TexasBuild WatchFrom the state project register

Every commercial building project in Texas. Before construction starts.


New stores, restaurants, offices, warehouses, schools, hospitals and data centers across all of Texas, from the state's register of commercial building projects, with the estimated cost and planned start date. On a live map.

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The week’s new names, from the public record

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What this covers. Commercial and public building projects of $50,000 or more anywhere in Texas, registered with TDLR before construction. Homes, and smaller jobs, aren't in the register. Costs are as filed.

Monday morning

New Construction at Hwy 64 & Hwy 323 just landed on the Rest of Texas list.

Other commercial in Henderson. Status: registered with the state (tdlr tabs). A new building needs signs, security, cleaning, flooring, furniture, insurance and staff before it opens. If you sell any of that, this is the name you want on your desk on Monday, with the week still ahead of you.

That’s a real row from Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, TABS project register (tdlr.texas.gov), not a sample. The free email gives you the projects. Pro gives you the street address, estimated cost, planned start, scope and tenant where the filing shows it.

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From the public records, updated daily

New in all of Texas, by the numbers

911 new in the last 14 days
372 in the last 7 days
911 registered building projects
465 ZIP codes with a new building project

New building projects per day

Last 21 days, by source

New buildings
050100150Oct 23Oct 28Nov 2Nov 7Nov 12
See the numbers
DayNew buildings
Oct 2383
Oct 243
Oct 254
Oct 2676
Oct 2788
Oct 2889
Oct 2972
Oct 3077
Oct 315
Nov 110
Nov 2101
Nov 3107
Nov 480
Nov 587
Nov 686
Nov 77
Nov 86
Nov 993
Nov 1074
Nov 11106
Nov 120

“Last 7 days” above is the newest 7 days of this chart added up (see the numbers). Dates are the source date for rows from our first read, then the day a row first appeared in the file we read. Files update on their own schedules, so some rows arrive in batches.

By region

Last 14 days

  • Dallas-Fort Worth 300
  • Houston metro 232
  • Rest of Texas 140
  • Austin metro 131
  • San Antonio metro 70
  • Rio Grande Valley 24
  • El Paso metro 14

By category

Last 14 days

  • Schools & public 203
  • Other commercial 188
  • Stores & restaurants 175
  • Industrial & warehouse 144
  • Offices 118
  • Healthcare 51
  • Apartments & hotels 32

The pipeline

Last 14 days, by what the state shows

  • 911 Registered. The project registered with TDLR before construction, with its estimated cost and planned start.

Top cities

Last 14 days

  1. Houston 101
  2. Dallas 65
  3. Austin 61
  4. San Antonio 46
  5. Fort Worth 38
  6. Katy 19
  7. Plano 17
  8. El Paso 14
  9. Round Rock 12
  10. Arlington 11
  11. Frisco 11
  12. Georgetown 11
  13. Mckinney 10
  14. Sugar Land 10
  15. Grand Prairie 9

Newest projects to watch

The newest registered building projects in Texas

    Busiest ZIP codes

    Last 14 days

    ZIPCityNewTop category
    77494Katy13Stores & restaurants
    77002Houston12Other commercial
    75201Dallas10Offices
    76063Mansfield10Stores & restaurants
    75024Plano7Stores & restaurants
    75050Grand Prairie7Industrial & warehouse
    75206Dallas7Other commercial
    77030Houston7Healthcare
    77338Humble7Industrial & warehouse
    77449Katy7Other commercial

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    How it works

    The registration shows up first

    Texas requires every commercial building project of $50,000 or more to register with the state before construction. That record is how we see new buildings coming.

    Step 1

    The record gets published

    Texas requires every commercial or public building project of $50,000 or more to register with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation before construction, for accessibility review. Each registration lists the project, its address, type of work, estimated cost and planned dates.

    Step 2

    We read and sort it

    We read the state's register every day and list each new registration once, by its project number, with the project name, city, county, type of work (new building, renovation or addition), estimated cost and planned start.

    Step 3

    You see it, with its limits

    The cost is the registrant's own estimate, and a few are obvious typos ($180 million for one fast-food store): we flag those and leave them out of totals. A registration is not a groundbreaking; some projects start late or never. Projects under $50,000 and private homes aren't in the register.

    Who it’s for

    Built for people who sell to new commercial building projects

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    Guides

    How a building project shows up in state records

    Plain-English explainers on the state project register behind every list.

    Guide

    How we find new building projects

    The public records behind Texas Build Watch, how we decide what's new, and what we can't see.

    Guide

    How to read a Texas commercial project registration (TABS)

    What a TDLR TABS registration shows: type of work, estimated cost, planned dates, and what it can't tell you.

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