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Virginia home project permits by county

Many Virginia households live outside city limits, where the county building department — not a city — issues the permit. 12 Virginia counties, covering the state's largest jurisdictions, are inventoried here.

Model reviewed August 2026

Counties covered

12

largest jurisdictions first

Municipalities tracked

12

in Virginia

Population covered

4.4M

residents in listed counties

Code basis

Statewide

Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, based on the IRC

Featured counties

The largest and most active permit jurisdictions in the state.

Fairfax County1,147,000 residents · seat FairfaxPrince William County484,000 residents · seat ManassasVirginia Beach County455,618 residents · seat Virginia BeachLoudoun County431,000 residents · seat LeesburgChesterfield County379,000 residents · seat ChesterfieldHenrico County335,000 residents · seat HenricoChesapeake County251,269 residents · seat ChesapeakeNorfolk County232,995 residents · seat NorfolkRichmond City County229,395 residents · seat RichmondStafford County165,000 residents · seat StaffordSpotsylvania County145,000 residents · seat SpotsylvaniaAlbemarle County115,000 residents · seat Charlottesville

All Virginia counties we cover

12 counties, largest first.

Fairfax CountySeat: Fairfax · 1,147,000 residentsPrince William CountySeat: Manassas · 484,000 residentsVirginia Beach CountySeat: Virginia Beach · 455,618 residentsLoudoun CountySeat: Leesburg · 431,000 residentsChesterfield CountySeat: Chesterfield · 379,000 residentsHenrico CountySeat: Henrico · 335,000 residentsChesapeake CountySeat: Chesapeake · 251,269 residentsNorfolk CountySeat: Norfolk · 232,995 residentsRichmond City CountySeat: Richmond · 229,395 residentsStafford CountySeat: Stafford · 165,000 residentsSpotsylvania CountySeat: Spotsylvania · 145,000 residentsAlbemarle CountySeat: Charlottesville · 115,000 residents

Sources

Sources & verification

Model vintage August 2026. The links above are the issuing agencies' own pages — we publish them so you can confirm the current rule yourself, not as evidence that each fact on this page was re-checked with them today. Cost figures are modeled estimates based on national baselines adjusted for local labor and material pricing, not quotes. Permit rules change; confirm with the building department before starting work.