How much does fence installation cost in St. Louis? The usual fence job filed with St. Louis is $5,693, from 856 priced permits (October 2023 through September 2026); the middle half of firms file between $4,580 and $7,000. A filed value is what the contractor wrote on the permit, not a quote or the final bill.
The usual fence job filed with St. Louis is $5,693, from 856 priced permits, October 2023 through September 2026. The middle half of firms usually file between $4,580 and $7,000. Half of jobs were filed for less, half for more. A filed value is what the contractor wrote on the permit, not a quote or the final bill. A fence permit here usually takes 213 days from issue to final inspection. How long permits take →
Approximately, from each firm's own spread: every firm's range of filed values, weighted by its 856 priced permits across 201 firms, pooled into one. Half of St. Louis fence permits were filed between $3,800 and $8,800.
| Percentile | Filed value | Reads as |
|---|---|---|
| 10th | $2,300 | 1 in 10 permits filed below |
| 25th | $3,800 | 1 in 4 filed below |
| 50th | $5,700 | the middle permit |
| 75th | $8,800 | 1 in 4 filed above |
| 90th | $13,600 | 1 in 10 filed above |
Firms split into thirds by the usual value of the homes they work on, with each third's usual filed value weighted by permits. Home values: City of St. Louis assessor values.
| Firms working on | Usual home value | Usual filed value | Firms | Permits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower third | under $161,793 | $5,140 | 67 | 129 |
| Middle third | $161,793–$258,486 | $6,000 | 67 | 599 |
| Upper third | $260,338 and up | $5,000 | 67 | 131 |
Top 10 by permits in the last 12 months. Usual is each firm's middle filed value; middle half is the range its middle half of jobs were filed in. Busy is not the same as careful: pick what you value to build a list.
| Firm | Permits | Last 12 mo | Usual | Middle half | Finished |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Easter Fence Deck and Renovations | 41 | 37 | $6,000 | $4,000–$7,000 | — |
| Superior Fence & Rail | 90 | 35 | $7,411 | $5,000–$10,412 | 67.1% |
| Kirkwood Fence | 92 | 34 | $7,000 | $4,000–$10,000 | 75.6% |
| Fence & Deck Depot | 58 | 22 | $5,600 | $3,898–$7,685 | 56.2% |
| Easter Fence | 96 | 17 | $4,975 | $3,575–$8,262 | 75.7% |
| Graber Outdoors | 12 | 12 | $12,000 | $9,250–$18,000 | — |
| Chesterfield Fence & Deck | 67 | 9 | $6,000 | $4,000–$10,100 | 67.6% |
| Makic Fence and Deck | 21 | 8 | $5,000 | $4,000–$5,760 | 58.1% |
| Deck & Fence Services | 33 | 4 | $5,140 | $4,000–$8,699 | 79.5% |
| Exterior Experience LLC | 30 | 4 | $5,000 | $3,000–$8,000 | 89.7% |
Line your quote up against the file. In St. Louis, 1 in 10 fence filed values sit under $2,300, the middle half between $3,800 and $8,800, and 1 in 10 over $13,600.
St. Louis files the fewest fence permits in January (60 against an average month of 100) and the most in October (133). If you can choose, ask for quotes in a quiet month. We have no prices by month, so this is about crews' schedules, not a discount. When each trade is busiest in St. Louis →
Source: City of St. Louis building permits. The window is October 2023 through September 2026; a permit filed after that isn't here yet.
Usual is the middle permit: half were filed for less, half for more. Only permits with a filed value count; a value of $0 or none is left out.
The spread is approximate: we keep seven points of each firm's own range of filed values, not every permit, and pool them.
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