Columbus commercial building permits, October 2025

Columbus building permits in October 2025: key facts

• In October 2025, Columbus issued 1,295 building permits on commercial and multifamily properties, on 449 projects, declaring $87.7M of work.
• The busiest trade was MEP (582 permits), then general building (208).
• The most active contractor was Capital Contracting Services LLC, with 50 permits.
• The largest project was at 41 High Water Aly, with $29M declared.

Source: building permit records from official city open-data portals, checked daily. Data through October 28, 2026. How we count