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Fulton County, GA building permits: new housing

Name: Fulton County, GA new housing units authorized by building permits
Creator: US Permit Search

10,368 new housing units permitted in the 12 months to September 2026, +5% on the year before, with $1.8B of construction value.

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New housing units permitted per month

In 5+ unit buildings All new housing units

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October 2024	670 units	400 in 5+ unit buildings
November 2024	770 units	547 in 5+ unit buildings
December 2024	1,602 units	1,338 in 5+ unit buildings
January 2025	896 units	625 in 5+ unit buildings
February 2025	679 units	500 in 5+ unit buildings
March 2025	879 units	585 in 5+ unit buildings
April 2025	695 units	502 in 5+ unit buildings
May 2025	971 units	752 in 5+ unit buildings
June 2025	533 units	194 in 5+ unit buildings
July 2025	690 units	499 in 5+ unit buildings
August 2025	413 units	223 in 5+ unit buildings
September 2025	1,093 units	901 in 5+ unit buildings
October 2025	775 units	507 in 5+ unit buildings
November 2025	545 units	391 in 5+ unit buildings
December 2025	744 units	572 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	2,107	2,107	$711M
2 units	70	140	$27.5M
3–4 units	44	165	$32.9M
5+ units	412	7,956	$1.1B

By year

Year	Housing units	In 5+ unit buildings	Value
2025	9,660	6,918	$1.9B
2024	11,577	8,159	$2.3B
2023	10,101	7,096	$2B

Key facts

Fulton County, GA permitted 10,368 new privately owned housing units in the 12 months to September 2026, worth $1,847,470,868 in construction value.
That is +5% compared with the 12 months before (9,891 units).
2,107 were single-family homes and 7,956 were in apartment buildings with 5 or more units (412 buildings).
The average single-family home permitted was valued at $337,558.
In September 2026, the latest month published, 1,286 units were permitted.
It ranked #1 of 156 counties in Georgia by housing units permitted in the period.
In 2025, the full year, 9,660 units were permitted ($1.9B).

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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Fulton County, GA building permits: new housing

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