30,150 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 200,803 building permits across 81,001 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
151	KONCEL, BARRY JOHN	67	53	43	10	81.1%
152	SPLITT, JONATHAN D	289	278	226	52	81.3%
153	HADLEY, NICHOLAS M	200	179	146	33	81.6%
154	COLLINS, CHRISTOPHER B	47	44	36	8	81.8%
155	A & SL CONSTRUCTION INC	34	33	27	6	81.8%
156	GAUTHIER, GEORGE	23	22	18	4	81.8%
157	LIPOWSKI, ANDREW Z	96	89	73	16	82.0%
158	MARTINEZ, LUIS A	197	195	160	35	82.1%
159	BLEMKER, RUSSELL R	141	134	110	24	82.1%
160	WEBSTER, BRETT R	58	56	46	10	82.1%
161	RON ABRAMS	57	57	47	10	82.5%
162	NORSMAN, BRENT A	70	63	52	11	82.5%
163	BACKSTROM, A JOAKIM	24	23	19	4	82.6%
164	ROSZAK, THOMAS A	23	23	19	4	82.6%
165	DASSE, CHRISTOPHER M	396	377	312	65	82.8%
166	TALSMA, CHRISTOPHER N	36	35	29	6	82.9%
167	HERSHENSON, MICHAEL G	43	41	34	7	82.9%
168	WEBER, MARK R	59	59	49	10	83.1%
169	BELLIS, TODD L	82	79	66	13	83.5%
170	FAJARDO, JORGE E	404	389	326	63	83.8%
171	AIELLO, MICHAEL	52	50	42	8	84.0%
172	KACZMAREK, ARTUR F	145	138	116	22	84.1%
173	JOYCE, JOHN T	64	63	53	10	84.1%
174	CARROLL, JOSEPH P	237	221	186	35	84.2%
175	MARTORINA, SALVATORE	376	357	301	56	84.3%
176	GIL, RUBEN	81	77	65	12	84.4%
177	WILMOT, ADAM R	81	77	65	12	84.4%
178	BOLIVAR, LUIS A	123	122	103	19	84.4%
179	DARNSTADT, KATHERINE	71	65	55	10	84.6%
180	PARTYTIME-HDO OPERATIONS LLC	57	39	33	6	84.6%
181	AUERBACH, SUZANNE	27	26	22	4	84.6%
182	MAHAKALI, PRASHANTH K	549	514	436	78	84.8%
183	BOEHM CHRISTOPHER G	508	508	431	77	84.8%
184	DIGANCI, MARK T	73	66	56	10	84.8%
185	PHILLIPS-SORICH, GEORGE S	34	33	28	5	84.8%
186	IVARI, ANDREW J	183	172	146	26	84.9%
187	ZAHRAH, NABIL F	63	60	51	9	85.0%
188	BEYERL, GARY E	20	20	17	3	85.0%
189	RIVETNA, CYRUS	225	215	183	32	85.1%
190	UNITED AIRLINES	29	27	23	4	85.2%
191	DVORAK, BRANYO	34	34	29	5	85.3%
192	FRIEDMAN, ROBERT N	287	266	227	39	85.3%
193	HUTTER, PAMELA J	85	82	70	12	85.4%
194	KIM, MARTIN	42	41	35	6	85.4%
195	STYER, ERIC L	235	213	182	31	85.4%
196	SIMOVIC, LASZLO	646	629	538	91	85.5%
197	STONEBERG, JOHN B	51	49	42	7	85.7%
198	VILLANUEVA, ALLEN M	43	42	36	6	85.7%
199	COOK, CHARLES S	30	28	24	4	85.7%
200	SULLIVAN, MARK J	183	183	157	26	85.8%