# New contractors in Austin, TX this week (building permits)

**Use case:** 

Reads City of Austin building permits from the last 7 days and keeps only the contractors that are new to the city (no permit in the past 12 months) or busy (3 or more permits this week). Useful for suppliers, insurers and lenders who want to reach contractors early. CSV or JSON.

## Input

```json
{
  "mode": "signals",
  "stalledTypes": [
    "expired",
    "expiring_soon",
    "open_no_final"
  ],
  "stalledPermitClass": "residential",
  "expiringWithinDays": 30,
  "openNoFinalDays": 365,
  "issuedWithinDays": 730,
  "includePropertyFile": false,
  "propertyFileMaxRows": 500,
  "cities": [
    "austin_tx"
  ],
  "lastNDays": 7,
  "lookbackDays": 365,
  "busyThreshold": 3,
  "onlySignals": true,
  "permitClass": "all",
  "minValuation": 0,
  "maxRecords": 500,
  "joinDistressFeed": true,
  "distressStateStoreName": "construction-distress-state",
  "stateStoreName": "contractor-permit-state",
  "updateState": true,
  "requestDelayMs": 250
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "issue_date": {
    "label": "Issued"
  },
  "city": {
    "label": "City"
  },
  "permit_number": {
    "label": "Permit"
  },
  "permit_class": {
    "label": "Class"
  },
  "permit_type": {
    "label": "Type"
  },
  "valuation_usd": {
    "label": "Value $",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "contractors": {
    "label": "Contractors"
  },
  "has_new_contractor": {
    "label": "New contractor",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "has_busy_contractor": {
    "label": "Busy contractor",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "contractor_permits_in_window": {
    "label": "Permits this window",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "contractor_permits_prior_lookback": {
    "label": "Prior permits",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "contractor_license": {
    "label": "License"
  },
  "contractor_phone": {
    "label": "Phone"
  },
  "contractor_with_maricopa_liens": {
    "label": "Maricopa liens"
  },
  "source_url": {
    "label": "Source",
    "format": "link"
  }
}
```

## How it works

### 1. Sign up on Apify or log in

The Building Permits Scraper: New & Busy Contractors Actor is ready to run with the inputs already set for "New contractors in Austin, TX this week (building permits)". [Sign up or log in](https://console.apify.com/create-task-from-example/xUmt55cFTWsUxZV6E) and you'll land in Apify Console with a copy of this exact task.

### 2. Start the "New contractors in Austin, TX this week (building permits)" task

The Building Permits Scraper: New & Busy Contractors Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like mode, stalled types (stalled mode), and more, to match your specific use case.

### 3. Receive the "New contractors in Austin, TX this week (building permits)" output

Monitor the progress in real time. You will be notified as soon as your dataset is complete and ready for review. Each result includes data such as issued, city, permit, and more.

### 4. Integrate into your workflow

The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow. You can also [run the "New contractors in Austin, TX this week (building permits)" task via API](https://apify.com/city-signals-data/contractor-permit-signals.md).

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Building Permits Scraper: New & Busy Contractors](https://apify.com/city-signals-data/contractor-permit-signals.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/city-signals-data/contractor-permit-signals.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/city-signals-data/contractor-permit-signals.md

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).