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Texas new construction report — Q1 2026

The bottom line

Texas's residential permit volume is up 22% 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 Texas counties with the biggest quarter-on-quarter permit-volume change. Click any county for the full local market dashboard.

1. Montgomery County: 2,865 permits this quarter (+804 vs 2,061 prior quarter).
2. Harris County: 4,830 permits this quarter (+766 vs 4,064 prior quarter).
3. Bexar County: 1,279 permits this quarter (+513 vs 766 prior quarter).
4. Denton County: 1,773 permits this quarter (+458 vs 1,315 prior quarter).
5. Williamson County: 1,193 permits this quarter (+396 vs 797 prior quarter).
6. Collin County: 2,656 permits this quarter (+373 vs 2,283 prior quarter).

Most-active builders

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