October Leads Minneapolis’s 36-Month Filing Pattern

Volume Change and Seasonality

This review covers City of Minneapolis permit records through October 12, 2026.

The latest 12 months contained 31,701 permits, down from 33,801 in the preceding 12 months. That is a decrease of 2,100 permits, or 6.2%. The direction differs from Columbus, OH, where the comparable count was up 4.7%. (The 2026 calendar-year total is partial and should not be compared with full-year totals.)

Across the most recent 36 months, October was the busiest month, carrying 10.9% of filings. January was the quietest, at 6.1%. October's share was 1.8 times January's, indicating a meaningful spread between the peak and the low point rather than a flat monthly pattern.

The record shows 22,838 permits in 2026 through October 12. Earlier annual totals ranged from 32,344 in 2021 to 42,419 in 2023, while 2025 recorded 32,996 permits. Those annual counts provide historical context, but the rolling 12-month comparison is the direct measure of the recent change.

Filing Concentration and Largest Filers

Among 3,552 active named contractors in the latest 12 months, the 10 contractors with the highest permit counts held 28.9% of named permits. Minneapolis’s top-10 share was higher than Columbus’s 24.6% by 4.3 points. This is concentration in filing counts, not a measure of company size, quality, employment, or revenue. (All permits in this period included a contractor name.)

CenterPoint Energy Resource Corp ranked first by permit count, with 4,214 permits and plumbing as its main trade. Warners Stellian Co Inc followed with 1,181 permits, also mainly in plumbing. Standard Heating and Air Conditioning Inc ranked third with 873 permits and mechanical as its main trade.

The remaining contractors in the top 10 show a mix of mechanical, plumbing, and building filings. Bonfes Plumbing Heating And Air Service Inc recorded 461 permits, Renewal By Andersen Corp recorded 445, MN Plumbing & Home Services INC recorded 433, and Dean's Professional Plumbing Inc recorded 432. Urban Pine Plumbing and Mechanical Inc, Hero Home Services LLC, and ACS Logistics Holdings LLC also appeared among the 10 highest filers by permit count.

New Contractors and Trade Mix

The city records identified 1,174 newcomers among the 3,552 active named contractors in the latest 12 months. That represents 33.1% of active contractors. The count indicates a substantial group newly identified in the period, while the concentration measure shows that a smaller set of established high-volume filers submitted a notable share of named permits. (Newcomer status does not establish a contractor’s business age or market tenure.)

Plumbing work appears on 42.0% of all permits, or 13,311 permits. Building work is included on 32.4% of permits, totaling 10,285, while mechanical work shows up on 25.3%, or 8,018 permits. These trade measures overlap because one permit can include several trades; they do not divide the market into separate shares.

Record Scope

The City of Minneapolis record begins in 2016 and covers distinct permit numbers. Declared project values are too incomplete to summarize, and permits are not linked into projects with measured accuracy, so the records do not support trade-timing analysis.