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

#ApplicantStill OpenClosure Rate
51NATKE, ROBERT EDWARD1760.5%
52DOYLE, DEBORAH A1160.7%
53PURDY, ELIZABETH C2161.1%
54CHLEBEK, CHESTER1461.1%
55CUBAS, BORIS M2661.2%
56SENGA, FIRMIN S6662.5%
57MATTHYS, MICHAEL J1063.0%
58MONTGOMERY, THOMAS C6763.6%
59MO, JUNG J3264.0%
60DOBOS, NATALJA1064.3%
61HUDSON, BRYAN W14164.6%
62RIDDLE, SHANNON M868.0%
63NICOLAIE, CRISTIAN M2268.1%
64GARCIA, LAURA2568.4%
65JENNIE MILLER2369.3%
66LESKIV, ALAN1569.4%
67BRAHAR, ERIC R1169.4%
68SHIVELY, MICHAEL N1169.4%
69DAVIS, IOANNIS1069.7%
70HUNT, RICHARD R970.0%
71RANDAZZO, LUIGI F670.0%
72URBANOWICZ, ADRIAN670.0%
73CONTRERAS, RAMON8370.0%
74ARZOUMANIAN, RAFFI1670.4%
75HARRINGTON, SUSAN M1370.5%
76COX, MICHAEL S14370.6%
77MURIELLO, DAVID J770.8%
78MATTHEW FITZGIBBON2271.1%
79VOLCKENS, ANDREW A1571.2%
80TEPAVCEVIC, RADULE3871.6%
81FANGMANN, WILLIAM J1771.7%
82SHALVIS, SCOTT A1571.7%
83TORREZ, EDWARD I1772.1%
84WHITEHURST, ROBIN E872.4%
85AMERICAN TOWER CORPORATION2173.1%
86KOO, JAH HEE1473.1%
87GT ALTERNATIVES LLC773.1%
88DUET, VINCENT P1273.3%
89DZIEKIEWICZ, GABRIEL I1073.7%
90MAGDAN CONSTRUCTION INC774.1%
91JOHNSON, THERESA A1474.5%
92MCDONNELL, IAN J1775.0%
93ZIOMEK, GREGORY P775.0%
94TEBBENKAMP, JANET K575.0%
95ONAYEMI, ADEKUNLE B1275.5%
96TOMARAS, VAN D1775.7%
97KUJAWA, CASIMIR R775.9%
98SAIKI, BRENT H10875.9%
99MILBURY, BRIAN E676.0%
100BEDNAROWICZ, CHRISTOPHER THAD1176.1%