How many commercial alteration permits are pulled in Chicago each year?

116,085 commercial alteration permits are currently indexed for Chicago. Volume varies year over year; PermitCore tracks both historical totals and current rolling-window activity.

Where can I see the latest commercial alteration permits in Chicago?

The board above ranks the contractors winning commercial alteration permits in Chicago by volume and reliable value. To browse the underlying permit filings themselves — filter by cohort, by date range, by contractor — use the PermitCore API or the Market Explorer.

How is the commercial alteration data in Chicago refreshed?

PermitCore rebuilds the Chicago index nightly. The underlying municipal source publishes on its own cadence, which varies by jurisdiction, so each page stamps its own freshness (the "as of" date) rather than promising a fixed interval — and a stale source is marked as such. Segment classification is applied automatically by PermitCore's classification engine; field-level data-quality flags surface inline so you can filter for clean rows.

Can I export Chicago commercial alteration permits?

Yes — the free tier includes 5,000 exports / month (CSV or Parquet); one bulk export counts as 1 export regardless of row count. Pro removes the cap with unlimited exports and full-data browse across all jurisdictions.

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Every contractor winning Commercial Alteration in Chicago.

Classification: not yet measured

≈$59.9B in reliable permit value across 116,085 filings, all time — ranked by who’s pulling them, what they’re worth, and how fast they’re moving.

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refreshed Aug 26, 2026 · classified, not scraped

Classification scopeClassification precision for Commercial Alteration in Chicago has not yet been measured against our ≥99% certification bar. The permits are shown; treat the cohort boundary as provisional until certification.

Classification coverageOf 867,206 permit records we hold for Chicago, 358,814 (41.4%) carry the work markers our cohort rules need — the rest are published without a residential/commercial signal we can classify on. Of those, 358,251 (99.8%) are placed in a cohort. Certification measures whether that placement is right — not how much of the corpus reaches it.

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Contractors winning Commercial Alteration in Chicago

Ranked by permit volume · 116,085 filings, all time

#	Contractor	Commercial Alteration permits	Reliable value	90d
1	Frackiel Builders, Incorporated	2,792	≈$79.6M	0%
2	Bear Construction Company	2,582	≈$1.2B	-40%
3	Clune Construction Company, L.P.	1,731	≈$2.5B	+56%
4	Leopardo Construction INC	1,282	≈$2.1B	-22%
5	Executive Construction , INC.	1,189	≈$2.1B	-35%
6	Reed Illinois Corporation	1,182	≈$579M	—
7	Jc Anderson INC	1,169	≈$520M	+56%

The ranked list continues — reliable values and contacts for all 3,828 contractors in this segment.See the full leaderboard →

Contractors with too few reliable filings to stand behind a value still rank by volume — their value shows —, never a fabricated number.

90-day movers

1 more — too few recent filings to score.

What’s in the full list

Every contractor ranked by reliable value
Recent projects + permit-level detail per contractor
A daily email when a new filing lands
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Why this list is real

These contractors are ranked from classified permits, not keyword scrapes. We read each permit’s work-type, scope, and occupancy fields to place it in Commercial Alteration — so a filing that looks like a generic alteration lands in the right segment, and the ranking reflects real work. When the fields don’t support a confident call we mark it Unclassified — we never force a wrong segment to pad a contractor’s count.

How we classify →

Alert me when Commercial Alteration momentum crosses a threshold.Single-window signal (last 90 days vs the prior 90) — at most once a week, no account.

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Permits by segment

Typical project size · commercial alteration · Chicago$60K

middle 50% · across 113,373 valued permits

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FAQ

Frequently asked about commercial alteration permits in Chicago

How many commercial alteration permits are pulled in Chicago each year?: 116,085 commercial alteration permits are currently indexed for Chicago. Volume varies year over year; PermitCore tracks both historical totals and current rolling-window activity.
Where can I see the latest commercial alteration permits in Chicago?: The board above ranks the contractors winning commercial alteration permits in Chicago by volume and reliable value. To browse the underlying permit filings themselves — filter by cohort, by date range, by contractor — use the PermitCore API or the Market Explorer.
How is the commercial alteration data in Chicago refreshed?: PermitCore rebuilds the Chicago index nightly. The underlying municipal source publishes on its own cadence, which varies by jurisdiction, so each page stamps its own freshness (the "as of" date) rather than promising a fixed interval — and a stale source is marked as such. Segment classification is applied automatically by PermitCore's classification engine; field-level data-quality flags surface inline so you can filter for clean rows.
Can I export Chicago commercial alteration permits?: Yes — the free tier includes 5,000 exports / month (CSV or Parquet); one bulk export counts as 1 export regardless of row count. Pro removes the cap with unlimited exports and full-data browse across all jurisdictions.