No signup required. Use these tools to research available public permit records, source dates, and published fields in supported markets.
Choose a city to review recently indexed permit records and the fields that appear in the public source. The market page identifies its source and newest available record date.
Search permit records → Free toolSearch matching business names across available public permit records. Review each market's source date and role labels before relying on a result.
Search business records → Free toolChoose a supported market to review its current permit records, contractor profiles, and any owner or code-enforcement fields available from public sources.
Review market coverage → Free toolChoose a supported city to review published permit volume, its newest available source date, and the contractor-profile coverage in the current snapshot.
Open Permit Checker → Free toolExplore permit-record activity by region and trade using the available public-source data. Check each market's source disclosure before drawing conclusions.
Open permit pulse → Free browseBrowse supported market pages. Each page identifies the source, newest available record date, and fields available in that market.
Browse all cities → Free embedA free badge for your website: show clients you track live building-permit activity in your city. Pick a city, copy one line of HTML. No signup.
Get your badge → Free lookupLook up building permits in any state we cover — live filing volume, covered cities, and direct links to every city's permit records. Free, no signup.
Pick your state → CSV downloadRequest a one-time CSV of recently indexed records for a supported city. Available fields vary by public source and record.
Download free CSV →A building permit is a public record published by a city, county, or agency. Depending on the jurisdiction, a record may include an address, work description, date, declared value, and a named party. Those fields can help contractors, suppliers, and analysts research construction activity in a market.
A permit is not a consumer enquiry, request for bids, proof of owner intent, or a guarantee of work. Start by checking the source date, scope, and published role on the market page, then use your own outreach and compliance process. For more detail, read our guide to permit-record research.