Cincinnati commercial building permits, October 2025

Cincinnati building permits in October 2025: key facts

• In October 2025, Cincinnati issued 337 building permits on commercial and multifamily properties, on 117 projects, declaring $26.9M of work.
• The busiest trade was general building (88 permits), then plumbing (57).
• The most active contractor was "robert Jones Plumbing Inc", with 9 permits.
• The largest project was at 210 W 4th St, with $9.7M declared.
• Half of the month’s permits were issued within 14 days of application.

Source: building permit records from official city open-data portals, checked daily. Data through October 27, 2026. How we count