2025 numbers came in with 429 permits
According to Putnam County Mayor Randy Porter, 2025 set a record for building construction in Putnam County.
“The previous record was set in 2022 with 407 permits for $90.3 million. 2025 numbers came in with 429 permits for $103.2 million, the first year to ever cross the $100 million mark,” according to Porter.
December construction in Putnam County had 24 permits for $5.67 million. 12 of those were for new single-family homes.
“In comparison, Dec. 2024 had 22 permits for $5.4 million with 14 of those being new single-family homes,” according to Porter.
December, which is normally considered to be one of the slower months due to weather conditions, generated $19,991 in fees. The numbers are for the County, and they do not include any of the four cities.
Here are the numbers for prior years as a comparison:
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |||||
| Permits | Total Amount | Permits | Total Amount | Permits | Total Amount | Permits | Total Amount | |
| January | 28 | 8,516,500 | 20 | 4,990,900 | 22 | 3,886,300 | 24 | 5,493,600 |
| February | 39 | 7,960,443 | 37 | 6,653,700 | 34 | 8,245,155 | 38 | 10,202,716 |
| March | 30 | 6,355,500 | 34 | 8,705,474 | 25 | 7,056,360 | 54 | 16,349,883 |
| April | 46 | 9,177,568 | 35 | 6,924,500 | 42 | 8,903,850 | 33 | 8,311,168 |
| May | 39 | 6,575,375 | 40 | 7,075,300 | 33 | 7,391,000 | 30 | 5,877,860 |
| June | 51 | 15,624,742 | 36 | 5,922,400 | 36 | 9,476,800 | 43 | 9,989,300 |
| July | 41 | 9,911,325 | 36 | 8,456,000 | 40 | 7,740,700 | 27 | 7,238,000 |
| August | 31 | 6,679,000 | 38 | 7,570,900 | 28 | 3,905,000 | 36 | 6,365,900 |
| September | 30 | 7,751,000 | 37 | 6,171,496 | 28 | 6,478,045 | 38 | 9,415,037 |
| October | 39 | 5,533,500 | 47 | 9,429,590 | 36 | 14,411,700 | 43 | 9,855,147 |
| November | 22 | 5,041,000 | 23 | 4,487,600 | 30 | 5,612,310 | 39 | 8,434,167 |
| December | 11 | 1,215,000 | 25 | 5,829,000 | 22 | 5,397,000 | 24 | 5,664,000 |
| TOTALS | 407 | 90,340,953 | 408 | 82,216,860 | 376 | 88,504,220 | 429 | 103,196,778 |
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