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Hays County, TX Construction Projects

34 Cities · 3,498 Projects

3,498
Projects
$11.86B
Total Value
1871
New Builds
1627
Renovations
34
Cities
307.0M
Sq Ft

What is being built in Hays County, Texas?

Hays County, Texas has 3,498 construction and development projects on file worth $11.86B — 1,871 new construction and 1,627 renovations or remodels, spread across 34 cities and towns. Each record is a real filing from Texas public construction records and names the project, its declared value and the date it was registered.

Which cities in Hays County have the most construction?

The most active cities for construction in Hays County are San Marcos (77 projects), Kyle (47 projects), Dripping Springs (25 projects), Buda (19 projects), Austin (17 projects). Counts reflect the filings on this page, so a city with a single large development can carry more value than one with more projects.

What new developments are coming to Hays County?

The most recently filed new-construction projects in Hays County are Dacy Lane Storage ($3.8M), Flex Office - Building 2 ($1.1M), Buda Fire Station 4 ($7.8M), Flex Office - Building 1 ($1.7M). A new-construction filing is the earliest public signal that something new is being built, usually well before it opens.

Hays County Map

Project locations across the county

Hays County Economy

Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED)

3.7%↓
Unemployment Rate
171K
Labor Force
Available workers
0.0%
Unemployment YoY
Rising
Housing & Demographics
$395K
Median Listing
-7.9% YoY
1,556
Active Listings
89 days on market
4,595
Building Permits
Annual total
304K
Population
$92K median income
Hays County economy: 3.7% unemployment with 171K labor force supporting 3,498 construction projects worth $11.86B.
142 New Projects in Last 6 Months
$540.0M in new investment
2226
Closed
714
Review Complete
187
Registered
Zabalist / visual intelligence

See the shape of development

Compare project scale, registration dates, and locations across 200 loaded TDLR filings from 3,498 registered projects. This is the loaded selection, not a measure of every project in the market.

Hays County
Estimated construction value$1.7BSum of 200 shown records with value
Records in view200 / 200Ready to inspect and compare
Largest record’s share60.2%Share of reported value shown
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Where the value sits

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Hays County

Comparisons use only these 200 records. Missing values are excluded from totals. Recorded value is not revenue or a quality rating.

Cities in Hays

San Marcos
$131.2M
77
Kyle
$282.2M
47
Dripping Springs
$54.8M
25
Buda
$1.11B
19
Austin
$54.6M
17
Wimberley
$9.4M
5
Driftwood
$7.1M
2
Maxwell
$1.9M
2
Woodcreek
$9.0M
1
Uhland
$1.2M
1

Project Status

Closed2226 (64%)
Review Complete714 (20%)
Inspection Complete370 (11%)
Registered187 (5%)
Closed (Pending enforcement action.)1 (0%)

Largest Projects

1
Border States Tenant Improvement
$1.00B
Buda
2
Austin Community College - Hays Campus - Building 5000
$101.0M
Kyle
3
H-E-B New Store - Buda
$61.2M
Buda
4
Lehman Road Pump Station Improvements
$24.0M
Kyle
5
Headwaters East Commercial
$20.0M
Dripping Springs

Top Investors

Firecracker 6 Industrial Owner LLC
1 projects
$1.00B
AUSTIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT PUBLIC FACILITY CORPORATION
1 projects
$101.0M
TWV NQ KYLE LAND L.L.C.
6 projects
$70.6M
H-E-B LP
1 projects
$61.2M
Leah Ave GP LLC
2 projects
$37.0M

Top Design Firms

Rice Companies, Inc.
1 projects
$1.00B
HarrisonKornberg Architects
1 projects
$101.0M
ARCHITECTS ORANGE (AO)
6 projects
$70.6M
Method Architecture
3 projects
$37.4M
GMA Architects
5 projects
$21.1M

All Projects

3,498 TDLR · 0 Site Plans

Showing 20 of 200 listed TDLR filings

Registered
$3.8M

Dacy Lane Storage

5110 Dacy Lane Buda, Buda, TX 78610

55,100 sqftNov 5, 2026
Registered
$2.0M

Cinco Made

418 El Camino Way, San Marcos, TX 78666

19,732 sqftNov 3, 2026
Registered
$500K

Stiles Switch BBQ

18920 Interstate 35, Kyle, TX 78640

5,976 sqftOct 28, 2026
Review Complete
$1.4M

Valvoline

403 E US 90, Dripping Springs, TX 78620

3,447 sqftOct 21, 2026
Registered
$100K

Harmony Hills Village

2181 Harmony Hills Rd, Dripping Springs, TX 78620

825 sqftOct 20, 2026

Hays County construction: common questions

How many construction projects are in Hays County, Texas?
Hays County has 3,498 registered construction projects worth $11.86B, covering 307,017,056 square feet of development. The average project is valued at $3.4M.
What kind of construction is happening in Hays County?
Hays County has 1,871 new construction projects (53%) and 1,627 renovation or remodel projects (47%) on file. Work spans commercial, residential, public and mixed-use development.
Who is building in Hays County?
The property owners with the highest declared value on file in Hays County are Firecracker 6 Industrial Owner LLC, AUSTIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT PUBLIC FACILITY CORPORATION, TWV NQ KYLE LAND L.L.C.. The architecture and design firms appearing most often on Hays County filings are Rice Companies, Inc., HarrisonKornberg Architects, ARCHITECTS ORANGE (AO).
Where does this Hays County construction data come from?
Every project on this page is a TDLR-registered construction filing from Texas public records, not an estimate or a listing. Each entry keeps the project name, declared value, owner and registration date exactly as filed, which is why a project can appear here months before any visible work starts on site.

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