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Building Permits in Los Angeles

Analysis of 170,480 building permits from public records. Data sourced from official city/county permit databases.

170,480
Total Permits
$26.1B
Total Valuation
20
Top Contractors
20
Neighborhoods

Top Contractors by Permit Volume

Permit Types

Type Count Total Value
Bldg-Alter/Repair 144,385 $7.4B
Bldg-Addition 15,378 $2.8B
Bldg-New 10,716 $16.0B
Residential Alteration-Addn 1 $0

Permits by Year

2,517
2015
16,777
2016
20,267
2017
22,027
2018
24,720
2019
19,173
2020
22,639
2021
29,321
2022
13,039
2023

Busiest Neighborhoods

1 -10250 W SANTA MONICA BLVD
465
2 6600 -6600 N TOPANGA CANYON BLVD
223
3 380 -380 WORLD WAY
195
4 300 -300 WORLD WAY
172
5 8500 -8500 W BEVERLY BLVD
169
6 JR BLVD
155
7 130 -130 S SEPULVEDA BLVD
116
8 9301 -9301 N TAMPA AVE
101
9 -14006 W RIVERSIDE DR
93
10 -13700 W MARINA POINTE DR
93
11 350 -350 S GRAND AVE
90
12 100 -100 WORLD WAY
83
13 -11601 W WILSHIRE BLVD
68
14 5500 -5500 W 98TH ST
66
15 400 -400 WORLD WAY
64
16 384 -384 WORLD WAY
64
17 200 -200 WORLD WAY
57
18 -10501 W WILSHIRE BLVD
57
19 600 -600 WORLD WAY
55
20 523 -523 W 6TH ST
54

Permit Status

Status Count Share
Permit Finaled 93,295 54.7%
Issued 49,434 29.0%
CofO Issued 19,868 11.7%
CofC Issued 2,897 1.7%
Permit Expired 2,214 1.3%
Refund Completed 984 0.6%
Permit Closed 667 0.4%
CofO Corrected 299 0.2%
CofO in Progress 250 0.1%
Re-Activate Permit 201 0.1%
Refund in Progress 159 0.1%
OK for CofC 132 0.1%
Permit Withdrawn 35 0.0%
Intent to Revoke 13 0.0%
OK to Issue CofC 13 0.0%
No Progress 3 0.0%
Intent to Correct CofC 3 0.0%
Permit Revoked 3 0.0%
CofO Reactivated 2 0.0%
CofO Revoked 2 0.0%
Ready to Issue 1 0.0%
Conditional Approval 1 0.0%
CofC Corrected 1 0.0%
Issued Expired 1 0.0%
Permit Extended 1 0.0%
CofO Superseded 1 0.0%

Data sourced from official city and county open data portals. Last analyzed: April 3, 2026.