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The City of Urbana, IL building permits

Data through August 2026 · updated 23 Oct 2026

3,562 building permits were issued in the City of Urbana from September 2024 to August 2026, about 1,781 a year. Plumbing permits lead with 960, then HVAC (784) and electrical (547). 79% were for homes. The city's file names contractors, but we have not matched the names to state license records, so we only count permits per firm and don't rate or rank them: these pages show what was built and when.

3,562permits issued
1,781a year
79%for homes
Aug 2026records through

What gets built here

Plumbing

960permits
465last 12 mo

HVAC

784permits
362last 12 mo

Electrical

547permits
284last 12 mo

Remodels & repairs

285permits
145last 12 mo

Fences & walls

232permits
115last 12 mo

Solar

221permits
122last 12 mo

What this page can and can't show

  • ✓Permits the city issued, by kind of work and month.
  • ✓What the job was declared at on the permit.
  • ✓Which contractors filed the most permits (volume, not quality).
  • Who does good work. The city's file names contractors, but we have not matched the names to state license records, so we only count permits per firm and don't rate or rank them.
  • Which permits were finished. Since the city's 2019 change of permit system, most permits stay marked Issued long after the work is done.
  • Where, by ZIP code. The file carries no usable ZIP code.
  • Street addresses or owners. We publish counts and permit rows without them.

Building, plumbing, mechanical, electrical, solar, accessory structure, demolition and sign permits the City of Urbana Community Development Services issues inside city limits. Certificates of occupancy in the same file are not counted. Champaign, Savoy and unincorporated Champaign County run their own permit offices and are not in this file.

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Permits by kind of work

Permits issued September 2024 through August 2026, every kind of work with 100 or more. Last 12 months is Sep 2025–Aug 2026. Homes is the share issued as residential permits.

Kind of workPermitsShareLast 12 mo
Plumbing96027%465
HVAC78422%362
Electrical54715%284
Remodels & repairs2858%145
Fences & walls2327%115
Solar2216%122
Roofing1073%60
Other2056%93

Fewer than 100 permits, so no row: new homes (98), garages, sheds & shade structures (72), demolition (37), additions (11), pools & spas (3).

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Most active contractors by permits filed

The contractors named on the most permits in the City of Urbana permit file, September 2024 through August 2026, with 5 or more each. Share is the part of all 3,562 permits; 93% of them name a contractor we can show. This is volume, not quality: more permits doesn't mean better work. Individuals' names, owner-builders and blanks are left out.

ContractorPermitsShare
Lanz Heating & Cooling/Plumbing2397%
217, Inc.1344%
Edelman, LLC1053%
Mattex Service Company1023%
A&R Mechanical Contractors, Inc.832%
A.T.S. Custom Construction, LLC742%
Fred's Plumbing and Heating712%
Sunrun Installation Services712%
SK Fence Co.612%
C-U Electric Inc.562%

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Local permit rules and lookups, each with Urbana's own permit numbers.

How these numbers are made

Source: City of Urbana, Community Development Permits Issued (State of Illinois open data mirror, dvw9-7wyx), read 23 Oct 2026. We count permits issued September 2024 through August 2026; denied and withdrawn permits are left out. Since the city's 2019 change of permit system, most permits stay marked Issued long after the work is done, so no finished share is shown.

Building, plumbing, mechanical, electrical, solar, accessory structure, demolition and sign permits the City of Urbana Community Development Services issues inside city limits. Certificates of occupancy in the same file are not counted. Champaign, Savoy and unincorporated Champaign County run their own permit offices and are not in this file.

  • The file is the State of Illinois open data copy of the city's permit list. Its rows were last updated on September 23, 2026, so September 2026 is not counted.
  • The file has no final inspection date and no ZIP code, so we show neither time to final nor ZIP code pages.
  • Most permits since 2019 still read Issued, including many from 2020 to 2023, so we don't show a finished share.
  • The value is the estimated cost written on the permit application, not the final cost of the job; about three in four permits carry one.
  • A new house gets separate building, plumbing, mechanical and electrical permits, so one project can count several times, once under each kind of work.

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Link to a table: By kind of work · Most active contractors by permits filed · Browse the permits · Permits each month.

Download the tables (CSV): Permits by kind of work · Most active contractors by permits filed · Permits in the last 12 months.

Common questions

  • How many building permits does Urbana issue a year?About 1,781 a year in the City of Urbana: 3,562 permits issued September 2024 through August 2026, 1,745 of them in the last 12 months. That counts the permits the city issued, homes and commercial, not denied or withdrawn applications.
  • Can I find a contractor's permits in Urbana?The city's file names contractors, but we have not matched the names to state license records, so we only count permits per firm and don't rate or rank them. The table above lists the contractors named on the most permits, as a count only. Ask the contractor for the permit number of a past job.
  • What do people build most in Urbana?Plumbing: 960 of the 3,562 permits (27%), then HVAC (784), electrical (547), September 2024 through August 2026.
  • How do I look up a building permit in Urbana?Filter the permit list on this page by month, kind of work to see what was issued. For one property's permits, search the city's own records by address or permit number; we don't publish addresses. How to look up a permit in Urbana →
  • How many permits were issued in Urbana last month?112 in August 2026, the last full month on file; 1,745 over the last 12 months.

Browse the permits

Browse 3,562 permits

Every permit in the file issued September 2024 through August 2026, newest first. Pick a month or a kind of work. Each row is one permit: no street address, no names.

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IssuedKind of workCity permit type

Permits each month, the last 12 months

Permits issued each month and the kind of work with the most. A month opens its permits in the list above.

MonthPermitsTop kind of work
Aug 2026112Plumbing (22)
Jul 2026144HVAC (41)
Jun 2026166Plumbing (47)
May 2026148Plumbing (36)
Apr 2026136Plumbing (30)
Mar 2026156Plumbing (57)
Feb 2026135Plumbing (36)
Jan 2026108Plumbing (32)
Dec 2025129Plumbing (49)
Nov 2025122Plumbing (37)
Oct 2025219Plumbing (56)
Sep 2025170Electrical (41)

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