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Metro permit data · updated Oct 18, 2026

Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN: residential permits by trade

5 trade × city pages in this metro pass our publishing threshold. Totals below also include cities below it.

Quick answer. In the latest 8 weeks of each source (Aug 22, 2026 – Oct 16, 2026), 1,413 residential permits matched at least one trade in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN metro, across 1 public permit source. The biggest trades were electrical (805), HVAC (214), remodel (182).

By trade

TradePermitsCity pages
Electrical8051
HVAC2141
Remodeling & GC1821
ADUs & Additions1531
New Construction1391

A permit can count in several trades.

Busiest ZIP codes

ZIPPermits
40245139
4029192
4020789
4020573
4022970

Sources

  • Louisville Metro: source dataset. Window Aug 22, 2026 – Oct 16, 2026. Last pulled Oct 18, 2026.

How we count: method.

Questions

How many residential permits were issued in the Louisville metro recently?

In the latest 8 weeks of each source (Aug 22, 2026 – Oct 16, 2026), 1,413 residential permits matched at least one trade in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN metro, across 1 public permit source. The biggest trades were electrical (805), HVAC (214), remodel (182).

Which ZIP codes in the Louisville metro have the most residential permits?

40245 (139), 40291 (92), 40207 (89), counting each permit once across trades.

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