Statistics of building permits, March 2025

More building permits issued, fewer dwellings planned

At the monthly level, 29% more building permits were issued and their floor area was 6% larger. On the other hand, 5% fewer dwellings were planned.

  • 18 April 2025 at 10:30
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  • provisional data
Floor area of planned buildings larger

In March, 560 building permits were issued, which is 29% more than in the previous month: for residential buildings 250 (10% more) and for non-residential buildings 310 (50% more). The total floor area of all planned buildings was 140,284 m2, which is 6% more than in February. The total floor area of planned residential buildings went down by 5% and of non-residential buildings up by 21%.

Fewer dwellings planned

By issuing building permits, in March construction of 382 dwellings was planned, which is 5% fewer than a month before. In one-dwelling buildings 229 or 13% more dwellings were planned, while in two- and more dwelling buildings 153 or 24% fewer dwellings were planned. The average size of dwellings in one-dwelling buildings will be 161 m2 and in two- and more dwelling buildings 79 m2.

Almost a third of dwellings to be built in the Osrednjeslovenska statistical region

The largest number of dwellings were planned in the Osrednjeslovenska statistical region, 118 or 31% of all. 109 dwellings (29% of all) were planned in Podravska and 27 (7% of all) in Savinjska. In other statistical regions fewer dwellings were planned, the fewest (4) in Primorsko-notranjska.

Tables with the latest data are available in the SiStat Database.

Floor area of buildings, Slovenia1)
Floor area of buildings, Slovenia<sup>1)</sup>
1) Data for 2025 are provisional.
Planned dwellings by statistical regions, Slovenia, March 2025
Planned dwellings by statistical regions, Slovenia, March 2025
1) Including Goriška, Jugovzhodna Slovenija, Obalno-kraška, Pomurska, Posavska, Primorsko-notranjska and Zasavska statistical regions.
Building permits for buildings and planned dwellings, Slovenia, March 2025
BuildingsPlanned dwellings
numberm2numberm2
Total560140,28438248,878
  residental buildings25077,03338248,878
  non-residental buildings31063,25100
METHODOLOGICAL NOTE
At the same time with this publication final data on issued building permits for 2024 are published in the SiStat Database. Final data for 2025 will be published on 20 April 2026.

Building permits issued by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Spatial Planning are not covered.

Additional explanations are available in the methodological explanations.
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