NYC Building Permit Lead Generator

Create trade-focused construction lead feeds from NYC DOB NOW approved permits while excluding owner and individual applicant data.

What this Actor does

Convert issued NYC construction permits into privacy-minimized trade leads for solar, roofing, HVAC, plumbing, demolition, and general contractors. The Actor uses the official NYC Open Data Socrata API and excludes owner names and individual applicant fields.

Typical use cases

• Contractor territory monitoring
• Solar, roofing, HVAC, and plumbing lead discovery
• Construction market research
• Permit-volume and job-value analysis

Quick start

{
  "boroughs": [
    "MANHATTAN",
    "BROOKLYN"
  ],
  "workTypes": [
    "GC",
    "SOLAR"
  ],
  "issuedSince": "2026-07-01",
  "minEstimatedJobCost": 10000,
  "maxResults": 50
}

Input

Field	Type	Required	Description
boroughs	array	No	Optional NYC borough filter. Empty means all boroughs.
workTypes	array	No	Optional exact DOB work-type values, for example GC, PL, or SOLAR.
issuedSince	string	No	Optional ISO date YYYY-MM-DD.
minEstimatedJobCost	number	No	Optional minimum project value in USD.
maxResults	integer	No	Hard run cap to control compute and charges.

Output

Results are written to the default Apify Dataset. Example:

{
  "permitId": "M00012345",
  "status": "ISSUED",
  "borough": "MANHATTAN",
  "address": "10 BROADWAY",
  "workType": "SOLAR",
  "jobDescription": "Install rooftop solar",
  "estimatedJobCost": 25000,
  "issuedDate": "2026-07-01T00:00:00.000",
  "expirationDate": "2027-07-01T00:00:00.000",
  "latitude": 40.1,
  "longitude": -73.1,
  "permitteeBusinessName": "Example Contracting LLC",
  "permitteeLicense": "123456",
  "leadCategory": "solar",
  "source": "NYC Open Data — DOB NOW Approved Permits",
  "sourceUrl": "https://data.cityofnewyork.us/resource/rbx6-tga4.json",
  "retrievedAt": "2026-07-13T12:00:00.000Z"
}

Pricing draft

Pay per event: $qualified-permit — $0.030 USD per event.

One normalized issued NYC DOB NOW permit returned after the configured filters. The Actor checks Apify's maximum-total-charge allowance before processing chargeable units and stops when the allowance is exhausted. Apify compute and any customer-owned external API usage remain separate.

Data source and compliance

Official NYC Open Data dataset “DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits” (rbx6-tga4). City data is provided without completeness or fitness guarantees. Owner and individual applicant fields are intentionally not selected.

• Use the data only where you have a lawful basis and respect source terms.
• Do not use the Actor for surveillance, unlawful discrimination, credential abuse, or anti-bot bypass.
• Records include source URLs and retrieval timestamps where applicable.
• Outputs are informational and are not legal, financial, medical, or procurement advice.

Reliability and limits

• Strict input and result caps prevent accidental high-cost runs.
• External sources can change, throttle, or return incomplete data.
• Partial upstream outages cause an explicit run failure rather than fabricated results.
• Version 0.1 is a private release candidate. Input and output contracts may change before a public launch.

Support

For problems, include the Actor run ID, a redacted input, expected behavior, and the observed output through the Actor's Apify support channel. Never include provider keys or other credentials.

Privacy

The Actor does not intentionally persist secrets in datasets or logs. Apify platform storage and retention settings still apply to inputs, datasets, and run logs. Review and delete stored runs according to your own retention policy.