GroundTally real-time construction intelligence

Where is construction accelerating — right now?

GroundTally turns raw building permits from 18 metro open-data feeds into one normalized picture of construction activity: who is building, what, where, and how it compares to last year. Updated every morning. Validated monthly against official U.S. Census statistics.

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MetroPermits (30d)YoYValuation (90d)Data as of
Austin, TX 4,894 ▲ 23.9% $1.0B2026-09-12
Chicago, IL 3,010 ▼ 1.1% $2.4B2026-09-11
New York, NY 8,200 ▲ 0.4% $12.9B2026-09-11
San Francisco, CA 1,497 ▼ 33.9% $1.2B2026-09-11
Seattle, WA 523 ▼ 3.1% $763.0M2026-09-12
Los Angeles, CA 5,580 ▲ 6.9% $4.2B2026-09-05
Cincinnati, OH 804 ▼ 8.6% $170.3M2026-09-11
Baton Rouge, LA 855 ▲ 35.3% $133.3M2026-09-04
Norfolk, VA 804 ▼ 10.6% $178.9M2026-09-13
Montgomery County, MD 639 ▼ 8.6% $693.3M2026-09-11
Raleigh, NC 437 ▼ 14.6% $802.9M2026-09-10
Washington, DC 3,529 ▼ 14.3% —2026-09-10
Baltimore, MD 2,474 ▲ 7.2% $544.5M2026-09-13
Miami, FL 2,431 ▼ 2.6% $1.9B2026-09-12
Columbus, OH 3,707 ▲ 11.1% $1.0B2026-09-12
New Orleans, LA 1,236 ▼ 4.8% $19.3B2026-09-13
Philadelphia, PA 3,279 ▼ 1.6% —2026-09-13
Boston, MA 3,066 ▼ 12.0% $3.5B2026-09-03