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Sarasota County, FL

Residential building permits · 2015–2025

Housing units authorized (2025)
6,627
Construction valuation (2025)
$2,460,456,591
By structure type (2025)
1-unit 4,283 · 2-unit 68 · 3-4 64 · 5+ 2,212

Units authorized by year

YearUnitsValuation
20256,627$2,460,456,591
20247,466$2,728,710,685
20237,822$2,445,243,289
20227,323$2,374,976,082
20217,805$2,342,629,581
20204,437$1,336,383,791
20195,230$1,243,348,261
20185,799$1,220,982,449
20174,344$1,136,089,380
20163,936$997,207,489
20153,522$894,622,258

The Census Building Permits Survey counts new privately-owned housing units authorized by building permits — a leading indicator of housing supply. "1-unit" is single-family; "5+ units" is larger multifamily. Figures are imputation-adjusted to cover permit offices that did not report.

Source: Census Building Permits Survey. License: CC0 1.0.