Shovels captures the first signal of construction—using AI to turn fragmented permit data into Shovel-ready intelligence. Access via API, web app, or direct data warehouse integration.
Because you want to get insights from building permits, not wrangle with raw data.
Our data is Shovel-ready
We make building permits easy to understand and use for market research, go-to-market, and sales. No data engineering required.
We offer three interfaces to interact with our building permit, contractor, and government decision data.
Purchase single or multiple seats to explore and download our building permit, contractor, and local government decision data.
Automate access and integrate with other applications like CRMs, custom web apps, and more.
Get parquet files or private table shares into Snowflake, Databricks, or Big Query.
We write about building permits, contractors, government decisions, and the future of the built environment.
5G Beyond Urban Centers: What Permit Data Reveals About Coverage at the Edges
We look at building permit data and 5G coverage for five U.S. counties where residential growth is expanding beyond urban centers.
Senior Marketing Manager
What's In Store for the Tampa Housing Market in 2026
Our deep dive into Tampa building permits breaks down where construction is growing, where it's pulling back, and what it means for buyers, sellers, and builders.
Senior Marketing Manager
Meet the Shovels CLI
The Shovels CLI gives developers and AI agents direct terminal access to U.S. building permit and contractor data. One binary, zero friction, structured JSON output.
VP of Marketing
