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NJ Permit Intelligence
Real permit outcomes across New Jersey’s busiest jurisdictions — volume, construction value, and time-to-issue, derived from the live municipal record.
417 jurisdictions materialized · expanding to statewide
1,892,556
Permit cases
$84.5B
Construction value
121 days
Median time to issue
417
Jurisdictions
Permit volume by year
Filings per year across the materialized jurisdictions. The record is densest from 2021 on.
2000
6,109
2001
4,483
2002
4,437
2003
6,179
2004
7,106
2005
7,112
2006
6,778
2007
6,591
2008
5,654
2009
5,871
2010
6,140
2011
6,979
2012
8,131
2013
10,149
2014
9,932
2015
11,540
2016
12,728
2017
15,421
2018
17,897
2019
25,841
2020
42,463
2021
287,010
2022
332,137
2023
316,439
2024
298,424
2025
303,550
2026
92,308
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
95d n=589,047
Accessory buildings and miscellaneous structures
127d n=73,046
One and two family units, 5 lodgers or less each
284d n=48,943
Business Uses
143d n=40,740
Multiple family dwellings, dormitories, etc.
239d n=37,269
Mercantile buildings
162d n=4,528
Restaurants, Night Clubs, Dance Halls, and similar
166d n=3,519
Educational
233d n=3,247
Derived from the materialized municipal permit record. Coverage expands as more jurisdictions are processed toward statewide (1,892,556 cases / 417 AHJs today).