How many commercial new construction permits are pulled in Chicago each year?

9,008 commercial new construction 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 new construction permits in Chicago?

The board above ranks the contractors winning commercial new construction 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 new construction 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 new construction 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 New Construction in Chicago.

Classification: not yet measured

≈$45.3B in reliable permit value across 9,008 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 27, 2026 · classified, not scraped

Classification scopeClassification precision for Commercial New Construction 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 New Construction in Chicago

Ranked by permit volume · 9,008 filings, all time

#	Contractor	Commercial New Construction permits	Reliable value	90d
1	Power Construction Company, LLC	244	≈$9.2B	+14%
2	James McHugh Construction CO	160	≈$5.5B	-33%
3	Lendlease (Us) Construction INC.	157	≈$6.8B	—
4	Walsh Construction Company	99	≈$3.8B	-100%
5	Linn-Mathes INC	84	≈$2.0B	—
6	W. E. O'Neil Construction CO.	83	≈$3.2B	new
7	Pepper Construction Company	72	≈$3.3B	-17%

The ranked list continues — reliable values and contacts for all 1,464 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

4 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
CRM-ready export — enriched + parcel-joined

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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 New Construction — 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.

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Alert me when Commercial New Construction 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 new construction · Chicago$300K

middle 50% · across 8,863 valued permits

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FAQ

Frequently asked about commercial new construction permits in Chicago

How many commercial new construction permits are pulled in Chicago each year?: 9,008 commercial new construction 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 new construction permits in Chicago?: The board above ranks the contractors winning commercial new construction 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 new construction 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 new construction 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.