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How long does a panel upgrade permit take in Chicago?

In Chicago, the typical panel upgrade permit was issued the same day it was applied for: 52% of 6,681 permits issued from September 2024 to September 2026 were.

Same dayfrom application to permitMiddle half: same day to 7 days

The two steps

How long panel upgrades take in Chicago, in daysApplication to permit issued: median 0 days, middle half 0 to 7 days, 6,681 permits.Application to permit issued: same day07 d
Bars show the median; the line through each bar spans the middle half of jobs.
The numbers behind the chart
StepMedianMiddle halfPermitsPermits issued
Application to permit issuedsame daysame day to 7 days6,681September 2024 to September 2026

Panel upgrade electricians with the most jobs in Chicago

RankContractorJobsContact
1Kapital Electric Company
Bensenville
303
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2A.b.c. Plumbing, Heating, Cooling & Electric, Inc
209
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3Dnr Electric LLC
Oak Forest
205
Call (708) 535-2245

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Permit wait by year issued

Year issuedJobsMedianMiddle half
2024763same daysame day to 4 days
20253,377same daysame day to 7 days
20262,541same daysame day to 7 days

Why it takes this long

  • 52% of permits were issued the day they were applied for, and 95% within 30 days (6,681 permits).
  • The time to final inspection is not shown: the city's permit data has no final inspection date.

Days are counted between the dates on each city permit: application_start_date, issue_date. Median and middle half: half of the jobs took longer than the median; the middle half runs from the 25th to the 75th percentile. A figure is shown only when it rests on 30 or more permits. Kinds of work are sorted by the same rules as our contractor lists. Source: Chicago Building Permits (data.cityofchicago.org ydr8-5enu), read 2026-09-24. The same figures as data: electrical-panel.json.