Montana building permits issued
Monthly permits for new privately-owned residential construction in the Montana jurisdictions PermitBase covers — housing units authorized, buildings, and construction valuation. This is Census survey data on new-home construction, not total permit volume (commercial permits and remodels are not counted).
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey (BPS) · data through 2026-05
Latest month (2026-05)
300
housing units authorized · $54.6M valuation
Year to date
1,086
housing units authorized · $236.9M valuation
Coverage
10
jurisdictions tracked · 6 reported the latest month
Sum of covered PermitBase jurisdictions only (not a full-state total). County-level jurisdictions overlapping covered cities are excluded to avoid double counting. Non-reporting jurisdictions are omitted from sums, never zero-filled.
Permits by jurisdiction
Housing units authorized for new residential construction. Ranked by trailing-12-month units; jurisdictions that did not report to the Census Bureau show “no data reported” — never assumed to be zero.
| # | Jurisdiction | Latest month units | Trailing 12 mo units | YTD units |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unincorporated Yellowstone Countycounty-wide totals | 67 | 1,086 | 417 |
| 2 | Missoula | 160 | 594(11 mo) | 261 |
| 3 | Kalispell | 90 | 564 | 194 |
| 4 | Helena | 8 | 491 | 358 |
| 5 | Billings | 29 | 453(11 mo) | 192 |
| 6 | Great Falls | 7 | 149 | 38 |
| 7 | Butte-Silver Bowcounty-wide totals | 6 | 105 | 43 |
| — | Anaconda-Deer Lodge | no data reported | no data reported | no data reported |
| — | Bozeman | no data reported | no data reported | no data reported |
| — | Havre | no data reported | no data reported | no data reported |
County-wide rows join the Census county file and include every permit office in that county (incorporated cities included); their published estimates may include Census imputation for non-reporting offices. Every figure on this page traces to a specific Census BPS source file — see the PermitBase activity dataset manifest.