25,963 building permits in New Orleans are still open.

57.9% of eligible building permits have been closed.

The median applicant closes 72.7% of their building permits.

Tracking 61,737 building permits across 19,738 applicants. 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	Terri Dreyer	38	35	17	18	48.6%
52	M Carbine Restorations, Ltd	112	109	53	56	48.6%
53	Brian Gille	67	65	32	33	49.2%
54	Abry Brothers, Inc.	241	225	112	113	49.8%
55	Loretta Harmon	157	145	73	72	50.3%
56	Terrell Fabacher	69	63	32	31	50.8%
57	Zach Smith Consullting	37	37	19	18	51.4%
58	Jeffrey David Cantin	369	348	179	169	51.4%
59	John C Williams	116	101	52	49	51.5%
60	Fisher Sean	25	25	13	12	52.0%
61	Bennett Luke	81	81	44	37	54.3%
62	Kelly Johnson	41	31	17	14	54.8%
63	Elizabeth Phelps	53	47	26	21	55.3%
64	Paul Pham	26	25	14	11	56.0%
65	Daniel Zangara	54	48	27	21	56.3%
66	Troy Verrett	23	23	13	10	56.5%
67	Bavido Samuel	21	21	12	9	57.1%
68	Zach Smith Consulting & Design	98	29	17	12	58.6%
69	Cj Minor	30	29	17	12	58.6%
70	Michael Ballard	24	22	13	9	59.1%
71	Byron Mouton	23	22	13	9	59.1%
72	Diane Hickman	50	49	29	20	59.2%
73	James Jones	81	81	49	32	60.5%
74	Michael Bertel	34	33	20	13	60.6%
75	Christopher E Johnson, Architect LLC	99	92	56	36	60.9%
76	Green Light Solar, LLC	243	242	148	94	61.2%
77	Edr Architects	53	42	26	16	61.9%
78	DSW Homes	23	21	13	8	61.9%
79	Zach Smith Consulting	52	50	31	19	62.0%
80	Peter Gardner	34	29	18	11	62.1%
81	Bret Anthony Duplantis	72	72	45	27	62.5%
82	Joseph Hermo	26	25	16	9	64.0%
83	Jennifer Johnson	59	59	38	21	64.4%
84	Robert Pell	49	48	31	17	64.6%
85	Patrick Melancon	38	34	22	12	64.7%
86	Evelyn Ailshie	1,210	1,210	784	426	64.8%
87	Steven J Finegan Architects	60	60	39	21	65.0%
88	Martin Irons	20	20	13	7	65.0%
89	Lynnette Gordon	161	138	90	48	65.2%
90	Mistretta Debbie	38	29	19	10	65.5%
91	Jonathan Drennan	35	32	21	11	65.6%
92	CLS Architects	33	32	21	11	65.6%
93	Kirk Fabacher	70	70	46	24	65.7%
94	Yazoo Restorations	57	54	36	18	66.7%
95	Albert Architecture	45	33	22	11	66.7%
96	Archetype LLC	43	36	24	12	66.7%
97	Brooks Graham	31	30	20	10	66.7%
98	Devon Sweeney	27	24	16	8	66.7%
99	D Glasgow Architecture	21	21	14	7	66.7%
100	G O A T	61	58	39	19	67.2%