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Building permits in 20774, Prince George's County

Data through April 2023 · updated 19 Oct 2026

5,517 building permits were issued in ZIP code 20774 by Prince George's County Department of Permitting, Inspections and Enforcement, May 2021 through April 2023: 7% of the 78,924 in Prince George's County, the 2nd busiest ZIP code. Electrical permits lead with 2,142. 2,436 permits in the last 12 months on file (May 2022–Apr 2023), 21% fewer than the 3,081 in the 12 months before. Permits from a city that runs its own permit office are not counted.

5,517permits in 20774
2,436last 12 months on file
57%for homes
Apr 2023records through

Permits in 20774 by kind of work

Share here is the part of the 5,517 permits in 20774; countywide is the same for all of Prince George's County.

Kind of workPermitsShare hereCountywide
Electrical2,14239%41%
HVAC91016%16%
Solar70813%12%
Garages, sheds & shade structures4779%5%
New homes2054%5%
Fences & walls2014%4%
Remodels & repairs1352%4%
Additions50under 1%1%
Roofing38under 1%1%
Pools & spas27under 1%under 1%
Demolition6under 1%under 1%
Other61811%11%

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Permits in 20774 by year

Permits issued in each calendar year of the window.

YearMonthsPermitsPer year
2021 (from May)82,1233,184
2022122,5702,570
2023 (through April)48242,472

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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 We count permits issued May 2021 through April 2023; denied and withdrawn permits are left out.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, "Building permits in 20774, Prince George's County", https://contractorrecords.com/prince-georges-county/zip/20774, 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 building permits were issued in 20774?5,517 permits issued by the county in ZIP code 20774, May 2021 through April 2023: 2,142 electrical, 910 HVAC, 708 solar. 2,436 were in the last 12 months on file (to April 2023).
  • What is built most in 20774?Electrical: 2,142 of the 5,517 permits (39%), against 41% countywide.
  • Who did the work in 20774?The county's file doesn't name contractors, so we can't say. Ask a contractor for the permit numbers of past jobs and check them with the county.