This month in Baytown
Three short reads from the city's and the state's own monthly numbers: what got built, what opened, and where the sales tax money landed.
What got built
In October 2026, the city issued 0 building permits, 0 of them for new homes.
Declared values are what the applicant wrote on the permit, not a sale price. Home addresses are left out.
What opened
0 businesses got a commercial certificate of occupancy in October 2026, the city's sign-off that a space is ready to use.
Bars and restaurants serving drinks
No new mixed beverage permit in Baytown reported its first sales in September 2026.
Hotels and motels
No new hotel or motel tax permit began in October 2026. The most recent, Motel-Hwy-146, began in June 2026.
Short-term rentals are private homes and are not listed here.
The money
Baytown's sales tax allocation for October 2026 was $2.36 million, 7.74 percent more than the same month a year earlier ($2.19 million).
The state collects the tax and sends the city its share each month; a month's check reflects sales made about two months earlier. Our story on sales tax and the plants explains where it fits in the city's budget.
En español
En octubre de 2026, la ciudad emitió 0 permisos de construcción, 0 para casas nuevas. 0 negocios recibieron un certificado de ocupación comercial. La asignación del impuesto sobre las ventas de Baytown para octubre de 2026 fue de 2,36 millones de dólares, un 7.74 por ciento más que el mismo mes del año anterior. No se muestran direcciones de casas particulares.
Sources: City of Baytown, monthly permit report (all reports); Texas Comptroller on data.texas.gov: mixed beverage gross receipts,hotel occupancy tax permits andsales tax allocations to cities.