123 deck builders filed 315 porch and deck permits on homes in the City of Wilmington from October 2023 to September 2026; 53 filed one in the last 12 months. The most active in the last 12 months were Third North Constuction LLC (31 permits), Southern Exposure Sunrooms LLC (17) and Ingram Bros Inc (4); busy is not the same as careful. Wilmington, NC porch and deck permits carry no filed job value, so this list compares firms on permits filed, finishing and recent activity only. Side by side: permits filed, share finished and permits in the last 12 months for each firm. Pick what you value and the list re-orders.
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Top 5 by porch and deck permits filed in the last 12 months. This is volume, not quality: a busy firm is not necessarily a careful one.
The 5 ZIP codes with the most porch and deck permits on homes from October 2023 to September 2026. Each opens permits by trade and the most active firms there.
Before you move a slider, the list is in a default order built only from the permit record: how much of each firm’s record is this kind of job (weight 30), how often its permits reached completion (25) and how many permits it filed in the last 12 months (15). Each measure is ranked against the other 123 firms and pulled toward the middle when a record is short.
The order comes from the Wilmington permit file, not from reviews: 53 of 123 deck builders filed a permit in the last 12 months and 14% of their permits a year or more old were finished. Nobody pays to be listed or to move up, and there are no star ratings or reviews. The sliders and presets change the weights, and the order changes with them. How the records work in Wilmington.
We do not rate contractors. In this page’s default order, which uses only the permit record through Sep 2026, the top 3 are Third North Constuction LLC (68 permits, 32% finished), Ingram Bros Inc (8 permits) and Deck and Patio Tuneup Inc (14 permits, 26% finished).
123 firms are on the list; the busiest filed 31 porch and deck permits in the last 12 months and the middle firm filed 1 in the whole file. Line them up on the same public measures: permits filed and share of permits finished. Pick what matters to you and the list re-orders, for example recent activity if you need someone soon. The order comes from the permit record only, and nobody pays to be listed or to move up.
123 firms filed at least one porch and deck permit on homes in the City of Wilmington from October 2023 to September 2026; 53 of them filed one in the last 12 months.
We have not matched license records to Wilmington firms, so ask for the license number and check it yourself with NC Licensing Board for General Contractors. How to check a contractor's license in North Carolina →
Three you can check against this page: “How many porch and deck permits have you filed in Wilmington?” (the middle firm here filed 1; 53 of 123 filed one in the last 12 months); “What does your quote include: the permit fee and the city inspection?”; “Will you pull the permit in your company’s name, and when is the final inspection?” (14% of older porch and deck permits here were finished). All 10 questions and how to check each →
On this page: 123 firms filed 315 porch and deck permits from October 2023 to September 2026, and each firm’s name opens its own permit record. Every number comes from New Hanover County Building Safety permits on homes inside the City of Wilmington (the County issues the City's building permits). To see one permit itself, search the address or permit number with the Wilmington permit office. How the records work in Wilmington →
Wilmington porch and deck permits carry no filed job value, so we can’t rank deck builders by price. Get two or three written quotes; ask whether the permit fee and the city inspection are included; shortlist from the 53 firms that filed in the last 12 months. What porch and deck jobs cost in Cary →
We do not rate or collect reviews. Instead each of the 123 deck builders here is shown with its permit record: 315 permits and the share finished. Read reviews on other sites and use this page to check them against the record. Reviews vs permit records →
Every number on this page comes from New Hanover County Building Safety permits on homes inside the City of Wilmington (the County issues the City's building permits): 123 firms filed 315 porch and deck permits on homes in the City of Wilmington from October 2023 to September 2026, and 53 of them filed one in the last 12 months. The middle firm has 1 permit in the whole file. A short record leaves more uncertainty, and some jobs never require a permit.
No usable job value is recorded for this permit type, so no typical cost is shown. See how we compare records.
Most Wilmington porch and deck permits are filed in December (122 against an average month of 100); January is the quietest (65). When each trade is busiest in Wilmington →