What it does
Building Permits — Construction Leads pulls recent building permits from official city open-data portals and normalizes them into one schema you can use as a prospect or territory list. Each record carries the property address, permit and work type, status, estimated cost, and contractor where the city publishes it. One city being temporarily unavailable never fails the run — the others still return.
Who it's for
Contractors and subcontractors, building-material and equipment suppliers, solar, roofing and HVAC installers, real-estate and proptech teams, and anyone selling into active construction projects.
Sample fields / output
Every record includes: city, permit_number, permit_type, work_description, address, locality, region, zip, status, applied_date, issued_date, estimated_cost, contractor, and source_url.
Example use cases
- Spot new solar, roof, or pool permits in a target city the week they're filed and reach out first.
- Build a contractor prospect list from the company names cities publish on issued permits.
- Track construction activity by territory and estimated cost for a building-material supplier.
Get started
Run it on Apify: Building Permits — Construction Leads.
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FAQ
Which cities are covered?
v1 covers NYC, Chicago, Austin, Seattle (includes contractor company name), and San Francisco (includes estimated cost). More cities are planned.
Can I filter by project type?
Yes — filter by city, date (since YYYY-MM-DD), and keyword such as solar, roof, pool, or electrical.
Do all cities publish the same fields?
No. Fields vary by city — not every city publishes cost or contractor. It's a data-extraction tool, not legal advice; verify against the official permit record before acting.
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