Preview 1,007,018 permits — every permit Chicago, Austin and Seattle issued in the last ten years. The full load is in progress, so this is how far it has got. Sourced from city open-data portals. Data as of 2026-09-21.

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Chicago, IL

228 Permits on record
199 Addresses
4 Permit types

Permits issued between 2016-09-28 and 2025-09-11.

How long the city took

Days from application to issue, by permit type, with the city's own median for the same type beside it. This measures the permit office as much as the contractor.

Permit typePermitsMedian daysChicago medianSlowest 10%
PERMIT - SIGNS3141 22658
PERMIT - RENOVATION/ALTERATION716 10245
PERMIT – EXPRESS PERMIT PROGRAM1890 00

What they pull permits for

Across the 200 most recent of 228 permits.

Nature of work

ValuepermitsShare
Other 193
Alteration 7

Where they stand

ValuepermitsShare
COMPLETE 181
SUSPENDED 10
ACTIVE 4
EXPIRED 1

Where they have worked

1–24 of 199 addresses. Most recently permitted first.

Every permit above is published by the City of Chicago in its open-data portal. 1,007,018 permits — every permit Chicago, Austin and Seattle issued in the last ten years. The full load is in progress, so this is how far it has got.