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Duval County, Florida building permits

According to permitsearch.us records, 947,402 permit records are on file for Duval County, Florida (1981–2026).

Our records for this area are growing — figures reflect permits on file, not every permit ever issued.

Permits on file by year

Permit records on file by year, 2017 to 2026010,00020,00030,00040,00050,0002017: 22,526 records on file20172018: 22,308 records on file20182019: 23,104 records on file20192020: 22,402 records on file20202021: 22,917 records on file20212022: 23,795 records on file202223,7952023: 22,663 records on file20232024: 22,320 records on file20242025: 20,842 records on file20252026: 10,757 records on file2026
Show yearly totals
YearRecords on file
201722,526
201822,308
201923,104
202022,402
202122,917
202223,795
202322,663
202422,320
202520,842
202610,757

Top work types in our records

Top work types in our recordselectricalelectrical: 309,345 records on file309,345mechanicalmechanical: 160,245 records on file160,245plumbingplumbing: 125,001 records on file125,001buildingbuilding: 98,585 records on file98,585roofingroofing: 95,263 records on file95,263

84% of records on file show a final or completed status.

84% of records on file show a final or completed status84%

Recent permits

Permits by type

Permit records by address

Browse the 1,101 Duval County addresses with permit-record pages on file

Permit records in Duval County: what to know

Jacksonville and Duval County have operated under a consolidated city-county government since 1968, so most of the county's building permits flow through the City of Jacksonville. The beach communities are the exception: our Duval records also come from the separate building departments of Atlantic Beach, Neptune Beach, and Jacksonville Beach, which permit their own construction.

In Florida, permit history has money attached to it. Insurers commonly ask how old a roof is and whether wind-resistance upgrades were done with permits on record; a roof permit from the last 15 years, or a documented wind mitigation feature, can be the difference between an easy policy and an expensive one. When our records show a roof or wind-mitigation permit for an address, that record is worth carrying into your insurance conversation.

When you're buying, compare what you can see at the house against what the records show. A kitchen, room addition, or enclosed garage with no matching permit record is a question worth asking before closing — unpermitted work can surface later in appraisals, insurance underwriting, and resale. A home inspection looks at how the work performs; the permit trail shows whether it was reviewed when it was done. You want both. What do these findings look like in a real house? The inspectors behind this site publish anonymized examples in their field notes.

Our records are a research starting point, not the authority. For a decision that hangs on a specific permit, confirm it with the City of Jacksonville's Building Inspection Division or the relevant beach city directly — jurisdictions can hold records that have not yet reached our store.

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Based on 947,402 permit records on file from City of Atlantic Beach, Duval County (Jacksonville EPICS), City of Jacksonville Beach (COAST), fl-duval-jacksonville_beach-c2g (Click2Gov), City of Neptune Beach, 1981–2026. Last updated 2026-08-20.

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