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US Construction Permit Leads — Multi-City Open Data

Fresh building & construction permits from 10+ major US cities' open data portals. Normalized schema with project cost, contractor, address, and permit type. Perfect for contractor lead generation and real estate research.

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Pay per usage

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Developer

Mitchell Megla

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Why use this actor?

Contractor lead generation: Find new construction projects before competitors
Real estate investment research: Track development activity by neighborhood
Market analysis: Understand construction trends, costs, and contractor activity
Compliance monitoring: Monitor permits in your service area

Supported Cities

City	State	Data Source
New York City	NY	NYC DOB Job Application Filings
Chicago	IL	Chicago Building Permits
Los Angeles	CA	LA Building Permits
San Francisco	CA	SF DBI Building Permits
Seattle	WA	Seattle SDCI Permits
Denver	CO	Denver Building Permits
Boston	MA	Boston Building Permits
Austin	TX	Austin Building Permits
Philadelphia	PA	Philadelphia Building Permits

More cities added regularly. All sourced from official government open data portals.

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
`cities`	string[]	All	Cities to scrape (e.g., `["nyc", "chicago"]`)
`daysBack`	integer	30	How many days of permits to fetch (1-365)
`minCost`	integer	0	Minimum project cost filter (USD)
`permitTypes`	string[]	All	Filter by permit type keywords
`maxResults`	integer	500	Max results per city

Output

Each permit record contains:

{
    "city": "New York City",
    "state": "NY",
    "permit_number": "123456789",
    "permit_type": "NB",
    "address": "123 Main St Manhattan",
    "description": "New 3-story residential building",
    "estimated_cost": 2500000,
    "contractor": "ABC Construction LLC",
    "status": "ISSUED",
    "issue_date": "2026-06-15",
    "source_url": "https://data.cityofnewyork.us"
}

Usage Examples

Get all NYC permits from the last 7 days over $100K

{
    "cities": ["nyc"],
    "daysBack": 7,
    "minCost": 100000
}

Get plumbing permits across all cities

{
    "permitTypes": ["plumbing", "PL"],
    "daysBack": 60
}

High-value construction leads

{
    "cities": ["nyc", "chicago", "la", "sf"],
    "minCost": 500000,
    "daysBack": 14,
    "permitTypes": ["new construction", "NB", "alteration"]
}

Pricing

This actor uses Pay Per Event pricing:

$0.005 per permit record extracted
Free: Actor start (no charge to begin a run)
No results = no charge

Notes

All data comes from official public open data portals (Socrata APIs)
No authentication or API keys required
Data freshness depends on each city's update schedule (typically daily/weekly)
Some cities may have rate limits on their open data portals

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