Statistics of building permits, February 2025

Fewer building permits issued than a month earlier

At the monthly level, 3% fewer building permits were issued in February: for residential buildings 15% more and for non-residential buildings 18% fewer.

  • 20 March 2025 at 10:30
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  • provisional data
Floor area of planned buildings smaller

The total floor area of all planned buildings was slightly less than 133,000 m2, which is 4% less than in the previous month. The floor area for planned residential buildings increased by 16%, while for non-residential buildings it decreased by a quarter.

More dwellings planned

Based on building permits issued in February, construction of 402 dwellings was planned, which is 3% more than in January. In one-dwelling buildings 202 dwellings were planned, which is 15% more than in the previous month. In two- and more dwelling buildings 200 dwellings were planned, which is 7% fewer. The average size of dwellings in one-dwelling buildings will be 166 m2 and in two- and more dwelling buildings 73 m2.

A third of dwellings to be built in Jugovzhodna Slovenija

The largest number of dwellings was planned in Jugovzhodna Slovenija, 132 or a third of all. In this statistical region 82 dwellings were planned in two- and more dwelling buildings, and the rest in one-dwelling buildings. Jugovzhodna Slovenija was followed by Osrednjeslovenska with 64 dwellings (16% of all), and Savinjska with 60 dwellings (15% of all). In other statistical regions fewer dwellings were planned, the fewest (3) in Posavska.

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 2024 and 2025 are provisional.
Planned dwellings by statistical regions, Slovenia, February 2025
Planned dwellings by statistical regions, Slovenia, February 2025
1) Including Goriška, Gorenjska, Koroška, Obalno-kraška, Posavska, Primorsko-notranjska and Zasavska statistical regions.
Building permits for buildings and planned dwellings, Slovenia, February 2025
BuildingsPlanned dwellings
numberm2numberm2
Total435132,95740248,223
  residental buildings22880,70840248,223
  non-residental buildings20752,24900
METHODOLOGICAL NOTE
Final data for 2024 will be published on 18 April 2025 and fial data for 2025 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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