104,424 construction permits in New Orleans are still open.

59.6% of eligible construction permits have been closed.

The median applicant closes 66.7% of their construction permits.

Tracking 258,318 construction permits across 27,422 applicants. Data updated daily from Data.NOLA.gov.

Lowest Permit Closure Rates

Applicants with 20+ rated permits, active in the last 3 years. Methodology

All Types Building Electrical Mechanical Plumbing Demolition

#	Applicant	Total Permits	Rated Eligible	Closed	Still Open	Closure Rate
301	Joshua Noland	27	27	14	13	51.9%
302	William Floyd Schell III	599	587	305	282	52.0%
303	Wayne Jeffery Erdman	129	102	53	49	52.0%
304	Calvin Chapman	123	123	64	59	52.0%
305	Daniel Kattan	23	23	12	11	52.2%
306	Brian P Borey	153	153	80	73	52.3%
307	Cook Richard	402	402	211	191	52.5%
308	Hoai Trong Do	911	911	481	430	52.8%
309	James W. Harvey	201	185	98	87	53.0%
310	Joe L. Bridges Jr.	640	615	326	289	53.0%
311	Edr Architects	60	49	26	23	53.1%
312	Lance Valentine	255	254	135	119	53.1%
313	Christopher David McDonald	34	28	15	13	53.6%
314	Bennett Luke	82	82	44	38	53.7%
315	Richard A Hamilton Jr.	83	80	43	37	53.8%
316	Lawrence R Margiotta	286	286	154	132	53.8%
317	Paul Pham	27	26	14	12	53.8%
318	Glenn A. Cordes	176	176	95	81	54.0%
319	Frank D Natal, III	166	148	80	68	54.1%
320	Alex James Ruiz III	362	342	185	157	54.1%
321	Isidro Genaro Calante	39	35	19	16	54.3%
322	Malcolm John Skeins Jr	55	46	25	21	54.3%
323	Anthony Melancon Jr	156	149	81	68	54.4%
324	Murray J. Stewart	172	171	93	78	54.4%
325	Yazoo Restorations	72	68	37	31	54.4%
326	Wayne Carter Sr.	95	88	48	40	54.5%
327	Ronald Michele Ward	52	44	24	20	54.5%
328	Bavido Samuel	22	22	12	10	54.5%
329	John Tran	322	322	177	145	55.0%
330	David Lavie SR	41	40	22	18	55.0%
331	Diane Hickman	53	52	29	23	55.8%
332	Kevin M Pettis	340	340	190	150	55.9%
333	Gary Bean	59	59	33	26	55.9%
334	Johnny A Balli, Jr	25	25	14	11	56.0%
335	Keith Alexander Davis	357	339	190	149	56.0%
336	Barry E. Couvillion	640	633	355	278	56.1%
337	Wayne Mitchell Preyan Sr.	160	160	90	70	56.3%
338	Patrick Anthony Clark	112	112	63	49	56.3%
339	Patrick Melancon	43	39	22	17	56.4%
340	Derrick J Bonano	65	62	35	27	56.5%
341	Troy Mervin Rawlins	410	400	226	174	56.5%
342	Earl T Luminais	46	46	26	20	56.5%
343	Troy Verrett	23	23	13	10	56.5%
344	Zachary Ziemba	23	23	13	10	56.5%
345	Patrick Ruben Russo	201	198	112	86	56.6%
346	Robert Aaron Schmidt	1,184	1,184	670	514	56.6%
347	Gunner Guidry	54	53	30	23	56.6%
348	Daniel Blake Achord	91	81	46	35	56.8%
349	Kirk Fabacher	81	81	46	35	56.8%
350	Corey Brian Chatman	648	616	352	264	57.1%