Building permits, February 2026: 88 new apartment buildings
In February 2026 the first building permit was issued for 88 new apartment buildings, compared with 44 in February 2025 (+100%). Attica accounted for 52 of them.
The month at a glance
- 88 new apartment buildings (44 in February 2025, +100%).
- 57,888 m² total built area (26,085 m² last year), 710 parking spaces.
- On average 5.4 levels per building; half of the apartment buildings are below 540 m².
- In 54 of the 88 projects a company is among the owners.
- From January to February: 161 new apartment buildings (79 in the same period of 2025, +104%).
Where
| Area | Feb 2026 | Feb 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Attica | 52 | 20 |
| Thessaloniki regional unit | 5 | 2 |
| Rest of Greece | 31 | 22 |
Outside Attica, the regions with the most were Central Macedonia (8), Crete (8), Thessaly (5), Western Greece (5).
The municipalities with the most new apartment buildings in February:
| Municipality | New apartment buildings |
|---|---|
| Athens | 8 |
| Egaleo, Patras, Chania | 4 each |
| Marousi, Volos, Vyronas, Kalamata, Moschato-Tavros, Peristeri | 3 each |
Renovations and small-scale works
In February, 7,792 small-scale building works approvals were issued (7,357 in February 2025, +6%). The works declared most often:
| Work | Feb 2026 | Feb 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Insulation and waterproofing | 2,914 | 1,973 | +48% |
| Interior alterations and renovations | 2,652 | 2,802 | −5% |
| Painting, repairs and scaffolding | 2,150 | 1,824 | +18% |
| Windows, doors, facades and openings | 1,093 | 1,076 | +2% |
| Roofs, canopies and pergolas | 855 | 829 | +3% |
| Heating, fireplaces and chimneys | 435 | 330 | +32% |
| Fences and outdoor areas | 269 | 309 | −13% |
| Pools and tanks | 150 | 147 | +2% |
For crews and suppliers
An apartment building that received a permit in February will need excavation and frame in the following months, and later electrical, plumbing, insulation, windows and doors and floors. The projects, with their address and date, are on the map; see also the figures for the year.
How we count
We count only new apartment buildings: buildings with at least 4 levels and dwellings on at least 2 floors. Each project counts once, on the date of the first building permit; revisions, updates and pre-approvals do not count as a new permit. A permit does not mean that works have started.
The works come from the Small-Scale Building Works Approvals (Law 4759/2020) that the Technical Chamber of Greece (TEE) posts on Diavgeia, based on the standardised catalogue of works on the form. An act may list more than one work, so it counts in each relevant category. Source: TEE acts on Diavgeia. The numbers are recalculated every evening, because some acts are posted late.
In the first quarter of 2025 permits were few across the country: after the Council of State ruling on the "bonuses" of the NOK (the New Building Regulation) in December 2024, the building services approved only permits without them (Parapolitika). That is why the comparison with 2025 shows a bigger change in the first months.