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Chicago roofing permits, every morning

We watch the City of Chicago's public permit feed every morning, keep only roofing and hand you a clean list: address, issue date, permit type, what the work is, declared value, and the contractor of record as the city published it. CSV and a web dashboard, with a digest email each morning.

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Who buys it: Roofing suppliers and distributors, restoration firms, solar installers who follow re-roofs, and subcontractors who work alongside roofers.

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The Chicago portal

  • 691 permits in the last 7 days, every trade in one table.
  • You have to remember to open it. It does not email you.
  • The trade is something you work out for yourself from each permit type and description.

Chicago roofing permits, every morning

  • 46 roofing permits in the last 7 days, 7% of the Chicago total.
  • 91% name a contractor.
  • 13% show roofing only in the description text. A search on the permit type alone would miss them. Our classifier reads every description.
  • A CSV, a web dashboard and a digest email every morning.

Counts are permits issued in the last 7 days, from public records published by the City of Chicago. Updated 2026-10-22.

Sample

The latest roofing permits from Chicago. Tap a permit to read the full work description. Other Chicago trades are one tap away.

Last 7 days, as published by Chicago, addresses reduced on the public page

Updated 2026-10-22. 46 permits in this window. The first 5 are open here. The free sample has all of them.

  1. Issued 2500-2599 N BURLING ST Contractor: KELLY SMITH CONSTRUCTION CORP Declared value: $50,000 SPR CBRC 2019: REPLACE FRONT PORCH OF EXISTING 2-STORY + BASEMENT SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE. NEW ROOF COVERED OPEN FRONT ENTRY STAIR WILL BE SUPPORTED BY NEW FOUNDATIONS; WILL MAINTAIN CURRENT PORCH'S ACCESS TO BASEMENT AND FIRST FLOOR. NO CHANGE TO EXISTING RESIDENCE. (OCCUPANCY: R-5; CONST. TYPE: III-A)
    Permit type
    PERMIT - RENOVATION/ALTERATION
    Work description
    SPR CBRC 2019: REPLACE FRONT PORCH OF EXISTING 2-STORY + BASEMENT SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE. NEW ROOF COVERED OPEN FRONT ENTRY STAIR WILL BE SUPPORTED BY NEW FOUNDATIONS; WILL MAINTAIN CURRENT PORCH'S ACCESS TO BASEMENT AND FIRST FLOOR. NO CHANGE TO EXISTING RESIDENCE. (OCCUPANCY: R-5; CONST. TYPE: III-A)
    Trade
    Roofing
    ZIP
    Not published
  2. Issued 400-499 N DESPLAINES ST Contractor: GUY ROOFING INC Declared value: $399,900 SCOPE: ROOF RECOVER. AREA: 29000 SQ. FT. ROOF COVERING: OTHER. LOCATION: ROOFING. IL ROOFING CONTRACTOR LICENSE: 104016445.
    Permit type
    PERMIT – EXPRESS PERMIT PROGRAM / Reroofing
    Work description
    SCOPE: ROOF RECOVER. AREA: 29000 SQ. FT. ROOF COVERING: OTHER. LOCATION: ROOFING. IL ROOFING CONTRACTOR LICENSE: 104016445.
    Trade
    Roofing
    ZIP
    Not published
  3. Issued 7100-7199 W ADDISON ST Contractor: A&A IMPROVEMENTS INC Declared value: $60,000 SCOPE: ROOF REPLACEMENT. AREA: 60 SQ. FT. ROOF COVERING: OTHER. LOCATION: ROOF ELEVATION. IL ROOFING CONTRACTOR LICENSE: 104016761.
    Permit type
    PERMIT – EXPRESS PERMIT PROGRAM / Reroofing
    Work description
    SCOPE: ROOF REPLACEMENT. AREA: 60 SQ. FT. ROOF COVERING: OTHER. LOCATION: ROOF ELEVATION. IL ROOFING CONTRACTOR LICENSE: 104016761.
    Trade
    Roofing
    ZIP
    Not published
  4. Issued 2000-2099 N MOHAWK ST Contractor: No contractor named Declared value: $20,400 SCOPE: ROOF REPLACEMENT. AREA: 750 SQ. FT. ROOF COVERING: BUILT-UP ROOF. LOCATION: FRONT UNIT FACING STREET. IL ROOFING CONTRACTOR LICENSE: 104018963.
    Permit type
    PERMIT – EXPRESS PERMIT PROGRAM / Reroofing
    Work description
    SCOPE: ROOF REPLACEMENT. AREA: 750 SQ. FT. ROOF COVERING: BUILT-UP ROOF. LOCATION: FRONT UNIT FACING STREET. IL ROOFING CONTRACTOR LICENSE: 104018963.
    Trade
    Roofing
    ZIP
    Not published
  5. Issued 4500-4599 S KARLOV AVE Contractor: QCA ROOFING INC Declared value: $13,764.72 SCOPE: ROOF REPLACEMENT. AREA: 1954 SQ. FT. ROOF COVERING: ASPHALT SHINGLES. LOCATION: RESIDENTIAL/GARAGE ROOF. IL ROOFING CONTRACTOR LICENSE: 104015517.
    Permit type
    PERMIT – EXPRESS PERMIT PROGRAM / Reroofing
    Work description
    SCOPE: ROOF REPLACEMENT. AREA: 1954 SQ. FT. ROOF COVERING: ASPHALT SHINGLES. LOCATION: RESIDENTIAL/GARAGE ROOF. IL ROOFING CONTRACTOR LICENSE: 104015517.
    Trade
    Roofing
    ZIP
    Not published

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Where Chicago's permits went last week

Chicago, IL 691 permits in the last 7 days, by trade
Chicago permits by trade, last 7 days
TradePermitsTrade only in the descriptionSold as a product
Remodel2213Yes
Other1780No
Electrical976Yes
New construction562No
Solar531Yes
Roofing466Yes
Plumbing2611Yes
HVAC145Yes

Of the 513 Chicago permits we put in a trade, 34 (7%) name the trade only in the description text. A search on the permit type alone misses them. For roofing: 6 of 46.

Public records, published by each city. Updated 2026-10-22. Trade labels come from our fixed keyword rules.

Fields in each row

Permit id
The city's permit number.
Issue date
The date the city issued the permit.
Address
Street address as published.
City and ZIP
As published, where the dataset has them.
Permit type
The city's own permit type and class.
Work description
The city's description of the work, trimmed.
Declared value
The job value the applicant declared, where the city publishes it.
Trade
Our label, from fixed keyword rules.
Contractor
Business name and licence number, where the city publishes them.
Source record
A link to the city's record of the permit.

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