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Electrical permits in Prince George's County, MD

Data through April 2023 · updated 19 Oct 2026

32,079 electrical permits were issued in Prince George's County, May 2021 through April 2023: about 16,040 a year and 41% of all permits. 15,954 electrical permits in the last 12 months on file (May 2022–Apr 2023), about the same as the 16,125 in the 12 months before. The busiest month is January. 20740 has the most, 3,275.

32,079permits issued
15,954last 12 months on file
Janbusiest month
Apr 2023records through

Electrical permits by month

Permits issued each month, May 2021 through April 2023.

May 2021: 1,282May2021Jun 2021: 1,781Jul 2021: 1,251JulAug 2021: 1,329Sep 2021: 1,477Oct 2021: 1,222Nov 2021: 1,144Dec 2021: 1,227Jan 2022: 1,451Jan2022Feb 2022: 960Mar 2022: 1,860Apr 2022: 1,141May 2022: 1,378Jun 2022: 1,235Jul 2022: 1,050JulAug 2022: 1,184Sep 2022: 1,607Oct 2022: 1,353Nov 2022: 1,246Dec 2022: 1,360Jan 2023: 1,621Jan2023Feb 2023: 1,624Mar 2023: 1,033Apr 2023: 1,263
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MonthPermits
May 20211,282
Jun 20211,781
Jul 20211,251
Aug 20211,329
Sep 20211,477
Oct 20211,222
Nov 20211,144
Dec 20211,227
Jan 20221,451
Feb 2022960
Mar 20221,860
Apr 20221,141
May 20221,378
Jun 20221,235
Jul 20221,050
Aug 20221,184
Sep 20221,607
Oct 20221,353
Nov 20221,246
Dec 20221,360
Jan 20231,621
Feb 20231,624
Mar 20231,033
Apr 20231,263

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When electrical permits are filed

By calendar month, 100 = an average month (the thin line). January is the busiest (115), July the quietest (86). A busy month at the permit counter usually means a longer wait for a contractor.

January: 115 (100 = an average month)115February: 97 (100 = an average month)March: 108 (100 = an average month)April: 90 (100 = an average month)May: 100 (100 = an average month)June: 113 (100 = an average month)July: 86 (100 = an average month)August: 94 (100 = an average month)September: 115 (100 = an average month)October: 96 (100 = an average month)November: 89 (100 = an average month)December: 97 (100 = an average month)JFMAMJJASOND
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MonthIndex
January115
February97
March108
April90
May100
June113
July86
August94
September115
October96
November89
December97

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ZIP codes with the most electrical permits

Counted at the property's ZIP code. Share is the part of the county's 32,079 electrical permits.

ZIP codePermitsShare
207403,27510%
207722,2397%
207062,1507%
207742,1427%
206131,5795%
207451,5465%
207351,5265%
207151,3404%
207431,3274%
207441,2424%

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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
DPIE ER25,18679%
DPIE EC6,88721%
R6under 1%

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Nearby permit data

Electrical 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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Common questions

  • How many electrical permits does Prince George's County issue a year?About 16,040 a year in Prince George's County: 32,079 permits issued May 2021 through April 2023, 15,954 of them in the last 12 months on file (to April 2023).
  • When do people in Prince George's County file the most electrical permits?January (115 against an average month of 100); July is the quietest (86). 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 electrical permits in Prince George's County?20740, with 3,275 of the 32,079 (10%); then 20772 (2,239).