Cleveland building permits
Cleveland's commercial permit activity is led by residential alteration — 68% of the 199,903 permits PermitCore classifies across 7 commercial segments there. Reliable permit valuations total ≈$16.6B (across the 79% of filings with a valuation we can stand behind). Filing activity is up 9% over the last 90 days versus the prior 90 — a market heating up. 22 IBC segment tags. Field-level data-quality flags. Older history available via free signup or API; the recency module on this page surfaces the last 10 days.
199,903 permits classified · field-DQ-cleared · refreshed nightly
261,010 permits in Cleveland. Use Explore the data below for the filterable view.
Where the value concentratesCleveland
Permit mix by segment
- Residential Alteration136,656
- Commercial Alteration51,454
Reliable value by segment
- Commercial Alteration$15.0B
Filing momentum
+9% vs prior 90d
Top contractors by recent momentum
- OSCAR LAWRENCE-40% / 90d
- ALEJANDRO J AVILES-56% / 90d
- SHINARD D BANKS-60% / 90d
MAPPEDLast 10 days of permits · parcel-joined · 22 IBC segments · field-level DQ flags
4 of 6 segments currentsee per-segment freshness →
index rebuilt today
Top contractors in Cleveland
Ranked by permits indexed · Each links to that contractor in ClevelandALEJANDRO J AVILESResidential Alteration10,420BOB S DESKINSResidential Alteration10,150SHINARD D BANKSResidential Alteration5,493CONSEUELO - BROWNResidential Alteration4,114NAYYIR AL MAHDIResidential Alteration3,740CONSUELO - BROWNResidential Alteration3,460KENNETH - STEFANResidential Alteration3,047OSCAR LAWRENCEResidential Alteration2,916
Why this data is real
We classify permits into real segments — and label what we don't know.
Classified, not scraped
We read each permit's work-type, scope, and occupancy fields to place it in a real segment — so “commercial HVAC in Cleveland” means real HVAC work, not a keyword match.
Parcel-joined + enriched
Every permit is joined to its tax lot and geocoded, with roof & HVAC sized — you see the building, not just the address.
— and we flag what we don't know
Coverage is labeled, missing fields show —, and where there are too few reliable filings to stand behind a value we publish —, never a fabricated number.
Cleveland by segment
Sourced from the segment-distribution artifact · Each links to that segment in ClevelandResidential Alteration136,656Commercial Alteration51,454Residential Demolition9,625Commercial Demolition1,179Commercial New Construction853Residential New (Single-Family)119Industrial New Construction17
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