# France Building Permits — All Buildings (floor area, index 2021=100, SA)

France Building Permits — All Buildings (floor area, index 2021=100, SA) was 81.80 in September 2026, down 1.4% from August 2026 and down 7.7% from a year earlier.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 51.70 (Apr 2020) to 117.5 (Feb 2022), averaging 93.66.

- Source agency: Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union)
- Makrognosis code: `FR.BPERMIT.M.SA.GRP-TOTAL`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: Index, 2021=100
- Coverage: 2001-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (309 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/france/building-permits-all-buildings-floor-area-index-2021-100-sa

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| September 2026 | 81.80 |
| August 2026 | 83.00 |
| July 2026 | 82.10 |
| June 2026 | 78.30 |
| May 2026 | 76.10 |
| April 2026 | 80.00 |
| March 2026 | 99.40 |
| February 2026 | 86.00 |
| January 2026 | 79.70 |
| December 2025 | 82.10 |
| November 2025 | 77.90 |
| October 2025 | 84.60 |
| September 2025 | 88.60 |
| August 2025 | 81.10 |
| July 2025 | 87.20 |
| June 2025 | 84.70 |
| May 2025 | 82.50 |
| April 2025 | 87.90 |
| March 2025 | 82.90 |
| February 2025 | 87.40 |
| January 2025 | 86.90 |
| December 2024 | 95.50 |
| November 2024 | 80.90 |
| October 2024 | 79.60 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/FR.BPERMIT.M.SA.GRP-TOTAL"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/FR.BPERMIT.M.SA.GRP-TOTAL",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```