Massachusetts building permits
According to permitsearch.us records, 170,924 permit records are on file for Massachusetts (2008–3000).
Permits on file by year
Show yearly totals
| Year | Records on file |
|---|---|
| 2017 | 5,027 |
| 2018 | 5,359 |
| 2019 | 5,563 |
| 2020 | 7,635 |
| 2021 | 7,524 |
| 2022 | 9,306 |
| 2023 | 8,190 |
| 2024 | 6,977 |
| 2025 | 7,280 |
| 2026 | 4,341 |
Top work types in our records
- other — 89,077
- building — 32,391
- electrical — 16,165
- roofing — 9,505
- plumbing — 6,994
28% of records on file show a final or completed status.
Recent permits
- 3000-01-06 — other — 14 APPLETON CT MALDEN MA 02148
- 2999-01-01 — building — 10 SUMMER ST MALDEN MA 02148
- 2999-01-01 — building — 10 SUMMER ST MALDEN MA 02148
- 2999-01-01 — building — 589 BROADWAY MALDEN MA 02148
- 2999-01-01 — building — 92 GRANVILLE AV MALDEN MA 02148
- 2999-01-01 — building — 757 EASTERN AV MALDEN MA 02148
- 2999-01-01 — other — 41 CLARENDON ST MALDEN MA 02148
- 2999-01-01 — other — 1 HIGHLAND AV MALDEN MA 02148
Permit records by area
Street rankings appear on city-level pages — use the directory to browse down.
Based on 170,924 permit records on file from ma-boston (CKAN), ma-cambridge (Socrata), ma-framingham (Socrata), MaldenMA (Tyler EnerGov), ma-worcester (ArcGIS Hub), 2008–3000. Last updated 2026-08-20.