The next generation of building permit & contractor data

Access our completely rebuilt V2 API with enhanced geo-search capabilities, expanded filtering, and lightning-fast response times.

Enhanced Geographic Search

Our new geo_id system enables precise searching by address, zip code, jurisdiction, city, and county - making location-based queries more powerful than ever.

Advanced Filtering

10x more search parameters including property specs, contractor history, and permit details - all delivered in clean JSON format.

Regular Updates

Continuous data refresh from multiple source partners, enhanced with our proprietary processing systems for maximum accuracy.

Quality metrics

We include our derivative metrics (inspection pass rates and green permit types, for example) wherever it's available.

Custom schema

We can customize schema delivery for an additional monthly fee.

Flexible terms

We won't make your legal team nitpick every line of our terms and conditions. Terms are designed to give you flexibility to reuse and even resell Shovels output.

{
      "property_address": "18491 Davis Ave",
      "property_city": "Los Gatos",
      "property_zip_code": "95030",
      "property_county": "Santa Clara",
      "property_state": "CA",
      "permits": [
        {
          "project_id": "DEV20-0118",
          "status": "Finaled",
          "start_date": "2020-01-21",
          "end_date": "2021-04-12",
          "duration_days": 447,
          "inspection_pass_rate": 0.67,
          "type": "Battery Storage System",
          "details": "Install (1) 13.5kwh energy storage system and (n) 200amp main breaker and load center",
          "address": "18491 Davis Ave",
          "city": "Los Gatos",
          "county": "Santa Clara",
          "state": "CA"
        },
        {...}
      ]
      }
{
      "contractor_name": "TESLA ENERGY OPERATIONS INC",
      "contractor_address": "901 Page Ave",
      "contractor_city": "Fremont",
      "contractor_zip_code": "94538",
      "contractor_county": "Alameda",
      "contractor_state": "CA",
      "contractor_phone": "(844) 837 5201",
      "contractor_license_no": "888104",
      "permits": [
        {
          "project_id": "DEV20-0118",
          "status": "Finaled",
          "start_date": "2020-01-21",
          "end_date": "2021-04-12",
          "duration_days": 447,
          "inspection_pass_rate": 0.67,
          "type": "Battery Storage System",
          "details": "Install (1) 13.5kwh energy storage system and (n) 200amp main breaker and load center",
          "address": "18491 Davis Ave",
          "city": "Los Gatos",
          "county": "Santa Clara",
          "state": "CA"
        },
        {...}
      ]
      }
{
      "contractor_name": "TESLA ENERGY OPERATIONS INC",
      "contractor_address": "901 Page Ave",
      "contractor_city": "Fremont",
      "contractor_zip_code": "94538",
      "contractor_county": "Alameda",
      "contractor_state": "CA",
      "contractor_phone": "(844) 837 5201",
      "contractor_license_no": "888104",
      "all_permits": 700,
      "active_permits": 162,
      "expired_permits": 55,
      "avg_project_duration_days": 198.98,
      "avg_inspection_pass_rate": 0.76,
      "permit_types": [
        "Battery Storage System",
        "Solar Photovoltaic System",
        "Electrical"
      ]
      }