30,124 building permits in Chicago are still open.

85% of eligible building permits have been closed.

The median applicant closes 94.9% of their building permits.

Tracking 200,761 building permits across 80,979 applicants since . Data updated daily from Chicago Data Portal.

Lowest Building Permit Closure Rates

Applicants with 20+ rated permits, active in the last 3 years. Methodology

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#	Applicant	Total Permits	Rated Eligible	Closed	Still Open	Closure Rate
1	LCDC/CNI JV, LLC	20	20	0	20	0.0%
2	BEHOUNEK MENK, JAN MARIE	41	41	6	35	14.6%
3	CHRISTINA WILBURN	69	69	13	56	18.8%
4	FAKRODDIN, NABI R	28	26	5	21	19.2%
5	EBEN SMITH	20	20	5	15	25.0%
6	LIPTAK, HELEN M	105	56	15	41	26.8%
7	BOEMAN, SUSAN E	43	41	11	30	26.8%
8	BERHANU-HAILE, DEMEKE	32	30	9	21	30.0%
9	RYAN, MICHAEL T	136	104	32	72	30.8%
10	ANIMASHAUN, OLADIPO	25	25	8	17	32.0%
11	WANKEL, JORDAN M	29	26	9	17	34.6%
12	GOYAL, HIMANSHU A	92	60	21	39	35.0%
13	BORROMEO, ANGELICA R	69	46	17	29	37.0%
14	IGLESKI, MARK W	29	29	11	18	37.9%
15	GIBAS, PAWEL S	124	78	30	48	38.5%
16	KAMAL, GHULAM M	179	149	59	90	39.6%
17	GUIDER, KARL F	156	127	51	76	40.2%
18	CRUZ, MARIO G	277	251	101	150	40.2%
19	SILVESTRO, JAMES M	32	23	10	13	43.5%
20	ANDERSON, MARC S	41	25	11	14	44.0%
21	NIEMIEC, TODD A	35	25	11	14	44.0%
22	DRAPSZO, VICTOR	338	288	129	159	44.8%
23	CASTEL, ENRIQUE N	22	20	9	11	45.0%
24	SANDBERG, DOUGLAS E	29	22	10	12	45.5%
25	WANG, ZHAOCHEN	98	63	30	33	47.6%
26	PAVLOVCIK, SAMUEL J	342	256	122	134	47.7%
27	HUTCHISON, JOSHUA D	30	27	13	14	48.1%
28	FOX III, JOHN J	29	27	13	14	48.1%
29	SENGSTOCK, GREGORY D	61	43	21	22	48.8%
30	SMITH, KEVIN E	66	55	27	28	49.1%
31	DOMINIKOWSKI, MAREK	67	65	32	33	49.2%
32	TAN, WEI	81	70	35	35	50.0%
33	OHLE, JAMES L	39	30	15	15	50.0%
34	BENOIT, JOHN W	132	84	43	41	51.2%
35	QUIGLEY, ADAM K	47	41	21	20	51.2%
36	PAREJA, JOSE R	78	68	35	33	51.5%
37	KASPER DEVELOPMENT LLC	28	23	12	11	52.2%
38	DOYTCHEVA, RADOSVETA K	25	23	12	11	52.2%
39	BREMER, CHRISTOPHER J	73	62	33	29	53.2%
40	KACPRZYNSKI, ANDY	209	142	77	65	54.2%
41	RESCHKE, CRAIG M	36	33	18	15	54.5%
42	WANDS, GARY A	50	47	26	21	55.3%
43	CUBAS, BORIS M	113	77	43	34	55.8%
44	FAWCETT, PRESTON C	64	55	31	24	56.4%
45	DIMARIA, JEANNA L	57	46	26	20	56.5%
46	KAMIEN, KEVIN K	203	182	103	79	56.6%
47	LIVANU, EDUARD	67	56	32	24	57.1%
48	NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES COURT ORDER RECEIVER	50	49	28	21	57.1%
49	GREENBERG, LEE E	43	21	12	9	57.1%
50	CLINE, EMMA L	28	21	12	9	57.1%