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Utah new construction report — Q1 2026

The bottom line

Utah's residential permit volume is roughly flat (-6%) 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 Utah counties with the biggest quarter-on-quarter permit-volume change. Click any county for the full local market dashboard.

1. Utah County: 1,174 permits this quarter (-305 vs 1,479 prior quarter).
2. Box Elder County: 130 permits this quarter (+51 vs 79 prior quarter).
3. Summit County: 66 permits this quarter (-47 vs 113 prior quarter).
4. Iron County: 204 permits this quarter (+46 vs 158 prior quarter).
5. Cache County: 187 permits this quarter (+41 vs 146 prior quarter).
6. Salt Lake County: 757 permits this quarter (+30 vs 727 prior quarter).

Most-active builders

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