31,067 building permits in Chicago are still open.

84.7% of eligible building permits have been closed.

The median applicant closes 94.3% of their building permits.

Tracking 202,591 building permits across 81,875 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
1	LCDC/CNI JV, LLC	20	20	1	19	5.0%
2	BEHOUNEK MENK, JAN MARIE	41	41	6	35	14.6%
3	FAKRODDIN, NABI R	32	30	5	25	16.7%
4	CHRISTINA WILBURN	69	69	13	56	18.8%
5	LUCAS, DEON P	40	25	6	19	24.0%
6	BOEMAN, SUSAN E	45	42	11	31	26.2%
7	LIPTAK, HELEN M	111	57	15	42	26.3%
8	RICHARD TOWNSELL	38	36	10	26	27.8%
9	RYAN, MICHAEL T	146	108	32	76	29.6%
10	BERHANU-HAILE, DEMEKE	32	30	9	21	30.0%
11	ANIMASHAUN, OLADIPO	27	25	8	17	32.0%
12	WANKEL, JORDAN M	29	27	9	18	33.3%
13	ROSADO, MARIO	26	20	7	13	35.0%
14	BORROMEO, ANGELICA R	74	48	17	31	35.4%
15	IGLESKI, MARK W	29	29	11	18	37.9%
16	GOYAL, HIMANSHU A	95	63	24	39	38.1%
17	KAMAL, GHULAM M	181	152	59	93	38.8%
18	GIBAS, PAWEL S	125	79	31	48	39.2%
19	GUIDER, KARL F	159	128	51	77	39.8%
20	CRUZ, MARIO G	282	253	102	151	40.3%
21	ANDERSON, MARC S	41	26	11	15	42.3%
22	GUACOLDA REYES	34	33	14	19	42.4%
23	GREENBERG, LEE E	45	27	12	15	44.4%
24	SENGSTOCK, GREGORY D	66	47	21	26	44.7%
25	WANG, ZHAOCHEN	102	67	30	37	44.8%
26	CASTEL, ENRIQUE N	22	20	9	11	45.0%
27	DRAPSZO, VICTOR	332	290	131	159	45.2%
28	SILVESTRO, JAMES M	33	22	10	12	45.5%
29	PATRICK O'BRIEN	22	22	10	12	45.5%
30	HUTCHISON, JOSHUA D	31	28	13	15	46.4%
31	SMITH, KEVIN E	69	58	27	31	46.6%
32	FOX III, JOHN J	29	27	13	14	48.1%
33	PAVLOVCIK, SAMUEL J	362	257	124	133	48.2%
34	DOMINIKOWSKI, MAREK	69	65	32	33	49.2%
35	TAN, WEI	82	71	35	36	49.3%
36	PAREJA, JOSE R	80	70	35	35	50.0%
37	QUIGLEY, ADAM K	48	44	22	22	50.0%
38	OHLE, JAMES L	39	30	15	15	50.0%
39	NIEMIEC, TODD A	37	28	14	14	50.0%
40	SHAHBAZ OBRIEN, KATHRYN C	31	20	10	10	50.0%
41	KASPER DEVELOPMENT LLC	28	26	13	13	50.0%
42	BREMER, CHRISTOPHER J	74	65	33	32	50.8%
43	DOYTCHEVA, RADOSVETA K	25	23	12	11	52.2%
44	CUBAS, BORIS M	122	84	44	40	52.4%
45	KACPRZYNSKI, ANDY	214	146	77	69	52.7%
46	RESCHKE, CRAIG M	36	34	18	16	52.9%
47	DIMARIA, JEANNA L	59	48	26	22	54.2%
48	MILLER, ASHLEY F	37	22	12	10	54.5%
49	BENOIT, JOHN W	133	89	49	40	55.1%
50	LIVANU, EDUARD	66	57	32	25	56.1%