How long does a roofing permit take in New York?
In New York, the typical roofing permit took about 4 months (116 days) from application to issue, across 1,010 permits issued from September 2024 to September 2026. After the permit, the typical finished roofing job took about 11 months (340 days) from permit to final inspection (593 finished of 866 permits issued from September 2022 to September 2024; 32% had no final inspection on record by September 2026).
11 monthsfrom permit to final inspectionMiddle half: 6 months to 18 months
The two steps
The numbers behind the chart
| Step | Median | Middle half | Permits | Permits issued |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application to permit issued | about 4 months | 37 days to about 11 months | 1,010 | September 2024 to September 2026 |
| Permit to final inspection | about 11 months | about 6 months to about 18 months | 593 | September 2022 to September 2024 |
Roofing contractors with the most jobs in New York
| Rank | Contractor | Jobs | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | J & N Construction Group Ozone Park, license 606780 | Call (718) 845-0123 | |
| 2 | Xinos Construction Corp College Point, license 8573 | Call (718) 358-4272 | |
| 3 | Amb Construction Inc Carteret, license 600067 | Call (732) 366-4998 |
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Permit wait by year issued
| Year issued | Jobs | Median | Middle half |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 113 | about 3 months | 30 days to about 7 months |
| 2023 | 390 | about 3 months | 30 days to about 10 months |
| 2024 | 519 | 84 days | 31 days to about 9 months |
| 2025 | 486 | about 4 months | 31 days to about 12 months |
| 2026 | 368 | about 5 months | 52 days to about 11 months |
Why it takes this long
- 0% of permits were issued the day they were applied for, and 22% within 30 days (1,010 permits).
- The longer step is building and inspection: about 4 months for the permit against about 11 months from permit to final, at the median.
- 11% of finished jobs passed final inspection within 90 days of the permit.
- Of the 866 permits issued from September 2022 to September 2024, 273 (32%) had no final inspection on record by September 2026. They may still be under way, dropped or never inspected; the records do not say which. They are left out of the build time; any of them that finishes will have taken more than two years, so counting them would make the typical time longer.
Days are counted between the dates on each city permit: filing_date, issued_date, signoff_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: NYC DOB NOW: Build, Approved Permits (rbx6-tga4) joined to Job Application Filings (w9ak-ipjd), read 2026-09-24. The same figures as data: roofing.json.