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Hamilton’s Building Permits

Detailed updates on the value of building permits issued in Hamilton

Current and Historic Building Permit Values

City of Hamilton

In 2022, the City of Hamilton reported building permit values of approximately $1,856,371,964. 2022’s permit values are approximately 87.2% of 2021’s record breaking permit values and 134.2% of 2020’s permit values.

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Current and Historic Building Permit Values
Year2017 Annual2018 Annual2019 Annual2020 Annual2021 Annual2022 Annual
Dollars ($)136414541812647571291408521764138348056421281663921856371964

Source: City of Hamilton

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The Historic Top-5 Building Permit Years

City of Hamilton

Four of the City of Hamilton’s Top-5 years for building permit values were reported within the last five years. In 2021, the City of Hamilton broke all past building permit records, reporting more than $2 billion in permit values. Permit values in 2022 were the second highest on record.

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The Historic Top-5 Building Permit Years
20212022201220192020
Dollars ($)2,128,166,3921,856,371,9641,499,627,3941,408,521,7641,383,480,564

Source: City of Hamilton

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Sectoral Building Permits to Date

City of Hamilton

The combined industrial and commercial building permit values for 2022 are approximately $326,145,645.

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Sectoral Building Permits to Date
IndustrialCommercial
2022 Total217474115108671530

Source; City of Hamilton

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