Minneapolis Building Permits

Live building permits from the City of Minneapolis: address, permit type, work type, valuation, fees, contractor/applicant, status and dates. Filter by issue date, type, value, neighborhood or keyword.

Why use it

Minneapolis publishes every permit it issues, usually the same day. This actor reads that feed live, pages past the 2,000-row ArcGIS cap, and returns clean rows with ISO dates and coordinates.

Who it's for

• Contractors and suppliers finding jobs as soon as a permit is pulled (roofing, HVAC, solar, kitchens)
• Real-estate investors watching renovation and new-construction activity by neighborhood
• Lenders, insurers and analysts tracking construction value over time

Input

Field	What it does
issuedSince	Issued on or after (YYYY-MM-DD). Only permits issued on or after this date.
permitType	Permit type. Leave empty for all.
workType	Work type contains. e.g. Remodel, New, Addition, Repair, Demolition
minValue	Minimum permit value (USD).
neighborhood	Neighborhood. Exact neighborhood name, e.g. Whittier
keyword	Description keyword. Matches the permit's work description, e.g. roof, solar, kitchen
maxItems	Max results. Stop after this many results. Each result is one billed event.

Example input:

{
  "issuedSince": "2026-10-01",
  "maxItems": 100
}

Output

One dataset item per result. A real item from a test run:

{
  "APN": "0302824230011",
  "Longitude": -93.28343,
  "Latitude": 44.94422,
  "Neighborhoods_Desc": "Lyndale",
  "Wards": "8",
  "applicantName": "HOFFMAN WEBER CONSTRUCTION INC",
  "permitNumber": "BLDG1208174",
  "dwellingUnitsNew": "0",
  "dwellingUnitsEliminated": "0",
  "permitType": "Res",
  "occupancyType": "SFD",
  "workType": "Misc",
  "status": "Issued",
  "milestone": "Final Inspection",
  "permit_Value": 4792,
  "totalFees": 168.4,
  "comments": "PARTIAL ROOF REPLACMENT - REPLACING FLAT ROOF SECTION - REPLACING MODBIT ROOFING - 5 SQUARE",
  "issueDate": "2026-11-02T14:40:07Z",
  "completeDate": null,
  "applicantAddress1": "3515 48TH AVE N",
  "applicantCity": "BROOKLYN CENTER",
  "address": "3212 PLEASANT AVE",
  "ownerName": "ELIZABETH ANN PEDERSON",
  "source": "City of Minneapolis CCS_Permits (opendata.minneapolismn.gov)"
}

Download as JSON, CSV, Excel or via the Apify API.

Pricing

Pay per result: $0.003 per permit ($3 per 1,000). No monthly fee. Set a max charge on the run and it stops there. AI agents can run it with agentic payments where Apify enables them.

Data source

Fetched live at run time from the public source: https://services.arcgis.com/afSMGVsC7QlRK1kZ/arcgis/rest/services/CCS_Permits/FeatureServer/0

Public records only. Nothing is fetched behind a login.

Limits

• City of Minneapolis only. Owner and applicant names appear exactly as the city publishes them.
• Valuation is the applicant's declared value; trade permits often show 0.

Use it from code or an AI agent

curl -X POST 'https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/cheerful_term~minneapolis-building-permits/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_TOKEN' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"issuedSince": "2026-10-01", "maxItems": 100}'

Part of a set of public-records actors by cheerful_term: https://apify.com/cheerful_term