How much does it cost to build a garage in St. Louis? The usual garage & carport job filed with St. Louis is $13,000, from 340 priced permits (October 2023 through September 2026); the middle half of firms file between $12,900 and $35,000. A filed value is what the contractor wrote on the permit, not a quote or the final bill.
The usual garage & carport job filed with St. Louis is $13,000, from 340 priced permits, October 2023 through September 2026. The middle half of firms usually file between $12,900 and $35,000. 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 garage & carport permit here usually takes 335 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 340 priced permits across 139 firms, pooled into one. Half of St. Louis garage & carport permits were filed between $12,900 and $37,000.
| Percentile | Filed value | Reads as |
|---|---|---|
| 10th | $9,400 | 1 in 10 permits filed below |
| 25th | $12,900 | 1 in 4 filed below |
| 50th | $13,000 | the middle permit |
| 75th | $37,000 | 1 in 4 filed above |
| 90th | $71,200 | 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 $186,144 | $13,538 | 46 | 59 |
| Middle third | $186,144–$318,742 | $12,900 | 46 | 222 |
| Upper third | $324,251 and up | $36,000 | 47 | 61 |
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; both are shown for firms with 5 or more priced permits. Busy is not the same as careful: pick what you value to build a list.
| Firm | Permits | Last 12 mo | Usual | Middle half | Finished |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City Carport | 121 | 41 | $12,900 | $12,900 | 73.6% |
| Coach House Garages | 34 | 7 | $60,750 | $53,578–$70,776 | 61.5% |
| 3MG Missouri LLC | 5 | 5 | $388,000 | $69,818–$408,000 | — |
| Tuff Shed | 10 | 4 | $13,538 | $6,682–$15,750 | 4 of 6 |
| Helitech | 5 | 2 | $12,067 | $11,881–$13,085 | — |
| Lakeside Renovation & Design | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Missouri Custom Builders | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Blusky Restoration | 3 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Revive Residential Construction | 3 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Fritz Brothers Construction Inc | 2 | 1 | — | — | — |
Line your quote up against the file. In St. Louis, 1 in 10 garage & carport filed values sit under $9,400, the middle half between $12,900 and $37,000, and 1 in 10 over $71,200.
St. Louis files the fewest garage & carport permits in February (62 against an average month of 100) and the most in April (146). 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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