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Ohio building permits & home builders

Live single-family residential permit data and the most active licensed builders across all 88 counties in Ohio. Updated weekly from US Census Bureau Building Permits Survey + county public records.

Permits (12mo)
14,958
Statewide single-family
Counties tracked
88
All scored 0–100
Top market
Franklin
1,753 permits
Active builders
0
Top 10 ranked below

Top counties in Ohio by permit volume

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

  1. Franklin County1,753
  2. Delaware County1,360
  3. Lorain County834
  4. Clermont County754
  5. Warren County653
  6. Montgomery County584
  7. Butler County574
  8. Hamilton County533
  9. Cuyahoga County504
  10. Stark County445

Top home builders in Ohio

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

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

All 88 counties in Ohio

Adams 18 Allen 79 Ashland 46 Ashtabula 126 Athens 16 Auglaize 87 Belmont 0 Brown 111 Butler 574 Carroll 0 Champaign 35 Clark 196 Clermont 754 Clinton 72 Columbiana 53 Coshocton 4 Crawford 4 Cuyahoga 504 Darke 48 Defiance 41 Delaware 1,360 Erie 115 Fairfield 360 Fayette 85 Franklin 1,753 Fulton 40 Gallia 3 Geauga 145 Greene 280 Guernsey 27 Hamilton 533 Hancock 68 Hardin 35 Harrison 0 Henry 18 Highland 86 Hocking 10 Holmes 7 Huron 65 Jackson 24 Jefferson 4 Knox 163 Lake 302 Lawrence 15 Licking 119 Logan 121 Lorain 834 Lucas 229 Madison 303 Mahoning 147 Marion 33 Medina 343 Meigs 0 Mercer 74 Miami 259 Monroe 0 Montgomery 584 Morgan 16 Morrow 68 Muskingum 45 Noble 14 Ottawa 141 Paulding 19 Perry 26 Pickaway 232 Pike 47 Portage 164 Preble 35 Putnam 46 Richland 107 Ross 17 Sandusky 22 Scioto 12 Seneca 71 Shelby 80 Stark 445 Summit 403 Trumbull 86 Tuscarawas 82 Union 433 Van Wert 28 Vinton 6 Warren 653 Washington 3 Wayne 184 Williams 30 Wood 118 Wyandot 13

For LBM & trade operators serving Ohio

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