Who is building in Atlanta, by the numbers.
Groundbreak Atlanta tracks every Atlanta development project from the public record: permits, planning cases and DeKalb deeds & loans, with the contractor, the owner and the lender named, updated daily. These tables are computed from those filings about once an hour, with the method and the computed time on each page.
- Largest building permits filed in Atlanta this month
The biggest building permits issued in Atlanta this calendar month by declared valuation, with the project each belongs to. From the city and county permit feeds, updated hourly.
- Most active general contractors in Atlanta, last 90 days
The general contractors named on the most building permits in Atlanta over the last 90 days, counted from the permits themselves.
- Most active developers in Atlanta
The developers with the most tracked projects in Atlanta, with how many are live (proposed through under construction), from the project files.
- Most active construction lenders in Atlanta, last 90 days
Lenders by the number of mortgages and deeds of trust recorded in Atlanta over the last 90 days, from the county clerk indexes. Counts only; the borrower and amount on each loan are on the Pro plan.
Atlanta guides
- Atlanta building permits and planning cases: what the city and DeKalb County publish, and how to read them →
- Construction lead services compared, 2026: Dodge, ConstructConnect, BuildCentral, Shovels and the public record →
- Who bought it and who lent on it: reading Atlanta deeds and security deeds in DeKalb and Fulton →
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