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Building Permit, 1990 - 2001
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1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
CITY OF HUNTSVILLE
Single Family
1,086
657
901
782
517
381
451
500
445
417
396
391
     Estimated Cost
$39,072,000
$23,724,000
$31,664,000
$30,571,000
$21,610,000
$14,818,000
$18,739,000
$20,449,000
$19,090,000
$18,544,000
$17,829,000
$18,026,000
Multi-Family
     Number of Units
477
210
50
596
0
0
2
385
123
92
114
680
     Estimated Cost
$9,210,000
$6,610,000
$665,000
$14,191,000
$0
$0
$65,000
$17,121,000
$5,355,000
$60,182,000
$197,600,000
$23,164,000
Commercial
475
348
327
323
324
336
254
346
372
426
420
448
     Estmated Cost
$94,701,000
$42,707,000
$21,545,000
$44,317,000
$39,538,000
$71,006,000
$47,391,000
$59,411,000
$107,792,000
$126,344,000
$173,685,000
$142,264,000
Alterations (all)
1,818
7,203
6,033
3,636
4,099
2,937
4,304
1,978
3,292
2,868
2,978
2,714
     Estimated Cost
$66,495,000
$63,182,000
$64,880,000
$57,612,000
$57,721,000
$106,616,000
$72,652,000
$56,127,000
$73,991,000
$82,193,000
$139,459,000
$99,560,000
Total Number of Permits
3,856
8,418
7,311
5,337
4,940
3,654
5,011
3,209
4,232
3,803
3,908
4,233
Total Estimated Cost
$209,478,000
$136,223,000
$118,754,000
$146,691,000
$118,869,000
$192,440,000
$138,847,000
$153,108,000
$206,228,000
$287,263,000
$528,573,000
$283,014,000
Total Non-residential Square Footage
2,769,800
1,530,500
980,600
1,592,000
1,280,700
2,521,700
1,765,800
1,631,100
2,812,900
2,713,900
3,564,600
4,096,000
     General Office
1,047,900
478,700
454,600
311,900
324,600
199,100
372,900
227,700
1,347,700
838,400
656,300
434,000
     Warehouse/Industrial
102,000
372,700
19,500
133,800
94,400
351,300
304,200
401,100
366,900
327,900
536,300
761,700
     Retail/Service
798,200
425,300
362,500
365,900
510,800
1,512,800
768,300
720,600
430,300
800,300
1,291,500
1,788,100
     Public/Semi-Public
821,700
253,800
144,000
780,300
350,700
458,500
320,300
281,600
668,000
747,300
1,080,500
1,112,100

CITY OF MADISON
Single Family
292
319
464
452
298
253
326
510
535
500
378
>463
     Estimated Cost
$8,881,945
$9,782,763
$56,145,454
$25,487,465
$13,084,843
$10,731,407
$15,187,966
$32,013,189
$33,408,053
$32,538,370
$26,475,750
$30,259,250
Single Family Alterations
65
511
310
122
175
144
153
200
176
206
221
298
     Estimated Cost
$402,810
$1,597,304
$1,068,124
$545,246
$974,748
$872,132
$942,520
$1,597,690
$1,317,850
$1,560,355
$1,824,775
$2,637,525
Multi-Family
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
2
1
0
2
43
8
15
4
     Number of Units
8
0
338
114
10
5
0
154
489
32
152
55
     Estimated Cost
$111,800
$0
$5,465,843
$2,450,000
$280,000
$140,000
$0
$5,150,000
$22,187,906
$1,909,182
$4,928,157
$1,669,535
Commercial
15
16
18
29
29
34
24
46
42
67
87
54
     Estmated Cost
$4,845,242
$3,102,550
$5,027,509
$9,702,672
$10,436,417
$28,794,116
$14,032,027
$14,073,303
$21,357,054
$7,664,904
$25,588,437
$10,185,276
Commercial Alterations
32
39
37
33
36
40
41
39
40
60
66
58
     Estimated Cost
$3,135,710
$1,352,590
$531,071
$393,663
$1,059,158
$1,080,827
$4,867,724
$2,457,735
$2,128,780
$6,221,457
$12,259,607
$4,950,042
Total Number of Permits
412
885
1,167
750
548
476
544
949
1,282
865
904
928
Total Estimated Cost
$17,377,507
$15,835,207
$68,238,001
$38,579,046
$25,835,166
$41,618,482
$35,030,237
$55,291,917
$80,399,643
$49,894,268
$71,076,726
$49,701,628

MADISON COUNTY (Outside City)
Single Family
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
1,225
1,171
1,313
1,353
1,352
1,338
1,355
     Estimated Cost
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
$105,758,247
$112,347,945
$129,300,436
$135,596,590
$141,877,167
$134,829,337
$147,099,457
COUNTY-WIDE TOTAL
Single Family
1,378
976
1,365
1,234
815
1,859
1,948
2,323
2,333
2,269
2,112
2,209
     Estimated Cost
$47,953,945
$33,506,763
$87,809,454
$56,058,465
$34,694,843
$131,307,654
$146,274,911
$181,762,625
$188,094,643
$192,959,537
$179,134,087
$195,384,707
Multi-Family
     Number of Units
477
210
50
596
10
5
2
539
612
124
266
735
Estimated Cost
$9,210,000
$6,610,000
$665,000
$14,191,000
$280,000
$140,000
$65,000
$22,271,000
$27,542,906
$62,091,182
$202,528,157
$24,833,535
     Commercial
490
364
345
352
353
370
278
392
414
493
507
502
     Estmated Cost
$99,546,242
$45,809,550
$26,572,509
$54,019,672
$49,974,417
$99,800,116
$61,423,027
$73,484,303
$129,149,054
$134,008,904
$199,273,437
$152,449,276
Alterations
1,915
7,753
6,380
3,791
4,310
3,121
4,498
2,217
3,508
3,134
3,265
3,070
     Estimated Cost
$70,033,520
$66,131,894
$66,479,195
$58,550,909
$59,754,906
$108,568,959
$78,462,244
$60,182,425
$77,437,630
$89,974,812
$153,543,382
$107,147,567
Total Number of Permits
4,260
9,303
8,140
5,973
5,488
5,355
6,726
5,471
6,867
6,020
6,150
6,516
Total Estimated Cost
$226,743,707
$152,058,207
$181,526,158
$182,820,046
$144,704,166
$339,816,729
$286,225,182
$337,700,353
$422,224,233
$479,034,435
$734,479,063
$479,815,085

Sources:
City of Huntsville Planning Departmen
City of Madison Inspection Department
Madison County Inspection Department

Chamber of Commerce of Huntsville/Madison County
225 Church Street, Huntsville, Alabama 35801
Phone: (256) 535-2000 | Fax: (256) 535-2015 | hcc@hsvchamber.org
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