Building permits for new construction, summary table of preliminary figures

Building permits
Quarter 1 Authorised building permits, number Gross floor area (1 000 sq.m.)
  Total Residential buildings Buildings for seasonal and secondary use Non-residential buildings Total Residential buildings / Buildings for seasonal and secondary use Non-residential buildings
2023 2 400 1 350 450 600 2 229 910 1 319
2024 2 050 1 050 400 600 1 694 814 880
2025* 2 350 1 200 450 700 1 885 983 902

* Figures for the latest year are corrected by 10 percent for the number of building permits and 7 percent for gross floor area which are the average backlog in recent years.

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Source
SCB

Last updated
2025-05-23

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