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Pool and spa permits in Prince George's County, MD

Data through April 2023 · updated 19 Oct 2026

366 pool and spa permits were issued in Prince George's County, May 2021 through April 2023: about 183 a year and under 1% of all permits. 180 pool and spa permits in the last 12 months on file (May 2022–Apr 2023), 3% fewer than the 186 in the 12 months before. The busiest month is October. 20772 has the most, 58.

366permits issued
180last 12 months on file
Octbusiest month
$40,000usual declared value
Apr 2023records through

Pool and spa permits by month

Permits issued each month, May 2021 through April 2023.

May 2021: 17May2021Jun 2021: 14Jul 2021: 17JulAug 2021: 21Sep 2021: 11Oct 2021: 23Nov 2021: 11Dec 2021: 15Jan 2022: 15Jan2022Feb 2022: 11Mar 2022: 20Apr 2022: 11May 2022: 7Jun 2022: 12Jul 2022: 9JulAug 2022: 19Sep 2022: 28Oct 2022: 23Nov 2022: 11Dec 2022: 16Jan 2023: 15Jan2023Feb 2023: 16Mar 2023: 13Apr 2023: 11
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MonthPermits
May 202117
Jun 202114
Jul 202117
Aug 202121
Sep 202111
Oct 202123
Nov 202111
Dec 202115
Jan 202215
Feb 202211
Mar 202220
Apr 202211
May 20227
Jun 202212
Jul 20229
Aug 202219
Sep 202228
Oct 202223
Nov 202211
Dec 202216
Jan 202315
Feb 202316
Mar 202313
Apr 202311

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When pool and spa permits are filed

By calendar month, 100 = an average month (the thin line). October is the busiest (151), April the quietest (72). A busy month at the permit counter usually means a longer wait for a contractor.

January: 98 (100 = an average month)February: 89 (100 = an average month)March: 108 (100 = an average month)April: 72 (100 = an average month)May: 79 (100 = an average month)June: 85 (100 = an average month)July: 85 (100 = an average month)August: 131 (100 = an average month)September: 128 (100 = an average month)October: 151 (100 = an average month)151November: 72 (100 = an average month)December: 102 (100 = an average month)JFMAMJJASOND
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MonthIndex
January98
February89
March108
April72
May79
June85
July85
August131
September128
October151
November72
December102

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What a pool and spa permit is declared at

The value written on the permit at application, from 316 permits with one. Not a quote and not the final bill.

MeasureValue
Usual declared value$40,000
Middle half$25,000–$50,000

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ZIP codes with the most pool and spa permits

Counted at the property's ZIP code. Share is the part of the county's 366 pool and spa permits.

ZIP codePermitsShare
207725816%
207215515%
206134111%
207354011%
20607329%
20774277%
20744205%
20715185%
20720175%
2071651%

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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
RG33592%
R154%
RGU113%
DPIE RGW51%

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Nearby permit data

Pool and spa 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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Contractor Records, "Pool and spa permits in Prince George's County, MD", https://contractorrecords.com/prince-georges-county/pool-permits, data through April 2023, from Prince George's County Department of Permitting, Inspections and Enforcement building-permit records.

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Common questions

  • How many pool and spa permits does Prince George's County issue a year?About 183 a year in Prince George's County: 366 permits issued May 2021 through April 2023, 180 of them in the last 12 months on file (to April 2023).
  • When do people in Prince George's County file the most pool and spa permits?October (151 against an average month of 100); April is the quietest (72). 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 pool and spa permits in Prince George's County?20772, with 58 of the 366 (16%); then 20721 (55).