32,948 building permits in Chicago are still open.

83.9% of eligible building permits have been closed.

The median applicant closes 94.0% of their building permits.

Tracking 205,278 building permits across 83,310 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	CONCORDIA PRESERVATION LLC	30	30	0	30	0.0%
2	LCDC/CNI JV, LLC	20	20	1	19	5.0%
3	BEHOUNEK MENK, JAN MARIE	41	41	6	35	14.6%
4	FAKRODDIN, NABI R	35	34	5	29	14.7%
5	CHRISTINA WILBURN	69	69	13	56	18.8%
6	EBEN SMITH	21	21	5	16	23.8%
7	BOEMAN, SUSAN E	46	44	11	33	25.0%
8	RYAN, MICHAEL T	162	124	32	92	25.8%
9	LUCAS, DEON P	40	27	7	20	25.9%
10	CANON, MIGUEL A	45	23	6	17	26.1%
11	LIPTAK, HELEN M	117	60	17	43	28.3%
12	BERHANU-HAILE, DEMEKE	32	30	9	21	30.0%
13	ANIMASHAUN, OLADIPO	28	25	8	17	32.0%
14	WANKEL, JORDAN M	30	28	9	19	32.1%
15	BORROMEO, ANGELICA R	79	51	17	34	33.3%
16	ROSADO, MARIO	25	20	7	13	35.0%
17	ANDERSON, MARC S	46	30	11	19	36.7%
18	RICHARD TOWNSELL	38	38	14	24	36.8%
19	KAMAL, GHULAM M	193	159	60	99	37.7%
20	IGLESKI, MARK W	29	29	11	18	37.9%
21	GIBAS, PAWEL S	131	79	31	48	39.2%
22	CRUZ, MARIO G	286	259	102	157	39.4%
23	GUIDER, KARL F	165	132	52	80	39.4%
24	SILVESTRO, JAMES M	35	25	10	15	40.0%
25	YU, WEI	32	20	8	12	40.0%
26	GOYAL, HIMANSHU A	95	62	25	37	40.3%
27	WANG, ZHAOCHEN	102	75	31	44	41.3%
28	SMITH, KEVIN E	72	62	27	35	43.5%
29	OHLE, JAMES L	40	34	15	19	44.1%
30	PAVLOVCIK, SAMUEL J	384	284	127	157	44.7%
31	HUTCHISON, JOSHUA D	33	29	13	16	44.8%
32	CASTEL, ENRIQUE N	21	20	9	11	45.0%
33	GREENBERG, LEE E	54	31	14	17	45.2%
34	DRAPSZO, VICTOR	343	298	135	163	45.3%
35	SHAHBAZ OBRIEN, KATHRYN C	30	22	10	12	45.5%
36	SENGSTOCK, GREGORY D	66	46	21	25	45.7%
37	PATRICK O'BRIEN	21	21	10	11	47.6%
38	DOMINIKOWSKI, MAREK	70	66	32	34	48.5%
39	PAREJA, JOSE R	88	72	35	37	48.6%
40	CUBAS, BORIS M	128	92	45	47	48.9%
41	TAN, WEI	80	70	35	35	50.0%
42	NIEMIEC, TODD A	35	28	14	14	50.0%
43	FOX III, JOHN J	28	26	13	13	50.0%
44	DOYTCHEVA, RADOSVETA K	26	24	12	12	50.0%
45	BREMER, CHRISTOPHER J	76	67	34	33	50.7%
46	DIMARIA, JEANNA L	60	51	26	25	51.0%
47	QUIGLEY, ADAM K	47	43	22	21	51.2%
48	RESCHKE, CRAIG M	37	35	18	17	51.4%
49	KACPRZYNSKI, ANDY	228	153	79	74	51.6%
50	MILLER, ASHLEY F	38	22	12	10	54.5%