Massachusetts building-permit intelligence
Weekly report · September 21–27, 2026

Massachusetts Building Activity Report

Building-permit filings across 74 Massachusetts communities for the week of September 21–27, 2026, compared with the week before. Compiled from municipal permit records by masspermits.com.

3,039
permits filed this week
-1%
vs prior week (3,328 permits)
$149.3M
total declared project value
$10K
median project value

Where activity spiked

Top 5 towns by week-over-week increase in permit filings (minimum 8 permits).

#1 spike
North Reading
▲+90% (+28 permits)
59 permits this week · 31 the week before
Most active: Renovation/Remodel & Electrical · all North Reading permits →
#2 spike
Braintree
▲+59% (+38 permits)
102 permits this week · 64 the week before
Most active: Renovation/Remodel & Plumbing · all Braintree permits →
#3 spike
Cohasset
▲+127% (+19 permits)
34 permits this week · 15 the week before
Most active: Renovation/Remodel & Electrical · all Cohasset permits →
#4 spike
Mashpee
▲+39% (+39 permits)
140 permits this week · 101 the week before
Most active: Renovation/Remodel & Electrical · all Mashpee permits →
#5 spike
Chicopee
▲+49% (+27 permits)
82 permits this week · 55 the week before
Most active: Building & Renovation/Remodel · all Chicopee permits →

Most active towns

Permits filed last week — spike towns highlighted in green.

Cambridge166Falmouth152Boston150Mashpee140Attleboro116Braintree102Norwood98Pittsfield92Dorchester89Taunton88

What's being built

Trade mix across all permits filed last week.

Electrical778
Renovation/Remodel657
Plumbing445
Gas307
Building191
HVAC175
Other126
Roofing106

Notable projects in spike towns

Largest projects by declared valuation. Street numbers withheld for privacy.

TownStreetTradeWork Valuation

Past weeks

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Every figure above is compiled from public municipal records and is free to cite with attribution. The method, the sources behind each number and what those sources do not publish are documented at masspermits.com/research/methodology, and the full source-by-source coverage table is at /research/coverage.