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Building Permit Lead Scraper — Contractor Lead Generation

Scrape building permit data from city open-data portals for contractor lead generation. Find properties with active renovation, roofing, HVAC, and construction permits.

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Sam Kleespies

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Lead generation

You can access the Building Permit Lead Scraper — Contractor Lead Generation programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in Integrations settings in Apify Console.

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MCP

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