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Express Permit Program permits in Loop

The typical express permit program permit issued in Loop took 2 days. The 75th-percentile wait was 15 days.

Source: City of Chicago Building Permits · Issued-permit cohort · Updated Sep. 16, 2026

Records checked9,4442021–Sep. 15, 2026

The short answer

For Express Permit Program permits in Loop, 9,444 issued permit records show a median processing time of 2 days; 75% were issued within 15 days and 90% within 38 days, covering January 2021 through September 15, 2026.

Typical wait2 daysmedian issued permit

Usually within15 days75% of records

Long-wait edge38 days90% of records

Evidence9,444issued permits

The median was unchanged from the previous 12 months.

Express Permit Program permits in Loop: wait distribution

For Express Permit Program permits in Loop, 9,444 issued permits are distributed across five elapsed-time bands from same-day issuance through waits of 91 days or longer.

Same day

38.8%

1–7 days

28.5%

8–30 days

19.4%

31–90 days

9.9%

91+ days

3.3%

Change over time

Express Permit Program permits in Loop: annual permit timing

Express Permit Program permits in Loop has 6 publishable issue-year cohorts spanning 2021–2026, representing 9,444 issued records in the annual table.

Issue year	Records	Median	75th percentile	90th percentile
2021	1,609	0 days	18 days	36 days
2022	1,558	1 day	27 days	49 days
2023	1,695	5 days	29 days	104 days
2024	1,890	3 days	16 days	33 days
2025	1,647	2 days	6 days	14 days
2026*	1,045	2 days	6 days	14 days

*2026 is partial through Sep. 15. Year labels use the permit issue date, not the application date.

Context

Express Permit Program permits in Loop: Express Permit Program timing in comparable community areas

Express Permit Program permits in Loop has 9,444 issued records, a 2 days median, and a 15 days 75th-percentile wait in this release.

Report	Median	75% within	Records
Bridgeport	2 days	8.2 days	692
East Garfield Park	2 days	8 days	616
Grand Boulevard	2 days	9 days	676
Loop	2 days	15 days	9,444
Montclare	2 days	10 days	294
North Lawndale	2 days	8 days	1,020
Uptown	2 days	10 days	1,063
West Town	2 days	12 days	2,616

More Express Permit Program permits in Loop comparisons

The Express Permit Program permits in Loop cohort contains 9,444 issued records; related links retain separate location and permit-category cohorts.

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