29,258 building permits in Chicago are still open.

85.3% of eligible building permits have been closed.

The median applicant closes 95.5% of their building permits.

Tracking 198,509 building permits across 80,155 applicants. 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
51	NATKE, ROBERT EDWARD	48	43	26	17	60.5%
52	DOYLE, DEBORAH A	29	28	17	11	60.7%
53	PURDY, ELIZABETH C	56	54	33	21	61.1%
54	CHLEBEK, CHESTER	39	36	22	14	61.1%
55	CUBAS, BORIS M	102	67	41	26	61.2%
56	SENGA, FIRMIN S	194	176	110	66	62.5%
57	MATTHYS, MICHAEL J	30	27	17	10	63.0%
58	MONTGOMERY, THOMAS C	212	184	117	67	63.6%
59	MO, JUNG J	96	89	57	32	64.0%
60	DOBOS, NATALJA	35	28	18	10	64.3%
61	HUDSON, BRYAN W	448	398	257	141	64.6%
62	RIDDLE, SHANNON M	30	25	17	8	68.0%
63	NICOLAIE, CRISTIAN M	80	69	47	22	68.1%
64	GARCIA, LAURA	87	79	54	25	68.4%
65	JENNIE MILLER	79	75	52	23	69.3%
66	LESKIV, ALAN	63	49	34	15	69.4%
67	BRAHAR, ERIC R	44	36	25	11	69.4%
68	SHIVELY, MICHAEL N	42	36	25	11	69.4%
69	DAVIS, IOANNIS	35	33	23	10	69.7%
70	HUNT, RICHARD R	31	30	21	9	70.0%
71	RANDAZZO, LUIGI F	25	20	14	6	70.0%
72	URBANOWICZ, ADRIAN	20	20	14	6	70.0%
73	CONTRERAS, RAMON	311	277	194	83	70.0%
74	ARZOUMANIAN, RAFFI	55	54	38	16	70.4%
75	HARRINGTON, SUSAN M	62	44	31	13	70.5%
76	COX, MICHAEL S	554	487	344	143	70.6%
77	MURIELLO, DAVID J	24	24	17	7	70.8%
78	MATTHEW FITZGIBBON	76	76	54	22	71.1%
79	VOLCKENS, ANDREW A	67	52	37	15	71.2%
80	TEPAVCEVIC, RADULE	134	134	96	38	71.6%
81	FANGMANN, WILLIAM J	74	60	43	17	71.7%
82	SHALVIS, SCOTT A	56	53	38	15	71.7%
83	TORREZ, EDWARD I	61	61	44	17	72.1%
84	WHITEHURST, ROBIN E	30	29	21	8	72.4%
85	AMERICAN TOWER CORPORATION	78	78	57	21	73.1%
86	KOO, JAH HEE	59	52	38	14	73.1%
87	GT ALTERNATIVES LLC	34	26	19	7	73.1%
88	DUET, VINCENT P	46	45	33	12	73.3%
89	DZIEKIEWICZ, GABRIEL I	42	38	28	10	73.7%
90	MAGDAN CONSTRUCTION INC	55	27	20	7	74.1%
91	JOHNSON, THERESA A	63	55	41	14	74.5%
92	MCDONNELL, IAN J	89	68	51	17	75.0%
93	ZIOMEK, GREGORY P	28	28	21	7	75.0%
94	TEBBENKAMP, JANET K	23	20	15	5	75.0%
95	ONAYEMI, ADEKUNLE B	51	49	37	12	75.5%
96	TOMARAS, VAN D	75	70	53	17	75.7%
97	KUJAWA, CASIMIR R	34	29	22	7	75.9%
98	SAIKI, BRENT H	482	448	340	108	75.9%
99	MILBURY, BRIAN E	25	25	19	6	76.0%
100	BEDNAROWICZ, CHRISTOPHER THAD	48	46	35	11	76.1%