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Demolition permits in Prince George's County, MD

Data through April 2023 · updated 19 Oct 2026

230 demolition permits were issued in Prince George's County, May 2021 through April 2023: about 115 a year and under 1% of all permits. 102 demolition permits in the last 12 months on file (May 2022–Apr 2023), 20% fewer than the 128 in the 12 months before. The busiest month is September. 20740 has the most, 25.

230permits issued
102last 12 months on file
Sepbusiest month
$20,000usual declared value
Apr 2023records through

Demolition permits by month

Permits issued each month, May 2021 through April 2023.

May 2021: 8May2021Jun 2021: 8Jul 2021: 8JulAug 2021: 9Sep 2021: 17Oct 2021: 18Nov 2021: 10Dec 2021: 9Jan 2022: 6Jan2022Feb 2022: 9Mar 2022: 13Apr 2022: 13May 2022: 14Jun 2022: 9Jul 2022: 6JulAug 2022: 10Sep 2022: 14Oct 2022: 6Nov 2022: 6Dec 2022: 4Jan 2023: 10Jan2023Feb 2023: 8Mar 2023: 9Apr 2023: 6
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MonthPermits
May 20218
Jun 20218
Jul 20218
Aug 20219
Sep 202117
Oct 202118
Nov 202110
Dec 20219
Jan 20226
Feb 20229
Mar 202213
Apr 202213
May 202214
Jun 20229
Jul 20226
Aug 202210
Sep 202214
Oct 20226
Nov 20226
Dec 20224
Jan 202310
Feb 20238
Mar 20239
Apr 20236

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When demolition permits are filed

By calendar month, 100 = an average month (the thin line). September is the busiest (162), December the quietest (68). A busy month at the permit counter usually means a longer wait for a contractor.

January: 83 (100 = an average month)February: 89 (100 = an average month)March: 115 (100 = an average month)April: 99 (100 = an average month)May: 115 (100 = an average month)June: 89 (100 = an average month)July: 73 (100 = an average month)August: 99 (100 = an average month)September: 162 (100 = an average month)162October: 125 (100 = an average month)November: 83 (100 = an average month)December: 68 (100 = an average month)JFMAMJJASOND
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MonthIndex
January83
February89
March115
April99
May115
June89
July73
August99
September162
October125
November83
December68

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What a demolition permit is declared at

The value written on the permit at application, from 208 permits with one. Not a quote and not the final bill.

MeasureValue
Usual declared value$20,000
Middle half$7,000–$60,000

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ZIP codes with the most demolition permits

Counted at the property's ZIP code. Share is the part of the county's 230 demolition permits.

ZIP codePermitsShare
207402511%
20743209%
20785209%
20781177%
20705157%
20745146%
20744136%
20735115%
2074883%
2077283%

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The county's own permit types

How the county filed these permits. We group its types into kinds of work; this is the split.

Permit typePermitsShare
RZ12052%
CI6227%
R167%
RG125%
RGU73%
DPIE CG42%
RW42%
CE2under 1%
RU2under 1%
DPIE RZW1under 1%

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Nearby permit data

Demolition permits for other places in Washington, DC. Each permit office keeps its own file, so the numbers are not added together.

How these numbers are made

Source: Prince George's County Open Data, Residential and Commercial Permits (July 2013 to Present), read 19 Oct 2026. We count permits issued May 2021 through April 2023; denied and withdrawn permits are left out. The county's file has no permit status and no final inspection date, so no finished share is shown.

Building, electrical, mechanical, fire-protection, sign and raze permits issued by the county's Department of Permitting, Inspections and Enforcement (DPIE) across Prince George's County: Upper Marlboro, Bowie, Hyattsville, Brandywine, Clinton, Fort Washington, College Park, Capitol Heights, Laurel and the rest. Permits a municipality issues on its own are not in this file. Plumbing and gas permits are issued by WSSC Water, not the county, and are not here. Health, site and road permits and use-and-occupancy permits are left out.

  • The county's file names no contractor, so there are no contractor lists, rankings or firm pages for Prince George's County.
  • The window ends in April 2023. DPIE moved building permits to its new Momentum system from mid-2023, and the county's open-data list thins out after May 2023 (about 3,400 building permits a month before, a few hundred a month by mid-2024). The separate Momentum file covers building permits only, without electrical or mechanical permits, and stops in July 2025, so no current file covers every kind of permit.
  • The file has no status and no final inspection date, so we can't show which permits were finished or how long they took.
  • Plumbing and gas permits are issued by WSSC Water, so there is no plumbing count here beyond a few building permits that mention plumbing work.
  • The expected construction cost is the cost the applicant declared. It is filled on about half of the permits and is missing on most electrical and mechanical permits.
  • Mechanical permits count as HVAC and as non-home permits, since the file doesn't say whether the building is a home. Residential electrical permits count as homes.
  • Residential building permits are sorted into roofing, decks, fences, additions, pools and other kinds of work from a few words in the permit's project name; the rest count as remodels.

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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Link to a table: By month · Season · Declared value · By ZIP code · Permit types.

Download the tables (CSV): Demolition permits by month · Demolition permits by calendar month (index) · Demolition permits: declared value · Demolition permits by ZIP code · Demolition permits by permit type.

Common questions

  • How many demolition permits does Prince George's County issue a year?About 115 a year in Prince George's County: 230 permits issued May 2021 through April 2023, 102 of them in the last 12 months on file (to April 2023).
  • When do people in Prince George's County file the most demolition permits?September (162 against an average month of 100); December is the quietest (68). If you can choose, a quiet month at the permit counter can mean contractors have more room in their schedules.
  • Which ZIP code has the most demolition permits in Prince George's County?20740, with 25 of the 230 (11%); then 20743 (20).