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Georgia new construction report — Q1 2026

The bottom line

Georgia's residential permit volume is up 11% quarter-on-quarter — a strong signal of demand acceleration. Trade contractors and suppliers serving this state should expect builder accounts to scale upward in the next 12 months. The state's top markets are visibly heating up.

Top movers this quarter

The Georgia counties with the biggest quarter-on-quarter permit-volume change. Click any county for the full local market dashboard.

1. Gwinnett County: 803 permits this quarter (+218 vs 585 prior quarter).
2. Jackson County: 490 permits this quarter (+176 vs 314 prior quarter).
3. Dawson County: 110 permits this quarter (-172 vs 282 prior quarter).
4. Carroll County: 287 permits this quarter (+137 vs 150 prior quarter).
5. Baldwin County: 124 permits this quarter (+110 vs 14 prior quarter).
6. Chatham County: 363 permits this quarter (-91 vs 454 prior quarter).

Most-active builders

Licensed home builders in Georgia ranked by Q1 2026 permit count. Click any name for the builder's full profile, permit history, and county footprint.

Per-permit builder attribution for Georgia is limited this quarter. Per-permit feeds outside Florida are added quarterly — Georgia will deepen as we add county portals.

What this means for trade operators

If you're an LBM operator, roofing contractor, HVAC company, plumber, concrete crew, or any trade serving Georgia's new single-family construction market, this quarter's data points to a few practical actions:

• If you're not actively quoting the top 6 builders listed above, that's the call list for this week.
• If your service area covers any of the top-mover counties, you have leverage right now — builders there are scaling and looking for capacity.
• If you're considering expansion into Georgia, the Georgia dashboard has all high-volume counties scored against the trade you select. Drive-time analysis from your existing yard tells you which counties are reachable today.

This report is automatically refreshed every quarter from Census Bureau Building Permits Survey data plus county public records. The methodology is documented in our Census BPS data explainer.