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Tampa

Housing permits · Florida

Tampa, FL building permits: new housing

3,038 new housing units permitted in the 12 months to September 2026, +23% on the year before, with $887M of construction value.

3,038
Housing units, last 12 months+23% vs. prior 12: $887M
Construction value: 68%
In 5+ unit buildings2,065 units: 7.5
Units per 1,000 residentspop. 407,599

New housing units permitted per month

Nearby places

Pasco County Unincorporated Area8,028
Hillsborough County Unincorporated Area3,937
St. Petersburg2,926
Hernando County Unincorporated Area1,780
Plant City544
Pinellas County Unincorporated Area508
Dade City434
Brooksville94
New Port Richey83
Madeira Beach70

In 5+ unit buildings All new housing units

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October 2024	42 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
November 2024	61 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
December 2024	88 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
January 2025	54 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
February 2025	431 units	350 in 5+ unit buildings
March 2025	79 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
April 2025	187 units	140 in 5+ unit buildings
May 2025	265 units	174 in 5+ unit buildings
June 2025	327 units	225 in 5+ unit buildings
July 2025	480 units	373 in 5+ unit buildings
August 2025	450 units	360 in 5+ unit buildings
October 2025	93 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
November 2025	299 units	234 in 5+ unit buildings
December 2025	69 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
January 2026	130 units	36 in 5+ unit buildings
February 2026	293 units	200 in 5+ unit buildings
March 2026	128 units	50 in 5+ unit buildings
April 2026	160 units	85 in 5+ unit buildings
May 2026	794 units	728 in 5+ unit buildings
June 2026	94 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
July 2026	294 units	200 in 5+ unit buildings
August 2026	89 units	20 in 5+ unit buildings
September 2026	595 units	512 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	956	956	$586M
2 units	7	14	$3.6M
3–4 units	1	3	$404K
5+ units	31	2,065	$297M

By year

Year	Housing units	In 5+ unit buildings	Value
2025	2,818	1,856	$995M
2024	2,546	1,620	$863M
2023	3,153	2,403	$599M

Key facts

Tampa, FL permitted 3,038 new privately owned housing units in the 12 months to September 2026, worth $886,771,436 in construction value.
That is +23% compared with the 12 months before (2,464 units).
956 were single-family homes and 2,065 were in apartment buildings with 5 or more units (31 buildings).
The average single-family home permitted was valued at $613,198.
In September 2026, the latest month published, 595 units were permitted.
It ranked #13 of 376 permit-issuing places in Florida by housing units permitted in the period.
In 2025, the full year, 2,818 units were permitted ($995M).

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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Treasure Island57

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Hillsborough County7,542
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater FL21,898
Florida159,666