →

Permits by kind of work

Permits issued May 2022 through April 2026, every kind of work with 100 or more. Last 12 months on file is May 2025–Apr 2026. Homes is the share issued as residential permits.

Kind of workPermitsShareLast 12 mo
HVAC25822%54
Electrical14012%42
Other29025%82

Fewer than 100 permits, so no row: roofing (99), new homes (83), fences & walls (81), garages, sheds & shade structures (72), remodels & repairs (59), solar (26), additions (26), pools & spas (16), demolition (15), plumbing (10).

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Most active contractors by permits filed

The contractors named on the most permits in the City of Oxford Building Permits (ArcGIS FeatureServer) file, May 2022 through April 2026, with 5 or more each. Share is the part of all 1,175 permits; 66% 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
B&B Plumbing & Heating656%
Apollo Home333%
Logan Services Inc272%
Avsten Construction171%
Stout Electrical171%
Park Place Real Estate161%
Ray St. Clair Roofing161%
Comfort & Efficiency131%
Van Martin Roofing131%
Dewitt Construction121%

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Guides for Oxford

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

How these numbers are made

Source: City of Oxford Building Permits (ArcGIS FeatureServer), read 20 Oct 2026. We count permits issued May 2022 through April 2026; denied and withdrawn permits are left out.

Building and trade permits the City of Oxford issued inside the city limits. Oxford Township and the rest of Butler County are not in this file. Curb, sidewalk and street-cut permits, driveways and site modifications, zoning and change-of-use reviews are left out. The file holds no plumbing permits apart from gas lines, so plumbing barely appears here.

  • Oxford is a small city that issues about 300 building and trade permits a year, so these pages use four years of permits (May 2022 to April 2026) rather than two.
  • The city's permit layer was last updated in June 2026 and its newest permit was issued in May 2026, so the pages end with April 2026, the last full month.
  • The file has a status (finaled, expired, issued) but no final inspection date, so we can show which permits were finished but not how long they took.
  • The value is the job value declared on the permit, which sets the fee. It is not a final cost, and some permits carry no value.
  • Every address in the city is in ZIP code 45056 and the file has no ZIP column, so there are no ZIP code pages.
  • Contractor names are as the city wrote them, filled in from 2020 on; owner-builders, placeholders such as TBD and personal names are left out.

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 City of Oxford, OH building permits", https://contractorrecords.com/oxford-oh/, data through April 2026, from City of Oxford Building & Zoning 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 on file.

Common questions

  • How many building permits does Oxford issue a year?About 294 a year in the City of Oxford: 1,175 permits issued May 2022 through April 2026, 312 of them in the last 12 months on file (to April 2026). That counts the permits the city issued, homes and commercial, not denied or withdrawn applications.
  • Can I find a contractor's permits in Oxford?The city's file names contractors, but Oxford issues only a few hundred permits a year, so we don't rate, rank or profile firms from it. The table above lists the contractors named on the most permits, as a count only. Check a license at the Ohio eLicense licence lookup (Construction Industry Licensing Board) and ask the contractor for the permit number of a past job.
  • What do people build most in Oxford?HVAC: 258 of the 1,175 permits (22%), then electrical (140), May 2022 through April 2026.
  • How do I look up a building permit in Oxford?Filter the permit list on this page by month, kind of work to see what was issued. For one property's permits, search the city's own records by address or permit number; we don't publish addresses. How to look up a permit in Oxford →
  • How many permits were issued in Oxford last month?34 in April 2026, the last full month on file; 312 over the last 12 months on file (to April 2026).

Browse the permits

Browse 1,175 permits

Every permit in the file issued May 2022 through April 2026, newest first. Pick a month, a kind of work or a status. Each row is one permit: no street address, no names.

The list loads as you reach it (1,175 permits).

IssuedKind of workCity permit typeStatus

Permits each month, the last 12 months on file

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
Apr 202634Electrical (6)
Mar 202625HVAC (4)
Feb 202623Electrical (5)
Jan 202617Roofing (3)
Dec 202531HVAC (9)
Nov 202519HVAC (5)
Oct 202523Electrical (5)
Sep 202522Electrical (3)
Aug 202528HVAC (6)
Jul 202527Electrical (5)
Jun 202538Electrical (8)
May 202525HVAC (5)

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