Monthly permit report

Baton Rouge commercial building permits, January 2026

Biggest projects in January 2026

By declared value.

14225 Scenic Hwy
Issued Jan 20
$180M
Land clearing for Private rail yard for receiving and storing hopper and tank cars, washing hopper cars and assembling trains for Class-1 rail service provider take away.
commercialOtherBrown Industrial Construction, Llc
933 Staring Ln
Issued Jan 20 · 4 permits
$3.4M
New construction of 7,229 sq.ft. free standing education building for Sunday School and Vacation Bible school (1 week out the year) affiliated with the existing Church. This is…
commercialBuildingBuquet And Leblanc, Incorporated
4250 T.B. Herndon Ave

In January 2026, Baton Rouge issued 218 building permits on commercial and multifamily properties, on 137 projects, declaring $194M of work.
The busiest trade was general building (62 permits), then sign (17).
The most active contractor was MAPP CONSTRUCTION, LLC. - Michael A. Polito, with 3 permits.
The largest project was at 14225 Scenic Hwy, with $180M 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 28, 2026. How we count