Contractor Permit Lead Radar

Turn fresh public building permits into structured contractor sales leads. This Actor is designed for roofing, HVAC, plumbing, electrical, solar, windows, siding, masonry, remodeling, restoration, and other contractor sales teams that want an earlier signal than waiting for a property owner to request quotes publicly.

Why contractors use permit leads

A newly issued permit can indicate that real work is planned at a real address. The Actor reads public permit feeds, filters them against your trade keywords and territory, scores records by trade relevance, recency, and project value, and remembers what it has already seen. After the first run it can return only NEW or CHANGED permit signals so a scheduled workflow does not resend the same leads every day.

Common use cases

• Find fresh building permit leads for contractor prospecting.
• Monitor roofing, HVAC, electrical, plumbing, solar, masonry, window, siding, or remodeling permits.
• Feed new permit signals into a CRM, sales queue, webhook, or AI-agent workflow.
• Prioritize higher-value projects and recently issued permits.
• Watch one or more public Socrata/JSON permit feeds on a recurring schedule.

Input and coverage

Use tradeKeywords, ZIP prefixes, valuation and lookback filters, and optional sourceUrls. The default source is Chicago's public building-permit dataset. Add other compatible JSON/Socrata permit feeds when you need additional jurisdictions. maxSourceRows limits source pagination for predictable cost and run time.

Output

Results include change type, lead score, permit ID, address, ZIP, issue date, permit/work type, work description, valuation, matched trades, owner/applicant contact when the public source supplies one, source URL, and check timestamp. The SUMMARY record reports source-row counts and truncation.

Recurring monitoring and AI agents

Use an Apify schedule with a stable stateKey to create a repeatable permit-change feed. Structured output can be consumed through the Apify API, OpenAPI/MCP-compatible workflows, webhooks, CRMs, spreadsheets, or AI agents. A permit is a sales signal, not proof that a homeowner wants unsolicited contact; use public records responsibly and follow applicable marketing and privacy laws.