Building Permits Feed - Construction Leads (7 US Cities)
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from $3.00 / 1,000 permits
Building Permits Feed - Construction Leads (7 US Cities)
Daily feed of newly issued building permits from Chicago, NYC, Los Angeles, Austin, Seattle, New Orleans and Baton Rouge. Job value, address, owner and contractor in one schema. Filter by value and keywords; returns only permits you haven't seen.
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Building Permits Feed: Construction Leads from Chicago, NYC, LA, Austin, Seattle, New Orleans & Baton Rouge
Get newly issued building permits every day from the official open-data portals of 7 US cities, all in one clean schema: permit type, work description, estimated job value, address, owner, contractor, and a link to the official record.
Schedule it and every run returns only permits you haven't received before: a ready-made construction lead feed.
Who uses it
- Contractors and subcontractors: roofers, solar, HVAC, electricians, plumbers, pool builders, landscapers, fence and window companies
- Building-material suppliers and equipment rental looking for active job sites
- Insurance, lenders and real-estate investors watching renovation and new-construction activity
- Market researchers tracking construction trends by city
Cities covered
Chicago · New York City (DOB NOW) · Los Angeles · Austin · Seattle · New Orleans · Baton Rouge
What you get for each permit
| Field | Example |
|---|---|
city, permitNumber, issuedDate | Chicago, 101099123, 2026-10-20 |
permitType, workClass | PERMIT - RENOVATION/ALTERATION |
description | Interior remodel of 2nd floor restaurant |
estimatedValue | 250000 |
address, zip, latitude, longitude | 1530 N DAMEN AVE |
owner | DAMEN LLC |
contractor, contractorPhone | ACME BUILDERS INC |
applicant, status | |
recordUrl | link to the city's permit record (Austin, Seattle) |
Fields a city doesn't publish are left empty.
How to use it
- Choose cities (or leave all 7) and how many days back to look.
- Narrow it down: minimum job value (e.g. 50000), keywords (
roof,solar,pool,HVAC,demolition,new construction), exclude keywords, permit type, or only permits with a named contractor. - Schedule it daily. With Only permits I haven't received before on, each run returns just the new ones. Use one Monitor name per saved search.
- Export to CSV/Excel, or push to Google Sheets, Zapier, Make or your CRM.
Pricing
$3 per 1,000 permits returned ($0.003 each). You pay only for permits in your results, so a quiet day costs almost nothing. Set a maximum cost per run and the Actor stops cleanly when it's reached.
Notes
- Cities publish on their own schedule, often with a 1-3 day delay. A 7-day look-back with only new switched on catches late uploads without repeats.
- If one city's portal is down, the other cities still return results.
- Data comes from official city open-data portals (Socrata). All records are public.
Need another city? Open an issue with the city name. Cities with a daily-updated open-data permit feed can be added quickly.
