26,062 building permits in New Orleans are still open.

57.6% of eligible building permits have been closed.

The median applicant closes 71.7% of their building permits.

Tracking 61,460 building permits across 19,763 applicants since . Data updated daily from Data.NOLA.gov.

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	Rick A. Fifield	37	37	17	20	45.9%
52	Zach Smith Consullting	28	28	13	15	46.4%
53	Thomas Koch	23	21	10	11	47.6%
54	William Sonner	49	44	21	23	47.7%
55	Terrell Fabacher	72	67	32	35	47.8%
56	Tommie Gerald Zenon	69	67	32	35	47.8%
57	Terri Dreyer	36	35	17	18	48.6%
58	M Carbine Restorations, Ltd	112	109	53	56	48.6%
59	John C Williams	119	104	51	53	49.0%
60	Jeffrey David Cantin	353	342	168	174	49.1%
61	Brian Gille	69	65	32	33	49.2%
62	Abry Brothers, Inc.	245	224	111	113	49.6%
63	Kelly Johnson	41	32	16	16	50.0%
64	Loretta Harmon	158	144	73	71	50.7%
65	Zach Smith Consulting	43	43	23	20	53.5%
66	Fisher Sean	24	24	13	11	54.2%
67	Bennett Luke	80	80	44	36	55.0%
68	Peter Gardner	33	29	16	13	55.2%
69	Elizabeth Phelps	53	47	26	21	55.3%
70	Paul Pham	30	25	14	11	56.0%
71	Troy Verrett	24	23	13	10	56.5%
72	Star Recovery Services, LLC	104	90	52	38	57.8%
73	Daniel Zangara	52	45	26	19	57.8%
74	Edr Architects	54	48	28	20	58.3%
75	Cj Minor	30	29	17	12	58.6%
76	Bret Anthony Duplantis	66	66	39	27	59.1%
77	Diane Hickman	51	49	29	20	59.2%
78	Green Light Solar, LLC	236	235	141	94	60.0%
79	Christopher E Johnson, Architect LLC	109	95	57	38	60.0%
80	Michael Ballard	26	20	12	8	60.0%
81	Jordan Pollard	23	20	12	8	60.0%
82	Byron Mouton	21	20	12	8	60.0%
83	DSW Homes	21	20	12	8	60.0%
84	Mistretta Debbie	37	28	17	11	60.7%
85	Devon Sweeney	30	26	16	10	61.5%
86	Lynnette Gordon	161	145	90	55	62.1%
87	Michael Bertel	32	32	20	12	62.5%
88	Patrick Melancon	38	35	22	13	62.9%
89	James Jones	73	73	46	27	63.0%
90	Archetype LLC	45	36	23	13	63.9%
91	Joseph Hermo	26	25	16	9	64.0%
92	Jennifer Johnson	59	59	38	21	64.4%
93	Steven J Finegan Architects	59	59	38	21	64.4%
94	Jonathan Drennan	34	31	20	11	64.5%
95	Albert Architecture	46	34	22	12	64.7%
96	Brighter Horizons Construction	20	20	13	7	65.0%
97	CLS Architects	33	32	21	11	65.6%
98	Kirk Fabacher	71	70	46	24	65.7%
99	Robert Pell	47	47	31	16	66.0%
100	G O A T	61	59	39	20	66.1%