NYC Construction & Property Leads

Daily construction sales leads for New York City from official NYC Open Data (Department of Buildings, DOB NOW):

• DOB NOW job filings – the earliest signal: new buildings, alterations and demolitions as soon as they are filed, often weeks before a permit is issued and before trades are locked in. Flagged early_stage: true while still in review.
• DOB NOW approved permits – issued work permits by trade (general construction, plumbing, mechanical, structural, solar, sprinklers, scaffolds, sidewalk sheds…).

Each lead includes: source, filing/permit number, status, early-stage flag, filing/issue date, borough, address, ZIP, BBL & BIN, job type / work type, work description, estimated job cost, owner business name, applicant / contractor business name and licence number, coordinates, and a simple lead score (0–100: cost + recency + early stage). Results are sorted by score.

Great for GCs and subcontractors, building-material suppliers, MEP/solar/HVAC firms, expediters, insurers, lenders, architects and commercial real-estate teams.

Pricing

Pay-per-event: $0.005 per lead (record returned). Use maxItems to cap cost – 200 leads = $1.

Input examples

New buildings filed in Brooklyn & Queens in the last 14 days, $1M+:

{"sources": ["filings"], "daysBack": 14, "boroughs": ["Brooklyn", "Queens"], "jobTypes": ["New Building"], "minEstimatedCost": 1000000}

Plumbing and mechanical permits issued this week in Manhattan:

{"sources": ["permits"], "boroughs": ["Manhattan"], "workTypes": ["Plumbing", "Mechanical Systems"]}

Everything from the last 7 days (default): {}

Output example

{"source": "DOB NOW job filing", "id": "B00123456-I1", "status": "Plan Examiner Review", "early_stage": true,
 "date": "2026-10-06", "borough": "Brooklyn", "address": "123 EXAMPLE STREET, Brooklyn, NY, 11211",
 "bbl": "3023450012", "bin": "3061234", "job_type": "New Building", "estimated_cost": 2400000,
 "owner_business_name": "EXAMPLE DEVELOPMENT LLC", "applicant_business_name": "EXAMPLE ARCHITECTS PC",
 "applicant_license": "012345", "lead_score": 90}

Privacy

Only business information is returned. Names, phone numbers and email addresses of individual people (owners, applicants, filing representatives, permittees) are not output; phone numbers and emails inside work descriptions are redacted. Business names and professional licence numbers are kept. Comply with CAN-SPAM, TCPA and applicable laws when using leads for outreach.

Data source & attribution

Data from NYC Open Data, published by the NYC Department of Buildings: DOB NOW: Build – Job Application Filings and DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits. Used under the NYC Open Data Terms of Use. Records are normalized and filtered by this actor; personal contact fields are removed. Data is updated daily by the City and may lag.

Disclaimer

Not affiliated with or endorsed by the City of New York or NYC DOB. Data is provided "as is" and may be incomplete, delayed or inaccurate; verify with DOB before relying on it. Not legal, financial or real-estate advice.