Construction Permit Leads in Detroit: 2,819 Permits in 90 Days, Updated Daily (2026)

Detroit is a volume market in the middle of a long rebuild, and the permit feed reflects it. PermitGrab tracks 6,891 indexed Detroit permits — one of the deeper single-city feeds in our Midwest coverage — with 2,819 filed in the last 90 days and 1,653 in the last 30, the most recent dated June 16, 2026. That depth means you can slice the market by trade, by recency, or by project value and still have a substantial working list every week.

What Detroit Is Building (Last 90 Days)

The 90-day mix is broad and trade-heavy, led by mechanical and electrical work:

• HVAC — 647 permits. The busiest trade — furnace and system work across an older, cold-climate housing stock.
• Electrical — 553 permits and General Construction — 513.
• Plumbing — 403 permits and Windows & Doors — 178.
• Landscaping & Exterior — 162 and Roofing — 148 permits.

That spread makes Detroit a strong market for mechanical and electrical distributors, building-materials suppliers, window and door companies, and subcontractors — all of whom get a deep, current list to filter every week.

Why Permit Data Beats Lead Marketplaces

Every one of those 2,819 recent Detroit permits is a record of work on a real, addressable property — not a shared inquiry resold to four competitors. You see the trade, the address, the project value, and the filing date. With this much volume, the smart move is to filter hard: pick your trade and a tight recency window so you are working only contractors who are demonstrably busy this month. 238 Detroit permits also publish a contractor contact phone directly, and contractor profiles are being enriched continuously.

How PermitGrab Sources Detroit Leads

Every Detroit permit carries the address, trade category, project value, status, and filing date, pulled from the official permit feed and refreshed daily — which is why the feed is current to June 16. Contractor profiles roll the permits up by company, surfacing recent volume and primary trade. New contractors appear within a day of their first Detroit permit.

Getting Started

For the playbook on turning permits into work, read how to get contractor leads from building permits and how to find construction leads. Compare flat-rate access to pay-per-lead in permit data vs. Angi and HomeAdvisor. When you are ready, see PermitGrab pricing — one flat monthly subscription, no per-lead fees — or open the live Detroit permit and contractor data page.