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How long does a roofing permit take in Chicago?

In Chicago, the typical roofing permit took 1 day from application to issue, across 1,969 permits issued from September 2024 to September 2026.

1 dayfrom application to permitMiddle half: same day to 4 days

The two steps

How long roofing jobs take in Chicago, in daysApplication to permit issued: median 1 days, middle half 0 to 4 days, 1,969 permits.Application to permit issued: 1 day0
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 issued1 daysame day to 4 days1,969September 2024 to September 2026

Roofing contractors with the most jobs in Chicago

RankContractorJobsContact
1Magdan Construction Inc
Prospect Heights
130
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2Holman and Nachtwey Company
Chicago
121
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3Pacc Construction LLC dba Pacc Building Group LLC
Brookfield
74
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Permit wait by year issued

Year issuedJobsMedianMiddle half
20241931 daysame day to 8 days
20259151 daysame day to 5 days
2026861same daysame day to 3 days

Why it takes this long

  • 48% of permits were issued the day they were applied for, and 96% within 30 days (1,969 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: roofing.json.