Building Permits Survey

Customer Information, Sample Files, and Documentation

Residential

These files contain documentaion, samples of data files, and customer information for the Building Permits Survey.

Customer Information Package PDF [120kb]

	Sample Files				Documentation
	Current Month	Year to Date	Annual	Cumulative	Documentation
State Level	TXT [3kb]	TXT [4kb]	TXT [4kb]	(NA)	PDF [16kb]
MSA Level	TXT [5kb]	TXT [5kb]	TXT [10kb]	(NA)	PDF [13kb]
County Level	TXT [87kb]	TXT [109kb]	TXT [131kb]	(NA)	PDF [14kb]
Place Level	TXT [8kb]	TXT [10kb]	TXT [11kb]	TXT [16kb]	PDF [52kb]

Select Documentation for Codes
FIPS State Codes | FIPS County Codes | 2013 Metropolitan Area Codes | States by Region, Division | Types of Construction

Monthly Cumulative files have monthly data records for each permit office from the beginning of the year through the current survey month including late reports and corrected data for prior months.
Annual Cumulative files have monthly data records for all monthly reporting permit offices showing final data for each month of the year.

NonResidential

The collection of nonresidential Building Permit data was discontinued in 1995. If interested in these data, please call the Residential Construction Branch on 301-763-5160.

These files contain samples of the historic nonresidential Building Permits data.

	Sample Files
	Current Month	Year to Date	Annual
State Level	TXT [3kb]	TXT [4kb]	TXT [4kb]
MSA Level	TXT [117kb]	TXT [117kb]	TXT [161kb]
Place Level	TXT [230kb]	TXT [435kb]	TXT [711kb]

Definitions of item codes used for types of construction TXT [9kb]

Documentation for ASCII files of residential additions, alterations, and renovation data by individual permit office PDF [14kb]

Sample File - Residential Additions, Alterations,and Renovations place level TXT [3kb]