Dibsline Permits: Boston, MA

New building permits in Boston, every day

Every building permit Boston issues, as the city publishes it, in your AI assistant: tagged by trade, with the job value, ZIP code and contractor where the city gives them, and a link to the city's own record. Ask in plain English; filter by trade, job value, ZIP code and contractor.

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What you get

  • Permits issued in Boston from 19 Sep 2026 on, collected every day at 20:15 UTC.
  • Tagged by trade: pool, roof, solar, remodel, new home, addition, HVAC, electrical, plumbing, demolition, fence and sign.
  • One line per job when you ask for leads or jobs: the permits at one address, counted once.
  • On a paid plan, a saved search emails you what is new once a day.
  • Boston lists no contractor.
  • Certificates of occupancy are left out.

Live counts for Boston

permits in the last 7 days
658
permits in the last 30 days
2,955

By trade

TradeLast 7 daysLast 30 days
Electrical241986
Plumbing171856
Remodel182781
Other76334
Roof46211
HVAC35210
Solar3397
Sign532
Addition116
Fence29
New home15
Demolition25
Pool03

A permit tagged with two trades counts in both.

Busiest ZIP codes, last 30 days

ZIP codePermits
02124208
02131183
02116181
02127176
02130169

Counted by Dibsline at 2 Nov 2026, 21:45 UTC, for 27 Oct to 2 Nov 2026 (7 days) and 4 Oct to 2 Nov 2026 (30 days). Counted again every 6 hours. Boston's permits are nearly all in to 29 Oct; 30 Oct onwards are still arriving.

Two things to ask

Remodel permits in Boston this week over $25,000

How many electrical permits did Boston issue this month?

Every answer gives the total, the newest permits first, the city's notice and the link to each permit's record. 7 worked examples with real counts

The source, its licence and its notice

Boston

The dataset's own page. Dibsline holds its permits issued from 19 Sep 2026.

Licence: Open Data Commons Public Domain Dedication and License.

Nearly all of a day's permits are in 4 days after it (measured 29 Oct 2026).

Notice, shown with every result: Source: City of Boston, Inspectional Services Department, "Approved Building Permits" (Analyze Boston, data.boston.gov), under the Open Data Commons Public Domain Dedication and License. Changed by Dibsline: certificates of occupancy left out, values cleaned and trade tags added.

How fresh it is. Boston publishes a permit a day or more after it is issued, and some days fill in over several days. The live counts above say which days are still arriving, and so does every answer; the status page shows the newest collection and record.

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