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Salt Lake County, UT

Name: Building Permits — Salt Lake County, UT
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Residential building permits · 2015–2025

Housing units authorized (2025): 7,179
Construction valuation (2025): $1,987,390,933
By structure type (2025): 1-unit 2,576 · 2-unit 68 · 3-4 101 · 5+ 4,434

Units authorized by year

Year	Units	Valuation
2025	7,179	$1,987,390,933
2024	4,550	$1,285,207,139
2023	8,315	$1,969,574,680
2022	9,375	$1,837,477,116
2021	10,649	$2,125,291,285
2020	10,101	$2,014,033,380
2019	9,855	$1,876,789,278
2018	8,030	$1,616,469,366
2017	6,801	$1,362,404,965
2016	8,161	$1,493,137,069
2015	6,274	$1,153,509,561

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.