Columbus Building Permit Report Card
OH
C
Score: 66/100
Score Breakdown
Closure Rate75.1% (70% weight)
Year-over-Year Trend-1 pp (30% weight)
661,946
Total Permits
164,790
Open Permits
75.1%
Closure Rate
88,882
Stalled 5+ Years
Columbus's closure rate is 2.3 percentage points below the 77.4% average across all tracked cities.
How This Grade Is Calculated
The score combines closure rate (70% weight) and year-over-year trend (30% weight). Closure rate measures the percentage of rate-eligible permits (those older than one year) that have been closed. Trend measures the change in closure rate compared to the prior year, clamped to +/- 10 percentage points.
Grade scale: A (90+), B (75-89), C (60-74), D (40-59), F (below 40).