Orlando building & ADU permits
Recent permit activity, updated continuously.
Orlando sits in Central Florida, where ADUs are regulated locally — Florida encourages but does not require cities to allow them. Orlando's feed provides street addresses but sparse coordinates, so Igni forward-geocodes each address to a ZIP via the free US Census geocoder before classifying the permit.
Igni is tracking 2,673 residential and building permits in Orlando, FL — including 9 classified accessory-dwelling-unit (ADU) filings. The most active ZIP is 32803. The most recent filing Igni tracked was Nov 2, 2026. All records come from data.cityoforlando.net (Socrata), an official government open-data feed, and are refreshed continuously.
2673
Permits tracked
9
ADU permits
17
Distinct ZIP codes
Nov 2, 2026
Newest permit
Recent permits
A sample of the freshest permits in this jurisdiction — ZIP and city only (no street addresses).
| ZIP | Permit type | ADU type | Valuation | Applied |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32819 | Commercial | — | $1,000 | Sep 25, 2026 |
| 32812 | Residential | — | $2,400 | Nov 2, 2026 |
| 32835 | Residential | — | $10,800 | Oct 22, 2026 |
| 32812 | Residential | — | $2,400 | Nov 2, 2026 |
| 32824 | Commercial | — | $8,350 | Oct 19, 2026 |
| 32803 | Commercial | — | $30,148 | Oct 22, 2026 |
| 32827 | Residential | — | $60,000 | Oct 15, 2026 |
| 32829 | Residential | — | $40,000 | Jun 30, 2026 |
| 32801 | Commercial | — | $140,000 | Oct 19, 2026 |
| 32803 | Residential | — | $40,000 | Aug 19, 2026 |
| 32804 | Residential | — | $400,000 | Sep 10, 2026 |
| 32801 | Commercial | — | $5,000 | Sep 25, 2026 |
| 32812 | Residential | — | $2,400 | Nov 2, 2026 |
| 32812 | Residential | — | $2,400 | Nov 2, 2026 |
| 32812 | Residential | — | $2,400 | Nov 2, 2026 |
| 32832 | Residential | — | $13,000 | Oct 2, 2026 |
| 32812 | Residential | — | $2,400 | Nov 2, 2026 |
| 32805 | Commercial | — | $30,000 | Sep 30, 2026 |
| 32822 | Residential | — | $1,677 | Oct 19, 2026 |
| 32804 | Residential | — | $10,000 | Oct 26, 2026 |
Top ZIP codes by recent activity
ADU types in the recent set
Permit activity in Orlando
Igni counted 9,701 permits issued in Orlando over the last 12 months (Oct 2025 – Sep 2026) — down 9.0% on the 10,665 in the 12 months before. The forecast expects about 4,419 over the next 6 months.
Forecast: seasonal naive, typical error ±8% in backtests one to six months ahead. How we forecast
| Permit type | Last 12 months | Year over year | Forecast, next 6 months |
|---|---|---|---|
| All permits | 9,701 | Down 9.0% | ≈ 4,419 |
| Residential building | 6,873 | Down 13.0% | ≈ 3,236 |
| Commercial building | 2,386 | Up 3.0% | ≈ 1,194 |
| Trade (electrical, plumbing, mechanical) | 438 | Down 2.0% | ≈ 222 |
| ADU | 32 | — | — |
Monthly figures
| Month | Permits | 10th–90th percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 2023 | 1,120 | — |
| Nov 2023 | 936 | — |
| Dec 2023 | 829 | — |
| Jan 2024 | 990 | — |
| Feb 2024 | 889 | — |
| Mar 2024 | 963 | — |
| Apr 2024 | 976 | — |
| May 2024 | 957 | — |
| Jun 2024 | 888 | — |
| Jul 2024 | 1,021 | — |
| Aug 2024 | 958 | — |
| Sep 2024 | 860 | — |
| Oct 2024 | 1,012 | — |
| Nov 2024 | 793 | — |
| Dec 2024 | 788 | — |
| Jan 2025 | 752 | — |
| Feb 2025 | 956 | — |
| Mar 2025 | 1,025 | — |
| Apr 2025 | 983 | — |
| May 2025 | 896 | — |
| Jun 2025 | 871 | — |
| Jul 2025 | 953 | — |
| Aug 2025 | 829 | — |
| Sep 2025 | 807 | — |
| Oct 2025 | 932 | — |
| Nov 2025 | 743 | — |
| Dec 2025 | 841 | — |
| Jan 2026 | 717 | — |
| Feb 2026 | 753 | — |
| Mar 2026 | 872 | — |
| Apr 2026 | 930 | — |
| May 2026 | 795 | — |
| Jun 2026 | 882 | — |
| Jul 2026 | 832 | — |
| Aug 2026 | 778 | — |
| Sep 2026 | 626 | — |
| Oct 2026 (forecast) | ≈ 848 | 705–948 |
| Nov 2026 (forecast) | ≈ 676 | 565–755 |
| Dec 2026 (forecast) | ≈ 765 | 642–839 |
| Jan 2027 (forecast) | ≈ 652 | 548–700 |
| Feb 2027 (forecast) | ≈ 685 | 575–720 |
| Mar 2027 (forecast) | ≈ 793 | 665–832 |
Counts are permits issued per calendar month as Orlando publishes them to its open-data feed — not a complete census; a change in what the city publishes moves them too. The current month is left out, and the most recent months are provisional. A forecast is a statistical estimate with a range, not a prediction for any project. Informational only.
How long do permits take in Orlando?
Based on 28,566 Orlando permits applied for between Nov 2023 and Aug 2026, the typical (median) permit was issued 11 days after application, and the middle half of permits took 0–44 days. One in ten took longer than 103 days.
| Permit type | Median | Typical range | Permits |
|---|---|---|---|
| All permits | 11 days | 0–44 days | 28,566 |
| Residential building | 3 days | 0–29 days | 21,258 |
| Commercial building | 41 days | 13–91 days | 6,104 |
| Trade (electrical, plumbing, mechanical) | 27 days | 16–50 days | 1,189 |
| ADU | 80 days | 2–167 days | 64 |
Typical, not guaranteed: individual permits vary with project scope, application completeness and plan-review workload. Days are calendar days from application to issuance; applications still pending are counted as not-yet-issued rather than dropped. Informational only, not legal advice. How we calculate approval times.
Housing law — Florida
In Florida, accessory dwelling units are regulated locally — state law (§163.31771) encourages but does not require cities and counties to allow them, so rules vary by jurisdiction and there is no statewide ADU mandate.
Florida has no statewide 'missing middle' zoning law; instead the Live Local Act (2023, amended 2024–2025) preempts local zoning to allow larger affordable multifamily projects on commercial, industrial and mixed-use land.
Data source
Sourced from data.cityoforlando.net (Socrata). Public records (no declared open license).
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Informational only, not legal advice. Headline counts reflect all permits Igni has tracked for this jurisdiction; the table shows recent activity. Housing law changes — verify current statutes before relying on this.