FLORIDA PERMIT DATA

What the records show, read closely

Authored readings of the Florida permit records we analyzed: what the terms mean, how the counts move, and what the numbers cannot say.

12written readings

Data through August 2026

Insights

Readings of the records

Each of these is written by hand and backed by the same seeded numbers as the rest of the data library.

Evidence

Before a number on this site means anything, it is worth knowing what sits behind it, and what does not.

Evidence

The largest categories in the records are the work that keeps a building weathertight, cool and powered.

Evidence

What the most frequent descriptions on Florida permit applications have in common.

Evidence

A few descriptions show up far more often in recent records than in older ones, and what that does and does not tell you.

Evidence

Some descriptions have become rarer in the records. That is not the same as the work disappearing.

Evidence

Permit filings in the records have a season, and it is gentler than most people expect.

Method

Comparing two years of permit records sounds simple and is not. This is the version we are willing to publish.

Field note

An application is the last step of a design process rather than the first. What comes before it decides how the rest goes.

Method

Every value figure on this site comes from a form field. It is useful, and it is not a price.

Field note

Florida has many permitting authorities, and which one reviews a project is decided by where the property is.

Field note

The moment a commercial project changes what a space is used for, the review changes with it.

Field note

Wind requirements in Florida are settled on paper long before a storm arrives, and most of them are settled at the openings.

Send the project details once and you will get the scope, the drawings it needs and a price.