See which contractors are active, track new construction leads in every market, and act before your competitors do.
Shovels is SOC 2® Type II certified
We meet the security and compliance requirements of enterprise building products companies and their procurement teams. Our SOC 2 Type II certification reflects controls independently audited over a sustained period.
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Find contractor leads and uncover wallet share gaps with contractors you already sell to.
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Map permit density by region to align rep territories with real-time construction activity.
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Share leads and market insights with dealers, so they can prioritize outreach to the contractors driving the most home builder leads in their area.
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Anticipate where demand will grow. See new construction starts to renovation surges before orders hit your supply chain.
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Quantify permit volume by product type to validate expansion decisions, set quotas, and make the case for new market investment.
Access our data via API, SFTP, Snowflake, BigQuery, or Databricks. Custom feeds are also available.
Clean, structured inputs out of the box. No raw text parsing required. Check out our data dictionary for details.
Millions of new records (online and offline sources) are added each cycle to keep your data fresh.
We source data from thousands of jurisdictions online and offline through public records. New jurisdictions are added continuously based on market trends & customer demand, with coverage spanning all major metros and expanding rural markets.
Shovels covers residential and commercial permits across all major trade categories, including roofing, HVAC, electrical, plumbing, framing, and more, sourced from jurisdictions nationwide.
Shovels matches permit records to licensed contractor profiles and enriches them with contact information. Match rates vary by region and trade, with typical rates in the 60-80% range for active contractors.
Yes. Shovels offers a REST API and structured exports that integrate with Salesforce, HubSpot, and other CRM platforms. Your team can enrich existing records or build new outreach lists directly.
Permit data is updated continuously as jurisdictions publish new records, typically within days of issuance. Contractor records are refreshed on a rolling basis.
Building materials companies use Shovels to surface active home builders and contractors by filtering permit activity on trade type, project category, and geography. This turns permit data into a live pipeline of home builder leads and supports ongoing home builder lead generation, connecting your sales team to the builders currently pulling permits for the projects that need your products most.
Building permits are filed 2–6 weeks before ground breaks and months before a project appears in industry reports or distributor surveys. Shovels gives material suppliers early access to this signal, showing which new construction projects are starting, which contractors are active, and where demand will be concentrated well ahead of your competitors.
See how Shovels helps building materials suppliers turn permit data into pipeline.
