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Kentucky building permits & home builders

Live single-family residential permit data and the most active licensed builders across all 96 counties in Kentucky. Updated weekly from US Census Bureau Building Permits Survey + county public records.

Permits (12mo)
7,551
Statewide single-family
Counties tracked
96
All scored 0–100
Top market
Jefferson
913 permits
Active builders
0
Top 10 ranked below

Top counties in Kentucky by permit volume

Most-active markets in the state over the last 12 months.

  1. Jefferson County913
  2. Warren County568
  3. Fayette County411
  4. Boone County390
  5. Kenton County374
  6. Jessamine County351
  7. Madison County331
  8. Hardin County326
  9. Scott County242
  10. Shelby County224

Top home builders in Kentucky

Most-active licensed builders across the state in the last 12 months.

Per-permit builder attribution not yet available for Kentucky. Census Bureau aggregate data is loaded.

All 96 counties in Kentucky

Adair 1 Allen 24 Anderson 116 Barren 169 Bath 1 Bell 34 Boone 390 Bourbon 86 Boyd 2 Boyle 57 Breathitt 2 Breckinridge 2 Bullitt 212 Butler 2 Caldwell 0 Calloway 10 Campbell 161 Carroll 0 Carter 0 Casey 3 Christian 115 Clark 77 Clay 0 Clinton 0 Crittenden 0 Cumberland 0 Daviess 147 Estill 1 Fayette 411 Fleming 0 Floyd 4 Franklin 110 Fulton 3 Gallatin 43 Garrard 0 Grant 95 Graves 7 Grayson 7 Green 4 Greenup 20 Hancock 12 Hardin 326 Harlan 0 Harrison 60 Hart 19 Henderson 59 Henry 49 Hopkins 128 Jackson 0 Jefferson 913 Jessamine 351 Kenton 374 Knox 0 Larue 52 Laurel 8 Letcher 1 Lewis 0 Lincoln 71 Logan 43 Lyon 3 Madison 331 Marion 49 Marshall 66 Mason 22 McCracken 99 McCreary 0 McLean 2 Meade 136 Mercer 105 Montgomery 44 Morgan 0 Muhlenberg 6 Nelson 157 Nicholas 0 Ohio 7 Oldham 211 Owen 16 Pendleton 0 Perry 0 Pike 14 Powell 0 Pulaski 28 Rowan 5 Russell 4 Scott 242 Shelby 224 Simpson 181 Spencer 80 Taylor 10 Todd 33 Trigg 0 Warren 568 Washington 11 Webster 5 Whitley 31 Woodford 79

For LBM & trade operators serving Kentucky

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