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Housing permits · Arizona

Surprise, AZ building permits: new housing

2,760 new housing units permitted in the 12 months to September 2026, -22% on the year before, with $1B of construction value.

2,760
Housing units, last 12 months-22% vs. prior 12: $1B
Construction value: 17%
In 5+ unit buildings458 units: 18.7
Units per 1,000 residentspop. 147,965

New housing units permitted per month

Nearby places

Phoenix10,154
Pinal County Unincorporated Area3,818
Buckeye2,468
Goodyear2,100
Mesa1,893
Queen Creek town1,545
Apache Junction1,395
Maricopa County Unincorporated Area1,346
Peoria1,286
Scottsdale1,240
Tempe

In 5+ unit buildings All new housing units

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October 2024	251 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
November 2024	278 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
December 2024	212 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
January 2025	326 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
February 2025	179 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
March 2025	350 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
April 2025	235 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
May 2025	249 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
June 2025	248 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
July 2025	826 units	595 in 5+ unit buildings
August 2025	154 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
September 2025	236 units	14 in 5+ unit buildings
October 2025	230 units	14 in 5+ unit buildings
November 2025	153 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
December 2025	169 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
January 2026	181 units	63 in 5+ unit buildings
February 2026	182 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
March 2026	211 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
April 2026	232 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
May 2026	195 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
June 2026	259 units	45 in 5+ unit buildings
July 2026	226 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
August 2026	570 units	336 in 5+ unit buildings
September 2026	152 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings

By building size

Last 12 months. Value is the construction cost reported on the permits.

Building size	Buildings	Units	Value
Single-family	2,256	2,256	$904M
2 units	23	46	$8.3M
3–4 units	0	0	—
5+ units	25	458	$92M

By year

Year	Housing units	In 5+ unit buildings	Value
2025	3,355	623	$1.2B
2024	3,490	312	$1.3B
2023	2,772	372	$885M

Key facts

Surprise, AZ permitted 2,760 new privately owned housing units in the 12 months to September 2026, worth $1,004,061,530 in construction value.
That is -22% compared with the 12 months before (3,544 units).
2,256 were single-family homes and 458 were in apartment buildings with 5 or more units (25 buildings).
The average single-family home permitted was valued at $400,597.
In September 2026, the latest month published, 152 units were permitted.
It ranked #3 of 105 permit-issuing places in Arizona by housing units permitted in the period.
In 2025, the full year, 3,355 units were permitted ($1.2B).

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, data through September 2026. New privately owned housing units authorized by building permits, including the Bureau’s estimates for places that didn’t report; commercial buildings and renovations are not counted. How we use it

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Maricopa County28,412
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler AZ35,810
Arizona45,980