Building Permits Scraper — Construction & Contractor Leads
Pricing
from $0.70 / 1,000 permits
Building permits from ten US and Canadian city portals in one schema: number, type, status, description, address, coordinates, applied and issued dates, declared value, units, contractor and applicant. NYC, Chicago, LA, SF, Seattle, Austin, Cincinnati, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg.
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