# Seattle Trade Permit Leads - HVAC, Refrigeration & Sprinkler (`pink_comic/seattle-trade-permit-leads`) Actor

Search 290k Seattle trade permits from SDCI (updated daily): furnace, mechanical, refrigeration, boiler, elevator, fire sprinkler and sign permits with contractor company, work description, estimated cost, applied/issued/completed dates, status and address.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/pink_comic/seattle-trade-permit-leads.md
- **Developed by:** [Ava Torres](https://apify.com/pink_comic) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Business, Agents
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $2.00 / 1,000 permits

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

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 examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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`).

# README

## Seattle Trade Permit Leads - HVAC, Refrigeration & Sprinkler

Search the **City of Seattle SDCI Trade Permits** file on the Seattle open data portal (about 290,000 permits, updated daily). Trade permits cover the jobs the main building permit file leaves out: furnaces and heat pumps, mechanical, commercial refrigeration, boilers and pressure vessels, elevators (conveyance), fire sprinklers, signs and billboards.

Each result includes:

- permit number, **permit type** and class (single family, multifamily, commercial...)
- **work description** and **estimated project cost**
- applied, issued, expiration and completed dates, current status
- **contractor company name**
- address, ZIP, link to the permit record, latitude and longitude

Results are newest application first. No API key, no CAPTCHA. Pricing: **$0.002 per permit + $0.0001 start**.

```json
{ "permitTypes": ["Refrigeration"], "permitClasses": ["Commercial"], "appliedAfter": "2026-10-01", "maxResults": 500 }
```

```json
{ "workText": ["HEAT PUMP"], "maxResults": 200 }
```

### Use cases

Competitor tracking and market share for HVAC, refrigeration, sprinkler, elevator and sign contractors; leads for equipment distributors and suppliers; heat pump adoption research; subcontractor recruiting.

### Limits

City of Seattle only. Contractor phone and email are not in the source. Names are matched as substrings.

### Related

- [Seattle New Business Leads](https://apify.com/pink_comic/seattle-new-business-leads)
- [Building Permits & Construction Leads](https://apify.com/pink_comic/building-permits-construction-leads)

# Actor input Schema

## `query` (type: `string`):

Quick single contractor company or street address search (contains match). Leave blank for the newest permits.

## `names` (type: `array`):

Contractor company names or street addresses, contains match.

## `appliedAfter` (type: `string`):

Optional YYYY-MM-DD application date.

## `permitTypes` (type: `array`):

e.g. 'Single-Family/Duplex Furnace', 'Mechanical', 'Refrigeration', 'Boiler/Pressure Vessel', 'Conveyance', 'Fire Sprinkler and Suppression', 'Sign, Awning and Canopy'.

## `permitClasses` (type: `array`):

'Single Family/Duplex', 'Multifamily', 'Commercial', 'Institutional', 'Industrial'.

## `statuses` (type: `array`):

e.g. 'Issued', 'Completed', 'Application Completed', 'Reviews In Process', 'Expired'.

## `zipCodes` (type: `array`):

Exact 5-digit ZIP codes, e.g. '98121'.

## `workText` (type: `array`):

Contains match on the work description, e.g. 'HEAT PUMP', 'WALK-IN', 'SPRINKLER'.

## `permitNumbers` (type: `array`):

Exact SDCI permit numbers, e.g. '7169143-FS'.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum total paid dataset items, split across search terms. The default returns 10 permits (about $0.0201 including the start event).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "query": "",
  "names": [],
  "appliedAfter": "",
  "permitTypes": [],
  "permitClasses": [],
  "statuses": [],
  "zipCodes": [],
  "workText": [],
  "permitNumbers": [],
  "maxResults": 10
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

Dataset items.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "query": "",
    "names": [],
    "appliedAfter": "",
    "permitTypes": [],
    "permitClasses": [],
    "statuses": [],
    "zipCodes": [],
    "workText": [],
    "permitNumbers": [],
    "maxResults": 10
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("pink_comic/seattle-trade-permit-leads").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "query": "",
    "names": [],
    "appliedAfter": "",
    "permitTypes": [],
    "permitClasses": [],
    "statuses": [],
    "zipCodes": [],
    "workText": [],
    "permitNumbers": [],
    "maxResults": 10,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("pink_comic/seattle-trade-permit-leads").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "query": "",
  "names": [],
  "appliedAfter": "",
  "permitTypes": [],
  "permitClasses": [],
  "statuses": [],
  "zipCodes": [],
  "workText": [],
  "permitNumbers": [],
  "maxResults": 10
}' |
apify call pink_comic/seattle-trade-permit-leads --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,pink_comic/seattle-trade-permit-leads"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/qEdcGuDYlanVKD6Tg/builds/eh6kOgwEPKarNEHCf/openapi.json