Building Permits in 2025

Department of Buildings, District of Columbia
The dataset contains locations and attributes of building construction and alteration permits applied for and approved by the District of Columbia Department of Buildings. Data are shared via an automated process where addresses are batch matched (geocoded) to the District's Master Address Repository. Some data points may contain 0,0 for X,Y coordinates where addresses could not be automatically geocoded.
Data Format CSV, GeoJSON, Shapefile, File Geodatabase, KML, ArcGIS GeoServices REST API
Download Url https://opendata.dc.gov/api/download/v1/items/4aeaaa42c5e...
Download Url Validated True
Validation Message Valid CSV data
Alternate Download Urls https://opendata.dc.gov/api/download/v1/items/4...
https://opendata.dc.gov/api/download/v1/items/4...
https://maps2.dcgis.dc.gov/dcgis/rest/services/...
Update Frequency Unknown
Last Updated 2026-01-06T10:03:25.000Z
Geospatial Bounds -77.1136,38.8189,-76.9098,38.9954
Portal Type arcgis
Success True
Quality Score
100%
Usable
Yes
Total Rows
50,087
Valid Geometries
50,087 / 50,087

Schema Compliance

Geometry Type Point
CRS {"$schema": "https://proj.org/schemas/v0.7/projjso...
WGS84 Yes
Required Columns Yes

Spatial Bounds

SW: (-77.1136, 38.8189)
NE: (-76.9098, 38.9954)

Column Completeness

Column Completeness
id 100.0%
names 100.0%
categories 100.0%
operating_status 100.0%
addresses 100.0%
phones 100.0%
websites 100.0%
socials 100.0%
emails 100.0%
sources 100.0%
source_properties 100.0%

Top Categories

construction_services (50,087)

Issues