120,106 building permits in Boston are still open.

Only 29.8% of eligible building permits have been closed.

The median applicant closes 29.9% of their building permits.

Tracking 170,980 building permits across 28,999 applicants. Data updated daily from Analyze Boston.

Lowest Building Permit Closure Rates

Applicants with 20+ rated permits, active in the last 3 years. Methodology

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#	Applicant	Total Permits	Rated Eligible	Closed	Still Open	Closure Rate
151	edward murphy	25	24	4	20	16.7%
152	Ian Wade	320	309	52	257	16.8%
153	JAIME MORIN	527	512	87	425	17.0%
154	Alessandro Vicente	47	47	8	39	17.0%
155	Ian J Wade	35	35	6	29	17.1%
156	Trevor Blake	77	64	11	53	17.2%
157	Benjamin Haney	29	29	5	24	17.2%
158	Andy Kane	58	23	4	19	17.4%
159	CRAIG ORN	26	23	4	19	17.4%
160	CHRISTOPHER FERRARO	24	23	4	19	17.4%
161	David Dixon	23	23	4	19	17.4%
162	Noel Noonan	23	23	4	19	17.4%
163	Richard Donovan	23	23	4	19	17.4%
164	Philip Kapitan	411	320	56	264	17.5%
165	Girolamo Dipierro	41	40	7	33	17.5%
166	Patrick Keady	40	40	7	33	17.5%
167	Thomas Burke	85	85	15	70	17.6%
168	John Sheehan	34	34	6	28	17.6%
169	eoin o donnell	81	79	14	65	17.7%
170	John Moriarty	1,332	1,290	229	1,061	17.8%
171	Aaron Blum	75	72	13	59	18.1%
172	jack ordway	37	33	6	27	18.2%
173	michael mcgrath	22	22	4	18	18.2%
174	Ryan Cole	123	120	22	98	18.3%
175	Gregg Donovan	99	98	18	80	18.4%
176	John Moran	354	352	65	287	18.5%
177	Ian Feeney	28	27	5	22	18.5%
178	Paata Macharashvili	69	69	13	56	18.8%
179	Brian Roberts	269	252	48	204	19.0%
180	Nolan Deverix	43	42	8	34	19.0%
181	obrian stadhard	42	42	8	34	19.0%
182	Kevin Houlker	22	21	4	17	19.0%
183	Mario Martin	22	21	4	17	19.0%
184	mark swab	22	21	4	17	19.0%
185	Carl Johnson	21	21	4	17	19.0%
186	Peter Piselli	21	21	4	17	19.0%
187	Philmore Phillip	73	73	14	59	19.2%
188	Douglas Arevalo	30	26	5	21	19.2%
189	Wilber Villatoro	29	26	5	21	19.2%
190	Matthew Grosshandler	27	26	5	21	19.2%
191	C POWER MASONRY INC	39	36	7	29	19.4%
192	Trevor Brown	73	46	9	37	19.6%
193	Anthony Dicarlo	47	46	9	37	19.6%
194	michael sammon	58	56	11	45	19.6%
195	Kevin Cradock	65	61	12	49	19.7%
196	Paul Donelan	72	71	14	57	19.7%
197	Vernon Woodworth	76	76	15	61	19.7%
198	Robert Poczobut	188	186	37	149	19.9%
199	Derek Coulter	45	40	8	32	20.0%
200	stephen robinson	45	45	9	36	20.0%