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Building Permits (Chicago)

This dataset includes information about building permits issued by the City of Chicago from 2006 to the present, excluding permits that have been voided or revoked after issuance. Most types of permits are issued…

Building Permits (Chicago) is published by City of Chicago for Chicago, Illinois. It has an API (Socrata (SODA)); it updates daily, last updated 2026-10-23. Reuse: check terms. Check status: verified.

UpdatesDaily
Last updated2026-10-23
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About this source

PublisherCity of Chicago
Originalhttps://data.cityofchicago.org/Buildings/Building-Permits/ydr8-5enu ↗
PlaceChicago, Illinois · city
ShelfHousing, buildings and business
FormatsAPI (Socrata SODA), CSV
Update rateDaily
Located byNot stated
LicenceSee Terms of Use
CheckedVerified: opened and matched by a person or our reviewer

Cite this source: City of Chicago, “Building Permits (Chicago)”, https://data.cityofchicago.org/Buildings/Building-Permits/ydr8-5enu, last updated 2026-10-23. Listed by SOS.city at https://sos.city/source/1259 (verified).

Use it in your product

# Straight from the publisher's API (no key needed for light use)
curl "https://data.cityofchicago.org/resource/ydr8-5enu.json?$limit=5"
Endpoint as listed by the publisher.
# Through SOS.city: this source and its neighbours, with publisher, licence and check status
curl https://api.sos.city/v1/sources/1259 -H "Authorization: Bearer sos_…"

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