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Cabarrus County, NC

Name: Building Permits — Cabarrus County, NC
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Residential building permits · 2015–2025

Housing units authorized (2025): 1,991
Construction valuation (2025): $299,870,155
By structure type (2025): 1-unit 1,358 · 2-unit 2 · 3-4 0 · 5+ 631

Units authorized by year

Year	Units	Valuation
2025	1,991	$299,870,155
2024	2,485	$411,379,318
2023	2,270	$368,694,987
2022	1,819	$383,081,487
2021	2,152	$404,515,643
2020	3,134	$418,862,083
2019	2,714	$379,918,307
2018	2,021	$329,238,771
2017	1,657	$252,955,076
2016	1,918	$243,112,751
2015	1,763	$229,583,127

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.