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Cobb County, GA

Name: Building Permits — Cobb County, GA
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Residential building permits · 2015–2025

Housing units authorized (2025): 1,787
Construction valuation (2025): $600,256,946
By structure type (2025): 1-unit 988 · 2-unit 0 · 3-4 6 · 5+ 793

Units authorized by year

Year	Units	Valuation
2025	1,787	$600,256,946
2024	1,604	$467,208,062
2023	2,956	$699,507,411
2022	2,873	$653,788,895
2021	3,247	$761,057,934
2020	2,494	$581,616,961
2019	3,589	$693,283,645
2018	2,790	$622,866,231
2017	2,629	$587,407,472
2016	4,017	$726,622,730
2015	2,129	$545,343,476

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.