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Louisiana new construction report — Q1 2026

The bottom line

Louisiana's residential permit volume is roughly flat (8%) quarter-on-quarter — a stable market with steady underlying demand. Operators should focus on builder-relationship depth rather than market-expansion bets in this state for the next quarter.

Top movers this quarter

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

1. Lafayette Parish County: 422 permits this quarter (+117 vs 305 prior quarter).
2. St. Tammany Parish County: 228 permits this quarter (-93 vs 321 prior quarter).
3. Bossier Parish County: 140 permits this quarter (-87 vs 227 prior quarter).
4. East Baton Rouge Parish County: 475 permits this quarter (+53 vs 422 prior quarter).
5. Ouachita Parish County: 68 permits this quarter (-45 vs 113 prior quarter).
6. Jefferson Parish County: 74 permits this quarter (+43 vs 31 prior quarter).

Most-active builders

Licensed home builders in Louisiana 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 Louisiana is limited this quarter. Per-permit feeds outside Florida are added quarterly — Louisiana 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 Louisiana'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 Louisiana, the Louisiana dashboard has all 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.