PermitBoardsRemodel & addition permits: where the work is — November 2026
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Every market PermitBoards covers publishes its issued permits as public records. This trade watch reads all of them for one lane: remodel & addition. Each market is counted over its own latest 30-day window of published records (windows end between Oct 30, 2026 and Nov 11, 2026, depending on the feed), and every number below is counted from those records — 2,156 remodel & addition permits in all.
Where the remodel & addition work concentrates
The busiest market is Los Angeles, CA. The top ten:
| Market | Remodel & addition permits | All permits in window |
|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles, CA | 394 | 506 |
| Columbus, OH | 287 | 733 |
| San Francisco, CA | 251 | 261 |
| Austin, TX | 220 | 1,046 |
| Detroit, MI | 123 | 129 |
| Chicago, IL | 114 | 484 |
| San Jose, CA | 113 | 362 |
| Philadelphia, PA | 106 | 799 |
| Nashville, TN | 70 | 167 |
| Boston, MA | 63 | 190 |
A permit can count toward more than one trade lane when the work spans trades; lane totals here count a permit once for this lane.
The biggest remodel & addition jobs by published value
| Address | Filed | Published value |
|---|---|---|
| 105 Cummins HW Roslindale 02131 | Nov 5, 2026 | $63,536,054 |
| 44 Binney ST Boston 02215 | Nov 5, 2026 | $22,555,444 |
| 2620 N MILWAUKEE AVE | Nov 6, 2026 | $21,275,000 |
| 400 N ABERDEEN ST | Nov 9, 2026 | $17,328,986 |
| 1560 N SANDBURG TER | Nov 5, 2026 | $11,925,000 |
Five of the newest remodel & addition permits anywhere
- 7400 E ROOSEVELT BLVD — NEW DEVICES HAVE BEEN INSTALLED AS AN ADDITION TO THE EXISTING FIRE ALARM SYSTEM UNDER CP-2026-002377 FOR A FOUR-STORY ADDITION... (Nov 11, 2026)
- 100-20 N 18TH ST — Furnish and install electrical wiring for power and lighting as per 2020 NEC. Install additional fire alarm devices as per draw... (Nov 11, 2026)
- 4711 N 4TH ST — - Approved plumbing work associated with an (Addition or Alteration) per EZ Permit Standard for Plumbing. (Nov 11, 2026)
- 5401-65 OLD YORK RD — - Approved plumbing work associated with an (Addition or Alteration) per EZ Permit Standard for Plumbing. (Nov 11, 2026)
- 1631 FRANCIS ST — The scope of work for this historically listed property is limited to facade repair of decorative elements, spot brick pointing... (Nov 11, 2026)
Remodel & addition contractors who subscribe get exactly their lane for their county — nothing else — every morning. The full lane, all markets, is on the remodel & addition permit page; published job values appear where a city's feed publishes them (1,597 of these 2,156 permits carry one, totaling $355,634,084).