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Remodel and repair permits in Prince George's County, MD

Data through April 2023 · updated 19 Oct 2026

3,029 remodel and repair permits were issued in Prince George's County, May 2021 through April 2023: about 1,514 a year and 4% of all permits. 1,474 remodel and repair permits in the last 12 months on file (May 2022–Apr 2023), 5% fewer than the 1,555 in the 12 months before. The busiest month is September. 20744 has the most, 265.

3,029permits issued
1,474last 12 months on file
Sepbusiest month
$12,000usual declared value
Apr 2023records through

Remodel and repair permits by month

Permits issued each month, May 2021 through April 2023.

May 2021: 141May2021Jun 2021: 119Jul 2021: 153JulAug 2021: 159Sep 2021: 167Oct 2021: 147Nov 2021: 142Dec 2021: 92Jan 2022: 107Jan2022Feb 2022: 105Mar 2022: 125Apr 2022: 98May 2022: 103Jun 2022: 96Jul 2022: 106JulAug 2022: 120Sep 2022: 157Oct 2022: 157Nov 2022: 128Dec 2022: 137Jan 2023: 114Jan2023Feb 2023: 94Mar 2023: 115Apr 2023: 147
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MonthPermits
May 2021141
Jun 2021119
Jul 2021153
Aug 2021159
Sep 2021167
Oct 2021147
Nov 2021142
Dec 202192
Jan 2022107
Feb 2022105
Mar 2022125
Apr 202298
May 2022103
Jun 202296
Jul 2022106
Aug 2022120
Sep 2022157
Oct 2022157
Nov 2022128
Dec 2022137
Jan 2023114
Feb 202394
Mar 2023115
Apr 2023147

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When remodel and repair permits are filed

By calendar month, 100 = an average month (the thin line). September is the busiest (128), February the quietest (79). A busy month at the permit counter usually means a longer wait for a contractor.

January: 88 (100 = an average month)February: 79 (100 = an average month)March: 95 (100 = an average month)April: 97 (100 = an average month)May: 97 (100 = an average month)June: 85 (100 = an average month)July: 103 (100 = an average month)August: 111 (100 = an average month)September: 128 (100 = an average month)128October: 120 (100 = an average month)November: 107 (100 = an average month)December: 91 (100 = an average month)JFMAMJJASOND
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MonthIndex
January88
February79
March95
April97
May97
June85
July103
August111
September128
October120
November107
December91

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What a remodel and repair permit is declared at

The value written on the permit at application, from 2,842 permits with one. Not a quote and not the final bill.

MeasureValue
Usual declared value$12,000
Middle half$5,000–$26,000

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ZIP codes with the most remodel and repair permits

Counted at the property's ZIP code. Share is the part of the county's 3,029 remodel and repair permits.

ZIP codePermitsShare
207442659%
207432107%
207721866%
207481686%
207821565%
207471465%
207851455%
207351395%
207741354%
207061294%

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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
R1,82660%
RW55218%
RG50717%
DPIE RGW1013%
RU371%
RUW6under 1%

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Nearby permit data

Remodel and repair 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.

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Common questions

  • How many remodel and repair permits does Prince George's County issue a year?About 1,514 a year in Prince George's County: 3,029 permits issued May 2021 through April 2023, 1,474 of them in the last 12 months on file (to April 2023).
  • When do people in Prince George's County file the most remodel and repair permits?September (128 against an average month of 100); February is the quietest (79). 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 remodel and repair permits in Prince George's County?20744, with 265 of the 3,029 (9%); then 20743 (210).