5,131 building permits in Wilmington are still open.

89.9% of eligible building permits have been closed.

The median applicant closes 98.4% of their building permits.

Tracking 50,601 building permits across 2,865 applicants since . Data updated daily from New Hanover County Open Data.

Lowest Building Permit Closure Rates

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

#	Applicant	Total Permits	Rated Eligible	Closed	Still Open	Closure Rate
1	UNITED RESTORATION SERVICES LLC	22	20	0	20	0.0%
2	A & I CORPORATION T/A FIRE & WATER RESTORATION CORPORATION	43	41	16	25	39.0%
3	GWATHMEY RESIDENTIAL GROUP LLC	35	26	16	10	61.5%
4	CARIBBEAN POOLS & SPAS INC	152	117	79	38	67.5%
5	TONGUE & GROOVE LLC	33	29	22	7	75.9%
6	ALAN BRENT TENUTA T/A BRENT TENUTA CONSTRUCTION COMPANY	30	27	21	6	77.8%
7	SOUTHERN EXPOSURE SUNROOMS LLC	93	37	29	8	78.4%
8	THIRD NORTH CONSTUCTION LLC T/A	138	76	60	16	78.9%
9	SUN CITY POOLS INC	70	44	35	9	79.5%
10	ADDIS CONSTRUCTION AND PROPERTY MAINTENANCE LLC	43	35	28	7	80.0%
11	GASTELL GROUP DBA BUILDERPRO LLC	31	26	21	5	80.8%
12	BLACKLINE BUILDING LLC	31	25	21	4	84.0%
13	CAROLINA CREATIONS LANDSCAPE INC	61	58	49	9	84.5%
14	COMPLETE RENOVATION SOLUTIONS LLC	73	46	39	7	84.8%
15	KONRADY & SON CONSTRUCTION LLC	78	54	47	7	87.0%
16	Milam Plumbing, Inc.	62	62	54	8	87.1%
17	CLANCY & THEYS CONSTRUCTION CO	44	32	28	4	87.5%
18	KINGPOST DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION INC	30	24	21	3	87.5%
19	AIRLIE OUTDOOR LLC	56	42	37	5	88.1%
20	MARK JOHNSON CUSTOM HOMES INC	46	39	35	4	89.7%
21	Mckinley Building Corporation	20	20	18	2	90.0%
22	PBC BUILDING CORPORATION	66	41	37	4	90.2%
23	JOHNSON CUSTOM BUILDERS LLC	43	32	29	3	90.6%
24	NORTH STATE CUSTOM BUILDERS AKA NORTH STATE PARTNERS CONSTRUCTION LLC	40	32	29	3	90.6%
25	BLUE OCEAN CONSTRUCTION INC	37	32	29	3	90.6%
26	WALDKIRCH & SAUNDERS COMPANY	47	44	40	4	90.9%
27	STONE BUILT CONSTRUCTION INC	35	33	30	3	90.9%
28	OLD SCHOOL REBUILDER AND COMPANY	71	60	55	5	91.7%
29	TMC TAYLOR CONSTRUCTION INC	55	50	46	4	92.0%
30	SOUTHEAST FOUNDATION AND CRAWLSPACE REPAIR LLC	88	51	47	4	92.2%
31	OCEAN BLUE POOLS AND SPAS OF NORTH CAROLINA CORPORATION	251	206	190	16	92.2%
32	DELANEYS COASTAL CONSTRUCTION LLC	33	26	24	2	92.3%
33	SOLACE CONSTRUCTION SERVICES LLC T/A PORT CITY POOLS	34	27	25	2	92.6%
34	LUXURY POOLS AND HARDSCAPES 6 LLC AKA PREMIER POOLS AND SPAS COASTAL CAROLINAS	51	41	38	3	92.7%
35	RIVERSIDE POOLS & HARDSCAPES LLC	62	43	40	3	93.0%
36	RODGERS BUILDERS INC	45	45	42	3	93.3%
37	SOUTHEASTERN COASTAL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY INC	31	31	29	2	93.5%
38	INGRAM BROS INC	115	78	73	5	93.6%
39	LS SMITH INC	39	35	33	2	94.3%
40	BLANTON BUILDING INC	37	37	35	2	94.6%
41	CHAMBLISS & RABIL CONTRACTORS INC	83	75	71	4	94.7%
42	MIDDLEBURG CONSTRUCTION LLC	307	304	289	15	95.1%
43	HAROLD K JORDAN AND CO INC	219	209	199	10	95.2%
44	KEECO OF WILMINGTON LLC LIC# 70545)	48	43	41	2	95.3%
45	BELL CUSTOM HOMES LLC	46	43	41	2	95.3%
46	BUCKNER BUILD LLC ((GC) LIC# 81410)	31	22	21	1	95.5%
47	KAISER CONSTRUCTION GROUP LLC	25	22	21	1	95.5%
48	STONEHENGE BUILDING INC	26	23	22	1	95.7%
49	STEVENS FINE HOMES T/A STEVENS BUILDING COMPANY	77	71	68	3	95.8%
50	STONE MONTGOMERY CONSTRUCTION CO	29	24	23	1	95.8%