Monthly permit report

Baton Rouge commercial building permits, May 2025

Biggest projects in May 2025

By declared value.

1555 Madison Ave
Issued May 29 · 2 permits
$1.9M
Renovation of existing classrooms on campus by replacing floors, new paint, new HVAC units in each classroom, and demolition of unused Mechanical Building
commercialBuildingNrk Construction, Llc - Norisha Kirts
4388 Airline Hwy
Issued May 2
$1.6M
This project is a remodel of the interior of an existing Bowling Alley building to an assembly of the same group of type III construction of approximately 35,000 SF total area…
commercialBuildingThe Integrity Group Br L.L.C.
18211 Jefferson Hwy

In May 2025, Baton Rouge issued 171 building permits on commercial and multifamily properties, on 93 projects, declaring $8.1M of work.
The busiest trade was general building (62 permits), then electrical (25).
The most active contractor was Build Commercial Construction, LLC, with 3 permits.
The largest project was at 1555 Madison Ave, with $1.9M declared.
Half of the month’s permits were issued within 1 day of application.

Source: building permit records from official city open-data portals, checked daily. Data through October 29, 2026. How we count