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NJ Permit Intelligence
Permit outcomes across the New Jersey jurisdictions we have processed so far — volume, construction value, and review time, rolled up periodically from the municipal record.
455 jurisdictions materialized · expanding to statewide
2,015,150
Permit cases
across 455 of 542 jurisdictions processed
$89.5B
Construction value
declared cost, cases over $100M excluded
261 days
Median town review time
median of 240 town medians · n=1,139,854
455 of 542
Jurisdictions processed
materializer progress, not coverage
Volume and value materialized 2026-07-18. Review times computed 2026-08-30, clamped to 0–1095 days, towns with fewer than 10 decided cases suppressed.
Permit volume by year
Filings per year across the materialized jurisdictions. The record is densest from 2021 on.
2000
6,387
2001
4,765
2002
4,729
2003
6,481
2004
7,442
2005
7,430
2006
7,074
2007
6,886
2008
5,945
2009
6,139
2010
6,457
2011
7,349
2012
8,566
2013
10,724
2014
10,605
2015
12,688
2016
13,840
2017
16,679
2018
19,415
2019
28,283
2020
46,954
2021
313,792
2022
359,695
2023
343,320
2024
323,455
2025
328,896
2026
101,153
2033
1
Busiest jurisdictions
By total permit volume.
Jersey City
31,320
Franklin Twp Somerset
24,908
Hamilton Mercer
24,896
East Brunswick
24,877
Cherry Hill
24,713
Edison
24,657
Fair Lawn
24,593
Monroe Twp
24,569
Clifton
23,957
Plainfield
23,824
Jackson
23,355
Woodbridge
22,402
Time to issue, by permit type
Median days from filing to issuance.
International Residential Code
72d n=534,674
Accessory buildings and miscellaneous structures
83d n=65,290
One and two family units, 5 lodgers or less each
94d n=42,164
Business Uses
94d n=37,167
Multiple family dwellings, dormitories, etc.
176d n=33,221
Mercantile buildings
120d n=4,034
Restaurants, Night Clubs, Dance Halls, and similar
117d n=3,217
Educational
184d n=2,927
Derived from the materialized municipal permit record. Coverage expands as more jurisdictions are processed toward statewide (2,015,150 cases / 455 AHJs today).