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Signs permits in Loop

The typical signs permit issued in Loop took 38 days. The 75th-percentile wait was 77 days.

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

Records checked6622021–Sep. 15, 2026

The short answer

For Signs permits in Loop, 662 issued permit records show a median processing time of 38 days; 75% were issued within 77 days and 90% within 134 days, covering January 2021 through September 15, 2026.

Typical wait38 daysmedian issued permit

Usually within77 days75% of records

Long-wait edge134 days90% of records

Evidence662issued permits

The median was 16 days slower than the previous 12 months.

Signs permits in Loop: wait distribution

For Signs permits in Loop, 662 issued permits are distributed across five elapsed-time bands from same-day issuance through waits of 91 days or longer.

Same day

1.8%

1–7 days

13.4%

8–30 days

30.1%

31–90 days

35.5%

91+ days

19.2%

Change over time

Signs permits in Loop: annual permit timing

Signs permits in Loop has 6 publishable issue-year cohorts spanning 2021–2026, representing 662 issued records in the annual table.

Issue year	Records	Median	75th percentile	90th percentile
2021	96	48 days	95 days	140 days
2022	142	19 days	72 days	188 days
2023	135	33 days	63 days	82 days
2024	79	35 days	58 days	95 days
2025	125	35 days	86 days	119 days
2026*	85	49 days	102 days	129 days

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

Context

Signs permits in Loop: Signs timing in comparable community areas

Signs permits in Loop has 662 issued records, a 38 days median, and a 77 days 75th-percentile wait in this release.

Report	Median	75% within	Records
Loop	38 days	77 days	662
Jefferson Park	37 days	64 days	89
Lincoln Square	37 days	150 days	197
Greater Grand Crossing	35 days	71 days	57
Lincoln Park	35 days	77 days	639
Edgewater	34 days	62 days	181
Forest Glen	33 days	138 days	55
Lower West Side	33 days	77 days	169

More Signs permits in Loop comparisons

The Signs permits in Loop cohort contains 662 issued records; related links retain separate location and permit-category cohorts.

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