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West Virginia new construction report — Q1 2026

The bottom line

West Virginia's residential permit volume is roughly flat (3%) 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 West Virginia counties with the biggest quarter-on-quarter permit-volume change. Click any county for the full local market dashboard.

1. Jefferson County: 236 permits this quarter (+41 vs 195 prior quarter).
2. Harrison County: 15 permits this quarter (-24 vs 39 prior quarter).
3. Berkeley County: 262 permits this quarter (-18 vs 280 prior quarter).
4. Mineral County: 19 permits this quarter (+11 vs 8 prior quarter).
5. Kanawha County: 20 permits this quarter (+6 vs 14 prior quarter).
6. Grant County: 10 permits this quarter (+5 vs 5 prior quarter).

Most-active builders

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