No signup required. Built for contractors, GCs, journalists, and curious homeowners who want to see what construction is actually happening — sourced from official municipal feeds.
Type any contractor or competitor's name and see their real permit activity — how many they've pulled, where they're working, and their trade mix. The data only PermitGrab has. No signup.
Track a contractor → Free toolPick any city we cover and see exactly how many recent permits, active contractors, code violations, and property owners are available as leads — real numbers, no signup.
Estimate your leads → Free toolPick any of 60+ U.S. cities and see this week's permit volume, freshness, and how many contractors are actively pulling. Loads in <1s. Embeddable on any site.
Open Permit Checker → Free toolThe dashboard for U.S. construction activity. Daily-updated permit-filing volume by region, trade, and 7-day trend. The data trade publications cite.
Open Live Pulse → Data reportOur 90-day data report: total permits, top metros by volume, hottest trades, and average project values across every city we track. Original data, free to cite.
Read the report → Free browseBrowse every city we track. See the most recent permits filed, the active contractor list, and code violations — refreshed multiple times per day in most markets.
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 downloadGet this week's permit pulls for any single city as a CSV — addresses, contractor names, permit types, and dates. Email-gated, one-time download.
Download free CSV →A building permit is a public record. Every time a contractor or homeowner files one with a city building department, it becomes a leading indicator: a roof about to be replaced, an addition being framed, a pool going in, a code violation that needs cleanup. Trade pros use permit feeds to identify projects 30–90 days before the work happens — which is when materials are ordered and subcontractors are picked.
For a deeper look at how contractors use this data day-to-day, see our contractor permit-leads guide, or jump directly to a city you serve.
Tools currently in build: contractor license verification, permit-by-address lookup, cost estimator, daily city digest preview, embeddable freshness badge. Want one prioritized? Drop us a note.