US Permit SearchUS Permit Search home

Cities Pricing API Sign in Get access

US Permit SearchUS Permit Search home

Commercial building permits from official city open-data portals, cleaned and grouped into projects. Public records; not affiliated with any city government.

support@uspermitsearch.com

Building permits by city

Product

Pricing
All cities
Permit data API
Data sources
Methodology
Permits by state
Permits by trade
Permit glossary
About
Sign in

Legal

Terms of service
Privacy policy
Refunds & cancellation

© 2026 US Permit Search. Permit data © the respective cities, published under their open-data terms.

Get ProEvery project in every city · from $33/mo

States
Michigan
Grand Traverse County

County housing permits · Michigan

Grand Traverse County, MI building permits: new housing

637 new housing units permitted in the 12 months to September 2026, -18% on the year before, with $120M of construction value.

637
Housing units, last 12 months-18% vs. prior 12: $120M
Construction value: 26%
In 5+ unit buildings165 units: #7
Rankof 84

New housing units permitted per month

Places in Grand Traverse County

Grand Traverse County Part Unincorporated Area591

Also see

Michigan21,927

In 5+ unit buildings All new housing units

Show as table

October 2024	126 units	55 in 5+ unit buildings
November 2024	55 units	30 in 5+ unit buildings
December 2024	20 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
January 2025	41 units	24 in 5+ unit buildings
February 2025	55 units	27 in 5+ unit buildings
March 2025	53 units	28 in 5+ unit buildings
April 2025	68 units	32 in 5+ unit buildings
May 2025	82 units	6 in 5+ unit buildings
June 2025	67 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
July 2025	99 units	65 in 5+ unit buildings
August 2025	72 units	39 in 5+ unit buildings
September 2025	40 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
October 2025	59 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
November 2025	26 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
December 2025	64 units	40 in 5+ unit buildings
January 2026	57 units	45 in 5+ unit buildings
February 2026	11 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
March 2026	19 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
April 2026	133 units	75 in 5+ unit buildings
May 2026	68 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
June 2026	61 units	5 in 5+ unit buildings
July 2026	52 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
August 2026	44 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
September 2026	43 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	456	456	$102M
2 units	8	16	$1.8M
3–4 units	0	0	—
5+ units	6	165	$15.7M

By year

Year	Housing units	In 5+ unit buildings	Value
2025	475	6	$110M
2024	883	501	$126M
2023	619	307	$98M

Key facts

Grand Traverse County, MI permitted 637 new privately owned housing units in the 12 months to September 2026, worth $119,896,494 in construction value.
That is -18% compared with the 12 months before (778 units).
456 were single-family homes and 165 were in apartment buildings with 5 or more units (6 buildings).
The average single-family home permitted was valued at $224,536.
In September 2026, the latest month published, 43 units were permitted.
It ranked #7 of 84 counties in Michigan by housing units permitted in the period.
In 2025, the full year, 475 units were permitted ($110M).

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

Looking for commercial projects?

These are housing statistics. We publish permit-by-permit commercial construction leads, with contractors, for the cities on our coverage list.

See covered cities →