Which ZIP code in Polk County has the most building permits?

33837, with 1,859 permits, October 2024 through September 2026; then 34759 (1,597).

Can I see the permits for one address in Polk County?

Not here: we publish permits by ZIP code without street addresses. The county keeps each property's permit history; search its records by address or permit number.

Polk County, FL Building Permits by ZIP Code (Sep 2026)

ZIP codes by permits

Busiest first, October 2024 through September 2026. Top kind of work is the one with the most permits in that ZIP code.

ZIP code	Permits	Share	Top kind of work
33837	1,859	12%	New homes (816)
34759	1,597	10%	Solar (540)
33810	1,306	8%	New homes (536)
33813	840	5%	Garages, sheds & shade structures (165)
33898	824	5%	Garages, sheds & shade structures (213)
33809	767	5%	New homes (229)
33880	763	5%	Garages, sheds & shade structures (147)
33844	752	5%	New homes (243)
33897	745	5%	Solar (195)
33811	622	4%	New homes (141)
33823	599	4%	Garages, sheds & shade structures (118)
33884	519	3%	Garages, sheds & shade structures (119)
33860	479	3%	Garages, sheds & shade structures (96)
33830	447	3%	New homes (130)
33881	401	3%	Remodels & repairs (79)
33868	389	2%	New homes (110)
33801	361	2%	Garages, sheds & shade structures (66)
33843	342	2%	New homes (112)
33896	328	2%	Solar (116)
33812	297	2%	Garages, sheds & shade structures (92)

31 more ZIP codes have fewer than 250 permits each (1,699 in all), so no page.

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How these numbers are made

Source: Polk County Property Appraiser, public FTP permit file (ftp_permit.zip, Appraisal Data), read 20 Oct 2026. We count permits issued October 2024 through September 2026; denied and withdrawn permits are left out.

Permits the Polk County building division issues for unincorporated land only (Poinciana, Lakeland Highlands, Four Corners, Kathleen, Wahneta and similar places). Lakeland, Winter Haven, Haines City, Davenport, Bartow, Lake Wales and the other cities issue their own permits and are not counted here. The list comes from the Polk County Property Appraiser, which collects only permits that can change a property's taxable value.

The file names no contractor, so there are no contractor lists, rankings or firm pages for this county.
The Property Appraiser collects only permits that can change taxable value: new homes, additions, pools, solar, generators, garages and similar. Re-roofs, fences, driveways and most like-for-like repairs are left out, so those kinds of work are undercounted or missing.
A final date is the county's final inspection of a new building or addition. A permit the Property Appraiser marks completed without one counts as finished but adds no days.
The value is the estimated value on the permit.
The ZIP code is the parcel's site ZIP on the Property Appraiser's roll.

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, "Building permits by ZIP code in unincorporated Polk County", https://contractorrecords.com/polk-county/zip/, data through September 2026, from the Polk County Building Division building-permit records.

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Common questions

Which ZIP code in Polk County has the most building permits?33837, with 1,859 permits, October 2024 through September 2026; then 34759 (1,597).
Can I see the permits for one address in Polk County?Not here: we publish permits by ZIP code without street addresses. The county keeps each property's permit history; search its records by address or permit number.

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