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New Jersey building permits & home builders

Live single-family residential permit data and the most active licensed builders across all 21 counties in New Jersey. Updated weekly from US Census Bureau Building Permits Survey + county public records.

Permits (12mo)
13,771
Statewide single-family
Counties tracked
21
All scored 0–100
Top market
Ocean
2,015 permits
Active builders
0
Top 10 ranked below

Top counties in New Jersey by permit volume

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

  1. Ocean County2,015
  2. Monmouth County1,919
  3. Bergen County1,600
  4. Burlington County1,102
  5. Gloucester County1,018
  6. Essex County823
  7. Morris County735
  8. Middlesex County704
  9. Cape May County654
  10. Mercer County543

Top home builders in New Jersey

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

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

All 21 counties in New Jersey

Atlantic 438 Bergen 1,600 Burlington 1,102 Camden 441 Cape May 654 Cumberland 128 Essex 823 Gloucester 1,018 Hudson 383 Hunterdon 132 Mercer 543 Middlesex 704 Monmouth 1,919 Morris 735 Ocean 2,015 Passaic 201 Salem 77 Somerset 244 Sussex 120 Union 247 Warren 247

For LBM & trade operators serving New Jersey

New Jersey 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 — New Jersey's 13,771 permits/yr represent active accounts you could be pursuing.

PermitFocus gives you the full builder directory (with DBPR license + contact details where available), drive-time catchment analysis for picking new locations, watchlists with weekly digest alerts, and CRM-lite for tracking outreach. Free 14-day trial, no credit card.

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