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West Virginia building permits & home builders

Live single-family residential permit data and the most active licensed builders across all 53 counties in West Virginia. Updated weekly from US Census Bureau Building Permits Survey + county public records.

Permits (12mo)
2,909
Statewide single-family
Counties tracked
53
All scored 0–100
Top market
Berkeley
981 permits
Active builders
0
Top 10 ranked below

Top counties in West Virginia by permit volume

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

  1. Berkeley County981
  2. Jefferson County831
  3. Harrison County150
  4. Hampshire County112
  5. Morgan County105
  6. Putnam County70
  7. Wood County65
  8. Kanawha County59
  9. Hardy County51
  10. Greenbrier County50

Top home builders in West Virginia

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

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

All 53 counties in West Virginia

Barbour 3 Berkeley 981 Boone 3 Braxton 7 Brooke 0 Cabell 39 Clay 3 Fayette 18 Gilmer 4 Grant 23 Greenbrier 50 Hampshire 112 Hancock 15 Hardy 51 Harrison 150 Jackson 0 Jefferson 831 Kanawha 59 Lewis 3 Lincoln 8 Logan 0 Marion 5 Marshall 0 Mason 0 McDowell 4 Mercer 4 Mineral 42 Mingo 0 Monongalia 12 Monroe 0 Morgan 105 Nicholas 2 Ohio 3 Pendleton 23 Pleasants 2 Pocahontas 7 Preston 0 Putnam 70 Raleigh 45 Randolph 0 Ritchie 23 Roane 19 Summers 9 Taylor 0 Tucker 0 Tyler 0 Upshur 20 Wayne 48 Webster 0 Wetzel 2 Wirt 10 Wood 65 Wyoming 29

For LBM & trade operators serving West Virginia

West Virginia 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 — West Virginia's 2,909 permits/yr represent active accounts you could be pursuing.

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