How fresh is Miami-Dade roofing permit data?

Daily refresh from the Miami-Dade open data portal. New permits typically appear within 24-48 hours of issue. The CCVIOL violations feed also refreshes daily.

Do you have FL DBPR contractor phone numbers?

Yes — when the FL DBPR import is working. The import is currently a known P0 (column position alignment issue per CLAUDE.md). When functional, the import adds 200-500 phones to the Miami-Dade contractor profile stack on each run.

Does PermitGrab cover Miami Beach, Coral Gables, Hialeah?

Yes. Miami-Dade County coverage extends across all incorporated municipalities. Hialeah is wired separately and has 88+ contractor profiles. Miami Beach and Coral Gables roll up under the Miami-Dade county feed.

Can I see the contractor on competing bids?

When a contractor pulls the permit, their name appears in the CONTRACTOR field. Approximately 70-80% of Miami-Dade roof permits have a contractor named at issue. The remaining 20-30% are owner-builder filings — your prime cold-outreach targets.

How does this compare to RoofClaim or Steady leads?

RoofClaim and Steady sell shared leads at $80-200 per inquiry with 3-5 contractors getting the same lead. PermitGrab is $149/mo unlimited, and the data is sourced from public permits — no other contractor has the same list unless they're also a PermitGrab customer. Most aggressive Miami roofers use both, but the unit economics on PermitGrab dominate after the first closed job.

Miami-Dade Roof Permit Data for Hurricane Response

Published 2026-05-04 · 7 min read · Audience: Hurricane-belt roofing contractors

South Florida is the highest-stakes roofing market in the United States. The 2017-2024 named-storm cycle has produced 14 storms making landfall or coming within 100 miles of Miami-Dade — Irma, Ian, Idalia, and Helene each generating multi-billion dollar insured losses across the region. Florida's strict wind-uplift building codes (post-Andrew adoption) require permitted roofing work on most claims, generating one of the densest permit-driven roofing markets anywhere in the country.

Add to that: Miami-Dade is one of the only major metros where the FL DBPR contractor license database can be joined to permit data, surfacing licensed contractor phone numbers directly. As of May 2026, Miami-Dade has 82,000+ property owner records and 245+ contractor profiles with phone numbers in PermitGrab's feed — among the highest-coverage cities on the platform.

The hurricane-season permit cycle (June 1 - November 30)

Hurricane season produces three distinct permit-volume phases:

Pre-storm (June - early August): Baseline permit volume. Roofers focus on age-of-roof outreach (homes with 15-20yr-old roofs are claim-eligible the moment a storm hits and have higher conversion rates pre-event).
Active storm window (mid-August - late October): Permit volume drops 30-40% as adjusters and contractors pause new bids ahead of forecasted storms. This is the prep window — build your post-storm call list now.
Post-storm surge (late October - February): Permit volume jumps 4-8x as homeowners cycle through insurance adjusting, claim appeals, and contractor selection. The peak typically lands 60-90 days after the storm landfall, not in the immediate aftermath.

What Miami-Dade roofers get from PermitGrab

82,000+ Miami-Dade property owner records with mailing addresses + age-of-construction filtering
Miami-Dade daily permit feed with REROOF / SHINGLE / TILE / METAL / FLAT-ROOF filters
245+ contractor profiles with phone numbers from FL DBPR import (when working — see CLAUDE.md P0)
Code violation data from CCVIOL_gdb FeatureServer — properties under county pressure for roof condition
Wind-mitigation permit category — distinct from emergency reroofing, these are pre-storm hardening permits with different conversion economics

The 90-day post-storm playbook

Florida's claim cycle is longer than Texas hail markets because of FL's restrictive AOB (Assignment of Benefits) reform laws and stricter adjuster requirements. Post-storm permit volume peaks at 60-90 days after landfall, not 14-21 days like DFW.

Practical implications:

Days 1-30 post-storm: Outreach window for emergency tarp work and immediate damage stabilization. Lower-margin but cash-pay clients.
Days 30-90 post-storm: The peak permit window. Insurance scopes are finalized, homeowners are selecting contractors, and competition is at maximum intensity.
Days 90-180 post-storm: The "claim appeal" window. Homeowners who initially had claims denied are working through appeals. Smaller volume but higher-margin because the homeowner is informed and has typically lost trust in a prior contractor.

Why Miami-Dade beats Tampa or Orlando for roofing

Tampa is fragmented across Hillsborough, Pinellas, and Pasco counties (3 separate jurisdictions with different permit feeds, only Hillsborough partially wired in PermitGrab). Orlando has the cleanest data stack of any FL metro (V474 win, 531 owner records — small but functional) but smaller absolute volume. Miami-Dade combines the largest absolute claim volume of any FL metro, the deepest property-owner stack, and the strongest contractor license phone coverage. For storm-belt roofing contractors expanding into Florida, Miami-Dade is the highest-leverage starting market.

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