GroundTally construction pulse · data as of 2026-07-30

Chicago, IL

39,998 permits on file · source: data.cityofchicago.org · updated daily
Permits issued, last 30 days
2,854
▼ 0.5% vs same period last year
Construction valuation, last 90 days
$2.7B
▲ 16.8% vs same period last year · project-level
Active contractors, last 90 days
1,574
▼ 2.8% vs same period last year
Top trade, last 90 days
building
2,837 permits

Permit velocity

Permits issued per week, trailing 13 weeks
0200400600800May 7May 21Jun 4Jun 18Jul 2Jul 16Jul 30715
This year Same weeks last year
Table view
WeekThis yearLast year
Week of May 7770709
Week of May 14649639
Week of May 21697645
Week of May 28506531
Week of Jun 4697747
Week of Jun 11662735
Week of Jun 18587615
Week of Jun 25639712
Week of Jul 2696706
Week of Jul 9538453
Week of Jul 16725666
Week of Jul 23631762
Week of Jul 30715713

Permits by trade

Last 90 days, normalized taxonomy
building2,837electrical1,935roofing983plumbing747other581solar458sign370demolition311
Table view
TradePermits (90d)YoY
building2,837-2%
electrical1,935-1%
roofing983+15%
plumbing747+3%
other581-8%
solar458-10%
sign370-25%
demolition311+2%
mechanical134-9%
pool15+50%

Permit map

Each dot is one permit issued in the last 30 days

Top contractors

By permits issued, last 90 days
ContractorPermitsValuation
SUNRUN INSTALLATION SERVICES INC193$631.7K
ALVAREZ ELECTRICAL TECH67$392.9K
CHAVEZ ELECTRIC60$5.2M
PACE SYSTEMS, INC.47$5.8M
ERGEON INC47$247.7K
CURRENT COMMUNICATIONS CORP.46$4.0M
BLUE LINE ELECTRICAL CONTRACTO46$5.6M
ROBERT LESNICKI45—
GARAGE 2017 LLC DBA DANLEY'S GARAGE WORLD45$1.6M
OTIS ELEVATOR - CHICAGO43$4.1M