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Pitt County outside Greenville, NC building permits

Data through October 2024 · updated 21 Oct 2026

8,293 building permits were issued in Pitt County outside Greenville from November 2022 to October 2024, about 4,146 a year. Electrical permits lead with 4,555, then plumbing (1,910) and new homes (942). 81% were for homes. The county's file names contractors, but we don't rate, rank or profile firms from it: these pages show what was built, where and when.

8,293permits issued
4,146a year
81%for homes
Oct 2024records through

What gets built here

Electrical

4,555permits
2,512last 12 mo on file

Plumbing

1,910permits
1,034last 12 mo on file

New homes

942permits
551last 12 mo on file

Garages, sheds & shade structures

277permits
140last 12 mo on file

What this page can and can't show

  • ✓Permits the county issued, by kind of work, month and ZIP code.
  • ✓What the job was declared at on the permit.
  • ✓Which contractors filed the most permits (volume, not quality).
  • Who does good work. The county's file names contractors, but we don't rate, rank or profile firms from it.
  • Which permits were finished. The county's permit tables carry no status and no final inspection date.
  • Street addresses or owners. We publish counts and permit rows without them.

Building, electrical, plumbing, gas and manufactured-home permits issued by Pitt County Planning & Development's inspections office, which covers unincorporated Pitt County and the towns that contract with it, such as Ayden, Simpson, Grifton, Grimesland, Bethel, Fountain and Falkland. Greenville, Winterville and Farmville run their own inspections, so permits inside those towns are not in this file (a Greenville or Winterville mailing address here is usually just outside the town).

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 North Carolina Licensing Board for General Contractors, then ask the county whether they pulled the permit for your job.

How to check a contractor's license in North Carolina →

Permits by kind of work

Permits issued November 2022 through October 2024, every kind of work with 100 or more. Last 12 months on file is Nov 2023–Oct 2024. Homes is the share issued as residential permits.

Kind of workPermitsShareLast 12 mo
Electrical4,55555%2,512
Plumbing1,91023%1,034
New homes94211%551
Garages, sheds & shade structures2773%140
Remodels & repairs1872%92
Pools & spas1011%55
Other1802%110

Fewer than 100 permits, so no row: additions (85), solar (37), roofing (17), ADUs & casitas (2).

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Most active contractors by permits filed

The contractors named on the most permits in the Pitt County open-data permit file, November 2022 through October 2024, with 5 or more each. Share is the part of all 8,293 permits; 63% 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
Eastern Utilities2543%
Stanley Nichols Electric1372%
Morco Electric Co1362%
Hardee's Plumbing Company1252%
Ashley Smith Electric Co. Inc.1221%
D.R. Horton, Inc., T/A1181%
Battle Electrical Services1061%
J & J Mechanical, Inc.1051%
R J Jones Electrical Enterprises Inc881%
MSF Electric Inc.851%

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Pitt County permit statistics →Pitt County permits by ZIP code →Pitt County building permit search: the county permitting portal and what the file shows →

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Guides for Pitt County

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

How these numbers are made

Source: Pitt County open data permit tables (PittOpenData/Tables MapServer: building, electrical, plumbing, gas and manufactured-home permits), read 21 Oct 2026. We count permits issued November 2022 through October 2024; denied and withdrawn permits are left out. The county's permit tables carry no status and no final inspection date, so no finished share is shown.

Building, electrical, plumbing, gas and manufactured-home permits issued by Pitt County Planning & Development's inspections office, which covers unincorporated Pitt County and the towns that contract with it, such as Ayden, Simpson, Grifton, Grimesland, Bethel, Fountain and Falkland. Greenville, Winterville and Farmville run their own inspections, so permits inside those towns are not in this file (a Greenville or Winterville mailing address here is usually just outside the town).

  • The county's tables have no permit status and no final inspection date, so we can't say how many permits were finished or how long they took.
  • The published tables stop early: electrical permits end in November 2024 and building permits in April 2025, so the window ends in October 2024, the last month every table is complete.
  • There are no heating and air-conditioning permits in the open data: the table labelled Mechanical holds only manufactured-home set-up permits, which we count as new homes.
  • A declared job value is filed with building permits only; electrical, plumbing, gas and manufactured-home permits carry none.
  • Trade permits don't say whether the job is at a home; we treat one as a home permit when its job description says so (a dwelling, bedrooms, a mobile home and the like).
  • The ZIP code is read from the site address the county records.

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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Free to reuse with attribution (CC BY 4.0). Please credit Contractor Records and link to this page. Suggested citation:

Contractor Records, "Pitt County outside Greenville, NC building permits", https://contractorrecords.com/pitt-county/, data through October 2024, from Pitt County Planning & Development 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 Pitt County issue a year?About 4,146 a year in Pitt County outside Greenville: 8,293 permits issued November 2022 through October 2024, 4,570 of them in the last 12 months on file (to October 2024). That counts the permits the county issued, homes and commercial, not denied or withdrawn applications.
  • Can I find a contractor's permits in Pitt County?The county's file names contractors, but 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 North Carolina Licensing Board for General Contractors and ask the contractor for the permit number of a past job.
  • What do people build most in Pitt County?Electrical: 4,555 of the 8,293 permits (55%), then plumbing (1,910), new homes (942), November 2022 through October 2024.
  • How do I look up a building permit in Pitt County?Filter the permit list on this page by month, kind of work and ZIP code to see what was issued. For one property's permits, search the county's own records by address or permit number; we don't publish addresses. How to look up a permit in Pitt County →
  • How many permits were issued in Pitt County last month?472 in October 2024, the last full month on file; 4,570 over the last 12 months on file (to October 2024).

Browse the permits

Browse 8,293 permits

Every permit in the file issued November 2022 through October 2024, newest first. Pick a month, a kind of work or a ZIP code. Each row is one permit: no street address, no names.

The list loads as you reach it (8,293 permits).

IssuedKind of workCounty permit typeZIP

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
Oct 2024472Electrical (244)
Sep 2024300Electrical (180)
Aug 2024370Electrical (218)
Jul 2024348Electrical (199)
Jun 2024449Electrical (262)
May 2024411Electrical (206)
Apr 2024385Electrical (205)
Mar 2024431Electrical (229)
Feb 2024335Electrical (193)
Jan 2024423Electrical (236)
Dec 2023300Electrical (155)
Nov 2023346Electrical (185)

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