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The City of Oxford, OH building permit statistics

Data through April 2026 · updated 20 Oct 2026

1,175 building permits issued in the City of Oxford, May 2022 through April 2026: about 294 a year. The biggest kind of work is HVAC, with 258. 312 permits in the last 12 months on file (May 2025–Apr 2026), 12% more than the 278 in the 12 months before. 62% were permits for homes. The busiest month for permits is June.

1,175permits issued
312last 12 months on file
+12%vs the 12 months before
62%for homes
Junbusiest month
Apr 2026records through

By kind of work

Permits issued May 2022 through April 2026. Last 12 months on file is May 2025–Apr 2026; the 12 months before is May 2024–Apr 2025. Homes is the share issued as residential permits. Busiest month is the calendar month with the most permits on average.

Kind of workPermitsShareLast 12 mo12 mo beforeChangeHomesBusiest month
HVAC25822%5458−7%78%August
Electrical14012%4228+50%64%June
Other29025%8266+24%2%August

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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By year

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

YearMonthsPermitsPer year
2022 (from May)8219328
202312273273
202412292292
202512292292
2026 (through April)499297

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By month

Permits issued each month, May 2022 through April 2026. The tallest bar is the busiest month on file.

May 2022: 26May2022Jun 2022: 37Jul 2022: 40JulAug 2022: 35Sep 2022: 24Oct 2022: 26Nov 2022: 14Dec 2022: 17Jan 2023: 16Jan2023Feb 2023: 10Mar 2023: 36Apr 2023: 25May 2023: 24Jun 2023: 21Jul 2023: 23JulAug 2023: 31Sep 2023: 24Oct 2023: 8Nov 2023: 37Dec 2023: 18Jan 2024: 19Jan2024Feb 2024: 21Mar 2024: 33Apr 2024: 20May 2024: 27Jun 2024: 31Jul 2024: 29JulAug 2024: 21Sep 2024: 21Oct 2024: 26Nov 2024: 26Dec 2024: 18Jan 2025: 17Jan2025Feb 2025: 18Mar 2025: 21Apr 2025: 23May 2025: 25Jun 2025: 38Jul 2025: 27JulAug 2025: 28Sep 2025: 22Oct 2025: 23Nov 2025: 19Dec 2025: 31Jan 2026: 17Jan2026Feb 2026: 23Mar 2026: 25Apr 2026: 34
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MonthPermits
May 202226
Jun 202237
Jul 202240
Aug 202235
Sep 202224
Oct 202226
Nov 202214
Dec 202217
Jan 202316
Feb 202310
Mar 202336
Apr 202325
May 202324
Jun 202321
Jul 202323
Aug 202331
Sep 202324
Oct 20238
Nov 202337
Dec 202318
Jan 202419
Feb 202421
Mar 202433
Apr 202420
May 202427
Jun 202431
Jul 202429
Aug 202421
Sep 202421
Oct 202426
Nov 202426
Dec 202418
Jan 202517
Feb 202518
Mar 202521
Apr 202523
May 202525
Jun 202538
Jul 202527
Aug 202528
Sep 202522
Oct 202523
Nov 202519
Dec 202531
Jan 202617
Feb 202623
Mar 202625
Apr 202634

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When each kind of work is filed

Permits by calendar month, 100 = an average month (the thin line), May 2022 through April 2026. Kinds of work do not all peak together. Each month is counted 4 times (once a year), so one unusual month still moves these numbers.

HVAC

258 permits · busiest August, quietest October

January: 79 (100 = an average month)February: 88 (100 = an average month)March: 126 (100 = an average month)April: 79 (100 = an average month)May: 102 (100 = an average month)June: 79 (100 = an average month)July: 126 (100 = an average month)August: 158 (100 = an average month)158September: 79 (100 = an average month)October: 65 (100 = an average month)November: 98 (100 = an average month)December: 121 (100 = an average month)JFMAMJJASOND

Electrical

140 permits · busiest June, quietest January

January: 51 (100 = an average month)February: 111 (100 = an average month)March: 69 (100 = an average month)April: 69 (100 = an average month)May: 103 (100 = an average month)June: 223 (100 = an average month)223July: 154 (100 = an average month)August: 94 (100 = an average month)September: 120 (100 = an average month)October: 86 (100 = an average month)November: 51 (100 = an average month)December: 69 (100 = an average month)JFMAMJJASOND
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Kind of workJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
HVAC79881267910279126158796598121
Electrical51111696910322315494120865169

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Homes and everything else

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

Permit classPermitsShareLast 12 mo
Homes (residential)72862%188
Other44738%124

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How many permits get finished

Permits issued May 2022–Apr 2025, so each has had at least 12 months to reach a final. Finished means the city recorded a final inspection or marked it complete; expired means it lapsed without one.

StatusPermitsShare
Finished53461.9%
Still open50.6%
Expired32437.5%

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How Oxford compares with other cities

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

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 permit statistics", https://contractorrecords.com/oxford-oh/permit-statistics, data through April 2026, from City of Oxford Building & Zoning 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 · How many get finished.

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

Common questions

  • How many building permits does Oxford issue a year?About 294 a year in the City of Oxford: 1,175 permits over 48 months, May 2022 through April 2026. 312 permits in the last 12 months on file (May 2025–Apr 2026), 12% more than the 278 in the 12 months before.
  • Are building permits up or down in Oxford?312 permits in the last 12 months on file (May 2025–Apr 2026), 12% more than the 278 in the 12 months before. Electrical permits grew most (28 to 42); HVAC permits fell most (58 to 54).
  • What is the busiest month for permits in Oxford?June, counting every kind of work (130 against an average month of 100). January is the quietest (70). Each kind of work has its own season; the charts above show them.
  • What share of Oxford permits are for homes?62%: 728 of the 1,175 permits issued May 2022 through April 2026 were residential permits.
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