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
201	JORDAN, JAMES D	127	120	103	17	85.8%
202	DALE, FOSTER DAVID	107	100	86	14	86.0%
203	REGAN, NATALIE L	30	29	25	4	86.2%
204	BOGUSCH, MELISSA M	156	138	119	19	86.2%
205	ARENZANA LUIS M	117	117	101	16	86.3%
206	SPROGIS MAROHN, RENEE	62	44	38	6	86.4%
207	HEINERT, JONATHAN M	24	22	19	3	86.4%
208	ILEKIS, ALPHONSE A	180	177	153	24	86.4%
209	MAIN, TODD	114	111	96	15	86.5%
210	YUNG, EDWARD M	435	420	364	56	86.7%
211	VON WEISE, CHARLES W	78	75	65	10	86.7%
212	THOMPSON, JAMES P	62	60	52	8	86.7%
213	BLENDER, RICHARD A	33	30	26	4	86.7%
214	HOCHBERG, KASIA LUCYNA	31	30	26	4	86.7%
215	BESCH, STEVEN P	117	106	92	14	86.8%
216	TWOHEY, EDWARD F	56	53	46	7	86.8%
217	SMITH, EBEN C	62	61	53	8	86.9%
218	CHICAGO PARK DISTRICT	65	62	54	8	87.1%
219	HEDLUND, NEVIN N	92	88	77	11	87.5%
220	HAMMERSLEY, BRIAN J	75	72	63	9	87.5%
221	WARNER, WILLIAM D	41	40	35	5	87.5%
222	HANNA, JOHN C	2,455	2,371	2,077	294	87.6%
223	MARKER, SCOTT ROBERT	49	49	43	6	87.8%
224	RAMOS, RICARDO ANTONIO S	25	25	22	3	88.0%
225	BECKLEY, OLABODE M	62	59	52	7	88.1%
226	HELFERT, JEREMY D	176	169	149	20	88.2%
227	FITZGERALD, DANIELA S	300	288	254	34	88.2%
228	SALEEM, MOHAMMED	48	43	38	5	88.4%
229	GT ALTERNATIVES LLC	37	26	23	3	88.5%
230	VARI, RONALD	728	713	631	82	88.5%
231	WINSTON, EL DANTE' C	42	35	31	4	88.6%
232	CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS	894	866	768	98	88.7%
233	TAYLOR, BRIAN A	121	115	102	13	88.7%
234	WESTBROOK, RAMONA	73	71	63	8	88.7%
235	HOTHAN, ALEXANDER J	54	45	40	5	88.9%
236	OBORA, BRUCE M	36	36	32	4	88.9%
237	TRICARICO, NICHOLAS JOSEPH	27	27	24	3	88.9%
238	PUROHIT, HEMAL M	215	200	178	22	89.0%
239	NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE	54	46	41	5	89.1%
240	BURNHAM NATIONWIDE, INC.	47	46	41	5	89.1%
241	ERDELYI, PETER G	452	433	386	47	89.1%
242	MC NICHOLS, BRIAN J	41	37	33	4	89.2%
243	MK CONSTRUCTION & BUILDERS INC	103	103	92	11	89.3%
244	KOKALIAS, BILL G	393	375	335	40	89.3%
245	SCARLATIS, NICK G	182	180	161	19	89.4%
246	DUGGAN, MATTHEW A	71	67	60	7	89.6%
247	VIRMANI, HARISH C	99	96	86	10	89.6%
248	TESSAROLO, DANIEL L	161	154	138	16	89.6%
249	FENG, ZISONG	179	174	156	18	89.7%
250	WILSON, FREDERICK H	30	29	26	3	89.7%