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Building and construction permits

How many new building permits were issued in a month..

5,621 permits · Latest reading · Aug 2026

5,621 رخصة بناء جديدة خلال الشهر.

Definition

All construction and development permits issued each month by the municipalities for residential, commercial and industrial projects..

Business brokerage

A leading measure of what contracting is about to do, and of coming demand for building materials, supply chains and skilled labour..

Reading the path

5,621.0permitsAug 2026
2,5005,0007,50010,000
Jan 2023Aug 2026

Shown: the whole series as the agency published it, 44 readings since Jan 2023.

Down by 207 permits against July 2026, and holding below its annual average of 6,391 permits.

The last 12 periodic readings

PeriodValue (permits) Periodic change
Aug 20265,621▼ 207
Jul 20265,828▲ 783
Jun 20265,045▼ 11
May 20265,056▼ 1,747
Apr 20266,803▲ 2,317
Mar 20264,486▼ 820
Feb 20265,306▼ 1,375
Jan 20266,681▼ 2,771
Dec 20259,452▲ 1,418
Nov 20258,034▲ 577
Oct 20257,457▲ 537
Sep 20256,920▼ 78

Source record

Official data retrieved automatically from GASTAT, and archived daily in the historical record so a reading is kept with its date even if the source revises it later. Figures are never entered by hand, and never changed after publication.