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Chicago · building permits · month 2025-10

How many scaffolding permits did Chicago issue in October 2025?

35. That is every matching building permit the City issued from 2025-10-01 to 2025-10-31, counted in the City’s own dataset ydr8-5enu and re-read hourly. Filter: Any permit whose work description mentions scaffolding. 297 in the year to 2026-07-01 — a thin trade, so quiet weeks are common.

scaffolding permits issued in October 2025

35

Combined reported cost

$17,000

where the permit reports one

Permits reporting a cost

1

Largest single permit

$17,000

highest reported cost this month

Window 2025-10-01 to 2025-10-31 · measured 2026-07-31 · City of Chicago dataset ydr8-5enu

Chicago scaffolding permits issued 2025-10-01 to 2025-10-31, largest first
IssuedAddressPermit typeReported costSource
2025-10-071800 W LAKE STPERMIT - NEW CONSTRUCTION$17,000101075088
2025-10-308 S MICHIGAN AVEPERMIT – EXPRESS PERMIT PROGRAMB200449073
2025-10-304800 S CHICAGO BEACH DRPERMIT – EXPRESS PERMIT PROGRAMB200449116
2025-10-292950 N SHERIDAN RDPERMIT – EXPRESS PERMIT PROGRAMB200448855
2025-10-28616 W FULTON STPERMIT – EXPRESS PERMIT PROGRAMB200448352
2025-10-2850 E CHESTNUT STPERMIT – EXPRESS PERMIT PROGRAMB200448692
2025-10-28509 N DEARBORN STPERMIT – EXPRESS PERMIT PROGRAMB200448105
2025-10-24421 W MELROSE STPERMIT – EXPRESS PERMIT PROGRAMB200448340
2025-10-24525 S STATE STPERMIT – EXPRESS PERMIT PROGRAMB200448279
2025-10-235030 N MARINE DRPERMIT – EXPRESS PERMIT PROGRAMB200448100
2025-10-23205 S PEORIA STPERMIT – EXPRESS PERMIT PROGRAMB200448115
2025-10-23564 W ADAMS STPERMIT – EXPRESS PERMIT PROGRAMB200447918
2025-10-22135 S LA SALLE STPERMIT – EXPRESS PERMIT PROGRAMB200447536
2025-10-221720 S MICHIGAN AVEPERMIT – EXPRESS PERMIT PROGRAMB200446987
2025-10-2170 E WALTON STPERMIT – EXPRESS PERMIT PROGRAMB200446353
2025-10-17160 N LA SALLE STPERMIT – EXPRESS PERMIT PROGRAMB200447296
2025-10-17676 N MICHIGAN AVEPERMIT – EXPRESS PERMIT PROGRAMB200447210
2025-10-172 N RIVERSIDE PLZPERMIT – EXPRESS PERMIT PROGRAMB200447337
2025-10-16435 N MICHIGAN AVEPERMIT – EXPRESS PERMIT PROGRAMB200446928
2025-10-15311 W MONROE STPERMIT – EXPRESS PERMIT PROGRAMB200446902
2025-10-15142 E ONTARIO STPERMIT – EXPRESS PERMIT PROGRAMB200446138
2025-10-1585 W IDA B WELLS DRPERMIT – EXPRESS PERMIT PROGRAMB200446962
2025-10-133100 N SHERIDAN RDPERMIT – EXPRESS PERMIT PROGRAMB200446491
2025-10-091407 S MICHIGAN AVEPERMIT – EXPRESS PERMIT PROGRAMB200446197
2025-10-081100 N LAKE SHORE DRPERMIT – EXPRESS PERMIT PROGRAMB200445985
2025-10-07PERMIT – EXPRESS PERMIT PROGRAMB200445594
2025-10-06333 W WACKER DRPERMIT – EXPRESS PERMIT PROGRAMB200445507
2025-10-06321 N CLARK STPERMIT – EXPRESS PERMIT PROGRAMB200445509
2025-10-0670 W MADISON STPERMIT – EXPRESS PERMIT PROGRAMB200445514
2025-10-0685 E WACKER DRPERMIT – EXPRESS PERMIT PROGRAMB200445477
2025-10-02500 W SUPERIOR STPERMIT – EXPRESS PERMIT PROGRAMB200444976
2025-10-01219 S DEARBORN STPERMIT – EXPRESS PERMIT PROGRAMB200444617
2025-10-01669 N MICHIGAN AVEPERMIT – EXPRESS PERMIT PROGRAMB200443770
2025-10-0110 S DEARBORN STPERMIT – EXPRESS PERMIT PROGRAMB200442948
2025-10-01808 N CLEVELAND AVEPERMIT – EXPRESS PERMIT PROGRAMB200444887
Fetched 2026-07-31 · City of Chicago dataset ydr8-5enu · records as issued by the City

October 2025 · week by week

Each week below holds every matching permit for its seven days, not just the largest. ISO weeks, so the first and last may reach a few days outside October 2025.

October 2025 · other trades

Permit Signal

A month is the scoreboard. Subscribers get their trade’s permits the morning each one becomes public — connected, with the contractor attached.