Nashua
City of Nashua, Department of Building Safety
In short
City of Nashua, Department of Building Safety issues 3 permits we publish for Nashua, last verified 2026-09-12. Each carries the fee as the agency publishes it, with a link to the schedule it was read from.
What this agency issues
| Permit | Issuing agency | Fee | Renews | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Contractor Registration (not found)only if it applies to you | City of Nashua, Department of Building Safety | No fee | not applicable | 2026-09-12 |
| Building Permit | City of Nashua, Department of Building Safety | A $50.00 nonrefundable application/review fee on every permit, plus a per-square-foot construction fee: $0.28 per square foot for new commercial construction (including multifamily) and $0.18 per square foot for commercial alterations, repairs, or fire damage; new one- and two-family residential construction is $0.18 per square foot (alterations $0.13). Additional plan review for tenant fit-up or minor modifications is $0.15 per square foot commercial ($0.10 residential). Demolition is $40.00 up to 1,000 square feet plus $3.15 per each additional 100 square feet. Per Nashua Revised Ordinances Chapter 105, Article VIII, as set by Ordinance O-21-045. | one-time, per project — not stated in the published fee schedule | 2026-09-12 |
| Certificate of Occupancy | City of Nashua, Department of Building Safety | $50 one-time, existing space/owner change | one-time — issued for a new occupancy or a change of business use | 2026-09-12 |
Fees shown as a range or formula are set that way by the issuing agency — we do not average them into a single number.
About each permit
General Contractor Registration (not found)
No fee applies. New Hampshire has no statewide general contractor license (confirmed at this project's own state layer), and Nashua's own Department of Building Safety issues building, mechanical, electrical, and plumbing permits per project through the process recorded elsewhere in this file rather than a standing local contractor registration. The City Clerk's own current Licenses & Permits page names no general-contracting category either.
Building Permit
Required for new construction, additions, and most alterations to a commercial building; separate trade permits (electrical, mechanical, plumbing) are required in addition. A Planning-and-Zoning review fee and, for multifamily/commercial projects, a Fire Marshal life-safety plan review fee ride alongside this permit, each recorded in its own line item below.
Certificate of Occupancy
A confirmed, flat $50.00 figure, itemized as its own distinct line in Ordinance O-21-045 rather than folded into the percentage-of-cost building permit formula above — a genuinely different structure from Manchester, which prices its Certificate of Occupancy using the same percentage formula as its general building permit.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Nashua
- Phone
- (603) 589-3080
Contact details are taken from the agency’s own site or its published fee schedule. Where we have not verified a phone number we leave it blank rather than guess.
Sources
Every fee and term above was read from one of these government pages on the date shown.
- Ordinance O-21-045 — amending Nashua Revised Ordinances Chapter 105 (Building Construction), Article VIII (Fees), and increasing Building Department fees, including the $50.00 flat Certificate of Occupancy feeCity of Nashua, Department of Building Safety · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-12
- Permits — the Department of Building Safety's own current page listing Building, Sign, Demolition, and trade permit applicationsCity of Nashua, Department of Building Safety · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-12
- Simplified Permit Fee Schedule — Building Safety, Planning and Zoning, and Fire Marshal's Office fee tables with worked examplesCity of Nashua, Department of Building Safety · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-12
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