New Construction Leads: Chicago Building Permits & Contractors

Every new building the City of Chicago just permitted, with the general contractor, owner, architect, subcontractors and the reported project cost. About 2¢ a lead.

The Actor pulls newly issued new construction permits from the Chicago Department of Buildings: single-family homes, 2–9 flats, apartment and mixed-use buildings, restaurants, warehouses and more. That's about 110 a month, or 70 at $100k+. Event tents and temporary stages are filtered out by default. Every lead lists the contacts on the permit: general contractor, owner, architect, plus electrical, plumbing, masonry and HVAC contractors and the expediter. You get them as named columns and as a full contact list with city, state and ZIP. You can optionally add renovation/alteration permits.

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Real sample leads (pulled October 2026)

Address	Area	Cost	General contractor	Owner	Issued
8332 S Dr Martin L King Jr Dr	Chatham	$25,000,000	Skender Construction LLC	Park Manor Phase I, LLC	2026-10-09
2625 W Pershing Rd	Brighton Park	$500,000	Osiris Construction Inc	Alan Mithani	2026-10-09
3040 N Lincoln Ave	Lake View	$1,500,000	Pro Homes, Incorporated	3040-42 Lincoln LLC	2026-10-08
1419 S Christiana Ave	North Lawndale	$500,000	Toro Construction Corp	Dionte White	2026-10-08
4902 W Augusta Blvd	Austin	$400,000	Romero's Construction Service Inc	Romero's Construction Service Inc.	2026-10-08

ROI: 1,000 permitted Chicago projects cost $20. One supply contract, subcontract or insurance policy covers years of runs.

Who uses it

Building material & lumber suppliers · subcontractors (HVAC, electrical, plumbing, roofing, windows, drywall, concrete) · equipment rental & dumpsters · builders risk & contractor insurance · construction lenders · architects & engineers · security, low-voltage, solar, landscaping · real estate & property services.

Filters

• Minimum reported cost (prefilled at $100,000)
• Also include renovation/alteration permits (off by default)
• Community areas (Logan Square, West Town, Near North Side) · wards
• Work description keywords (Single Family, Dwelling Units, Restaurant)
• Contact name keywords, to track specific GCs or developers
• Exclude tents & temporary structures (on by default)
• Issue-date range

Set it up as a daily lead feed

1. Set your filters (or leave them empty for everything).
2. Keep Only new since last run on. Each run returns only leads you haven't seen.
3. Click Schedule → Daily, then connect Google Sheets, HubSpot, Salesforce, Slack, Zapier or Make so fresh leads land in your tools automatically.

Runs with nothing new cost almost nothing, because you only pay for the leads you get.

Input

{"minCost": 250000, "communityAreas": ["Logan Square", "West Town", "Lincoln Park"], "includeRenovations": false, "dateFrom": "30 days", "onlyNew": true}

Output fields

permitNumber, permitType, permitStatus, reviewType, workDescription, reportedCost, totalFee, address, city, state, ward, communityArea, applicationStartDate, issueDate, generalContractor, owner, architect, electricalContractor, plumbingContractor, masonryContractor, hvacContractor, expeditor, contacts, latitude, longitude, source. Export as CSV, Excel or JSON, or pull it through the API.

Pricing

Pay per result: $0.02 per lead ($20 per 1,000). No subscription.

FAQ

Where does the data come from? The "Building Permits" dataset on data.cityofchicago.org, published by the City of Chicago Department of Buildings and updated daily. Does it include phone numbers or emails? The city publishes contact names, cities and ZIPs but not phones or emails. Company names make enrichment easy. Why is the reported cost sometimes low? It's the applicant's own estimate. Use the minimum-cost filter to focus on bigger jobs. How do I avoid duplicates? Keep "Only new since last run" on, and use a different dedupe store name for each separate feed.

Need another city? Request it in the Issues tab. LeadSignal adds new feeds regularly.

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Last updated: October 14, 2026 · Built by LeadSignal: public-record lead feeds for B2B sales. Not affiliated with the City of Chicago or the Chicago Department of Buildings.