Residential
- Permits
- 16,633
- Active
- 10,150
- Value
- $1.50B
15,897 on single-family and duplex homes, 736 on apartment buildings.
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Los Angeles ADU (Accessory Dwelling Unit) Report
Backyard units, garage conversions and attached ADUs: the fastest-growing kind of housing permit in the city. 16,651 adus permits issued by the City of Los Angeles since January 2025; 10,161 are still active, worth $1.14B. Updated from LADBS every day.
16,651
Permits issued
Since Jan 1, 2025
10,161
Active now
61% still being built
$1.50B
Construction value
$1.14B on active permits
712
Issued in the last 30 days
171 in the last 7
3,914
New buildings
2,962 active · $826M
1,563
Housing units added
incl. 12,405 ADUs
70
Projects over $1M
0 over $10M
15
Community plan areas
Busiest: Canoga Park-West Hills-Winnetka-Woodland Hills
Live from City of Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety (LADBS), issued building permits, data.lacity.org. Last refresh Oct 8, 2026, 10:33 AM Pacific; newest permit issued 2026-10-03. Value is the declared valuation on each permit.
Live map
Where Los Angeles adus work is happening
Each square is about one square kilometre, shaded by how many permits it has issued since January 2025. Switch the layer to see only active jobs, residential or commercial work, or construction value. Dots are the largest active projects; tap one for its type, value and area.
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Residential vs commercial
100% of Los Angeles permits are residential, but commercial carries 0% of the value
Homes drive the volume: single-family remodels, additions, ADUs and new houses. Commercial permits are fewer and far larger: offices, retail, restaurants, warehouses, studios and LAX.
Commercial
- Permits
- 18
- Active
- 11
- Value
- $874K
Average $48.6K per permit, against $90.1K for residential.
Site work and signs
- Permits
- 0
- Active
- 0
- Value
- $0
Grading, retaining and site permits not tied to a building type, plus signs.
By building type
What kind of building each permit is for.
Single-family and duplex homes15,897 · $1.40B
9,603 active
Apartment buildings736 · $96.0M
547 active
Commercial buildings18 · $874K
11 active
By type of work
New construction, additions, remodels, demolitions and site work.
Alterations and repairs7,984 · $193M
3,904 active · 7,968 residential · 16 commercial
Additions4,078 · $478M
2,802 active · 4,076 residential · 2 commercial
New buildings3,914 · $826M
2,962 active · 3,914 residential · 0 commercial
Grading517 · $254K
415 active · 517 residential · 0 commercial
Demolitions114 · $564K
42 active · 114 residential · 0 commercial
New non-building structures (walls, fences)29 · $1.1M
24 active · 29 residential · 0 commercial
Pools and spas13 · $149K
10 active · 13 residential · 0 commercial
Non-building additions1 · $10.8K
1 active · 1 residential · 0 commercial
Non-building alterations1 · $501
1 active · 1 residential · 0 commercial
Usage
What the buildings are used for
The 12 most common uses on Los Angeles permits since January 2025, as LADBS records them, with how many are still active and the value declared.
Accessory Dwelling Unit11,261 · $799M
6,656 active
Dwelling - Single Family3,610 · $535M
2,283 active
Duplex537 · $98.0M
326 active
Apartment433 · $55.2M
309 active
Grading - Hillside385 · $195K
327 active
Grading - Non-Hillside132 · $58.2K
88 active
Garage - Private98 · $6.1M
56 active
Demolition56 · $251K
26 active
Junior Accessory Dwelling Unit40 · $1.6M
18 active
Pool/Spa - Private13 · $149K
10 active
Carport13 · $344K
7 active
Shoring (Temporary)13 · $633K
10 active
ResidentialCommercialSite work and signs
Permits issued per month
About 793 a month, every month. Hover a month for its numbers.
ResidentialCommercialSite work and signs
Sep 26: 778 permits · 776 residential · 2 commercial · 203 new buildings · $74.0M
Jan 25Oct 26 (month to date)
By project size
Median permit: $50.0K. The 70 permits over $1M hold 8% of the value.
Under $50K8,311 · $103M
4,183 active
$50K-$250K7,014 · $751M
4,897 active
$250K-$1M1,255 · $523M
1,018 active
$1M-$5M69 · $115M
61 active
$5M-$25M1 · $7.2M
1 active
Neighbourhoods
All 15 Los Angeles community plan areas
Permits, active jobs, new buildings, housing units and value for every planning area the city reports. Sort by any column.
| Area | Residential / commercial | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,247 | 675 | 247 | 87 | $86.0M | ||
| 973 | 605 | 235 | 74 | $94.6M | ||
| 928 | 519 | 201 | 75 | $61.7M | ||
| 906 | 562 | 234 | 34 | $69.2M | ||
| 859 | 470 | 194 | 81 | $73.1M | ||
| 834 | 513 | 177 | 37 | $67.2M | ||
| 769 | 494 | 108 | 42 | $62.0M | ||
| 754 | 463 | 190 | 67 | $65.3M | ||
| 716 | 482 | 236 | 103 | $68.3M | ||
| 693 | 402 | 169 | 65 | $50.2M | ||
| 685 | 625 | 334 | 163 | $154M | ||
| 626 | 317 | 127 | 44 | $38.5M | ||
| 593 | 339 | 117 | 66 | $44.5M | ||
| 550 | 312 | 110 | 167 | $61.9M | ||
| 530 | 325 | 126 | 33 | $35.3M |
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The newest adus permits over $250K
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$744K2026-10-02
New buildings · Dwelling - Single Family
Brentwood - Pacific Palisades
See builder and contacts$500K2026-10-02
New buildings · Accessory Dwelling Unit
Northridge
See builder and contacts$390K2026-10-02
Additions · Dwelling - Single Family
Hollywood
See builder and contacts$350K2026-10-02
New buildings · Accessory Dwelling Unit
Granada Hills - Knollwood
See builder and contacts$350K2026-10-02
New buildings · Dwelling - Single Family
Sylmar
See builder and contacts$310K2026-10-02
New buildings · Dwelling - Single Family
Brentwood - Pacific Palisades
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Read the reportWindows & doors3,995 active
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Read the reportMultifamily484 active
New apartment buildings and additions, from four-unit infill to 100% affordable mid-rises.
Read the reportCommercial4,552 active
Offices, retail, restaurants, warehouses, studios and tenant improvements across the city.
Read the reportFire sprinklers4,619 active
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Read the reportSeismic & foundation1,858 active
Soft-story and seismic retrofits, foundation repairs and replacements.
Read the reportWildfire rebuilds3,644 active
Rebuilds and repairs after the January 2025 fires, concentrated in Pacific Palisades and Brentwood.
Read the reportPools & spas2,479 active
New and remodeled private pools and spas, mostly on single-family lots.
Read the reportStucco & drywall1,860 active
Exterior stucco and siding, drywall and insulation work on remodels, additions and repairs.
Read the reportDemolition1,034 active
Building demolitions, usually the first step before a new home, an ADU or a multifamily build.
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Questions about the Los Angeles data
Which permits count as adus?
LADBS does not tag permits by trade, so this report counts permits whose use is Accessory Dwelling Unit, or whose work description names an ADU. A permit can appear in more than one trade report.
Are these permits approved, or only applied for?
Every number on this page is an issued permit. Builtie loads the City of Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety (LADBS) dataset of issued building permits, so every row already has an issue date. Applications that are still in plan check are not counted.
What does "active" mean?
An active permit has been issued and has not been finaled, closed, expired or given a certificate of occupancy. Those are the jobs still being built, which is where a trade can still sell. Finished jobs are hidden from the Builtie feed but still counted in the totals above.
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The database re-reads LADBS every day and this page re-computes its numbers every hour. The time of the last refresh is shown under the headline figures.
Which area does this cover?
The City of Los Angeles, which LADBS permits: the San Fernando Valley, the Westside, Hollywood, downtown, South and East Los Angeles, the Harbor area and LAX. Separate cities inside LA County (Santa Monica, Beverly Hills, Pasadena, Long Beach, Glendale, Burbank and others) issue their own permits and are not included yet.
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