Building permits, March 2026: 123 new apartment buildings
In March 2026 the first building permit was issued for 123 new apartment buildings, compared with 49 in March 2025 (+151%). Attica accounted for 72 of them.
The month at a glance
- 123 new apartment buildings (49 in March 2025, +151%).
- 79,958 m² total built area (30,349 m² last year), 783 parking spaces.
- On average 5.4 levels per building; half of the apartment buildings are below 473 m².
- In 64 of the 123 projects a company is among the owners.
- From January to March: 284 new apartment buildings (128 in the same period of 2025, +122%).
Where
| Area | Mar 2026 | Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Attica | 72 | 30 |
| Thessaloniki regional unit | 8 | 2 |
| Rest of Greece | 43 | 17 |
Outside Attica, the regions with the most were Central Macedonia (15), East Macedonia and Thrace (11), Thessaly (9), Peloponnese (3).
The municipalities with the most new apartment buildings in March:
| Municipality | New apartment buildings |
|---|---|
| Athens | 10 |
| Piraeus | 6 |
| Glyfada, Thessaloniki | 5 each |
| Volos, Xanthi, Chalandri | 4 each |
| Agios Dimitrios, Alexandroupoli, Vari-Voula-Vouliagmeni, Ilioupoli, Ioannina, Kalamata, Katerini, Komotini, Larissa, Nea Ionia, Peristeri | 3 each |
Renovations and small-scale works
In March, 11,670 small-scale building works approvals were issued (7,755 in March 2025, +50%). The works declared most often:
| Work | Mar 2026 | Mar 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Insulation and waterproofing | 5,481 | 2,059 | +166% |
| Painting, repairs and scaffolding | 3,636 | 1,936 | +88% |
| Interior alterations and renovations | 3,168 | 2,930 | +8% |
| Windows, doors, facades and openings | 1,525 | 1,022 | +49% |
| Roofs, canopies and pergolas | 1,049 | 871 | +20% |
| Heating, fireplaces and chimneys | 711 | 310 | +129% |
| Fences and outdoor areas | 343 | 494 | −31% |
| Tree felling | 276 | 155 | +78% |
For crews and suppliers
An apartment building that received a permit in March 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.