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Minnesota building permits & home builders

Live single-family residential permit data and the most active licensed builders across all 87 counties in Minnesota. Updated weekly from US Census Bureau Building Permits Survey + county public records.

Permits (12mo)
10,634
Statewide single-family
Counties tracked
87
All scored 0–100
Top market
Hennepin
1,334 permits
Active builders
0
Top 10 ranked below

Top counties in Minnesota by permit volume

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

  1. Hennepin County1,334
  2. Dakota County1,297
  3. Washington County908
  4. Wright County845
  5. Anoka County600
  6. Scott County469
  7. Carver County392
  8. Crow Wing County344
  9. Stearns County281
  10. Olmsted County263

Top home builders in Minnesota

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

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

All 87 counties in Minnesota

Aitkin 125 Anoka 600 Becker 126 Beltrami 62 Benton 47 Big Stone 0 Blue Earth 168 Brown 26 Carlton 88 Carver 392 Cass 192 Chippewa 10 Chisago 182 Clay 120 Clearwater 1 Cook 55 Cottonwood 8 Crow Wing 344 Dakota 1,297 Dodge 39 Douglas 136 Faribault 6 Fillmore 52 Freeborn 13 Goodhue 70 Grant 3 Hennepin 1,334 Houston 25 Hubbard 20 Isanti 126 Itasca 85 Jackson 6 Kanabec 36 Kandiyohi 62 Kittson 4 Koochiching 24 Lac Qui Parle 2 Lake 61 Lake of the Woods 15 Le Sueur 50 Lincoln 12 Lyon 21 Mahnomen 0 Marshall 2 Martin 11 McLeod 48 Meeker 44 Mille Lacs 73 Morrison 123 Mower 33 Murray 11 Nicollet 43 Nobles 16 Norman 3 Olmsted 263 Otter Tail 61 Pennington 1 Pine 167 Pipestone 5 Polk 32 Pope 24 Ramsey 249 Red Lake 0 Redwood 1 Renville 13 Rice 77 Rock 16 Roseau 17 Scott 469 Sherburne 200 Sibley 22 St. Louis 210 Stearns 281 Steele 21 Stevens 9 Swift 12 Todd 66 Traverse 4 Wabasha 43 Wadena 68 Waseca 25 Washington 908 Watonwan 11 Wilkin 6 Winona 24 Wright 845 Yellow Medicine 32

For LBM & trade operators serving Minnesota

Minnesota is a tracked market for PermitFocus. If you're an LBM (lumber and building materials) operator, roofing contractor, HVAC company, plumber, concrete supplier, doors/windows dealer, paint distributor, or flooring contractor selling into new single-family construction — Minnesota's 10,634 permits/yr represent active accounts you could be pursuing.

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