Construction Technology
Get your software products in front of the right contractors at the right times
Energy & Climate
Track building electrification progress and see who does the best work.
Building Materials Suppliers
Target the most active contractors and pull permit data directly into your data warehouse.
Real Estate
Use building permit data to enhance your site selection process.
Enterprise
Access Shovels in Snowflake, Big Query, or Databricks, or directly import our database files.
API
Access Shovels programmatically by looking up data by address or contractor name.
Web App
Explore and download Shovels data from your desktop and mobile devices.
Blog
All of our posts and announcements about building permit and contractor databases.
Data Coverage Dashboard
See where we have and don't have building permit and contractor coverage.
Data Dictionary
Review all of the fields that Shovels offers on building permits, contractors, and properties.
API Documentation
Use Shovels programmatically using our API and your favorite programming language.
Team
The people behind Shovels.
About
The history to date and the history we're making.
Understanding Permit Data Fields
Why Don't All Addresses Have Permit History?
Unlocking Shovels's Potential with Prolific
We write about proptech, climatetech, and entrepreneurship.
September 2024 Newsletter
US Solar Construction Trends (2024)
Shovels 101: Permit Statuses
Shovels 101: Finding Address Permit History
Shovels partners with WattCarbon
August 2024 Newsletter
Shovels partners with Autodesk Construction Cloud
July 2024 Newsletter
June 2024 Newsletter
Case Study: Empowering Carbon Free Homes
May 2024 Newsletter
How to use the Shovels AI GPT
April 2024 Newsletter
Case Study: Revolutionizing Lead Generation for Beam
The list of every building permit jurisdiction in the US
March 2024 Newsletter
Episode 19: The books that saved us
Episode 18: Outbound sales masterclass
Episode 17: The Super Bowl pre-game show
February 2024 Newsletter
How to use the Shovels app
Episode 16: The proptech macro investing environment
Episode 15: The sexiest topic we've done so far: Zoning
Episode 14: Davos and the DOE
Episode 13: The Sitzer/Burnett decision
January 2024 Newsletter
Episode 12: Navigating culture in proptech
Episode 11: Exploring the intersection of proptech and climate tech
December 2023 Newsletter
Episode 10: Navigating email marketing challenges
Episode 9: Exploring AI in proptech
Do rebate programs matter to contractors in the SF Bay Area?
Episode 8: Navigating commercial buildouts
Episode 7: Exploring commercial building permits
Episode 6: Revitalizing urban landscapes in the age of proptech
Episode 5: Navigating the sales and CRM landscape in proptech
Episode 4: Unlocking hiring secrets in proptech
October 2023 Newsletter
Episode 3: Positioning in proptech
How to use the Shovels API
Episode 2: Fundraising in proptech
The growth of EV contractors in California
Episode 1: Using no-code solutions in proptech
September 2023 Newsletter
August 2023 Newsletter
EV charger permit processing times in California
The growth of EV chargers in California
July 2023 Newsletter
Go-to-market strategies for contech companies
June 2023 Newsletter
Go-to-market strategies for proptech companies
May 2023 Newsletter
April 2023 Newsletter
March 2023 Newsletter
February 2023 Newsletter
December 2022 Newsletter
Introduction to Shovels
