Building Materials & Equipment Suppliers
Target the most active contractors and pull permit data directly into your data warehouse.
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.
Home Services
Identify homeowners and contractors who perform home maintenance.
Real Estate
Use building permit data to enhance your site selection process.
Telecommunications
Optimize fiber deployment and track competitor activity across 1,800+ jurisdictions.
Enterprise
Access Shovels in Snowflake, BigQuery, or Databricks, or directly import our database files.
API
Access Shovels programmatically by looking up data by address or contractor name.
Charlie AI
Transform building permit data into actionable insights with natural language queries.
GIS
Explore Shovels data in GIS software like QGIS and ArcGIS.
Shovels Online
Explore and download Shovels data from your desktop and mobile devices.
CLI
Agent-first command-line tool. One binary, JSON output, zero interactivity.
Audiences
Target high-signal homeowner, resident, and B2B audiences for your marketing campaigns.
Blog
All of our posts and announcements about building permit and contractor databases.
Knowledge Base
Read our frequently asked questions and learn how to get the most out of Shovels.
Data Dictionary
Explore all permit, contractor, decisions, and property fields in the Shovels dataset.
Data Coverage Dashboard
See where we have and don't have building permit and contractor coverage.
About
The history to date and the history we're making.
Careers
Join our team and help us build the future of construction.
What Is a Permit Expediter? The Basics for Contractors and Developers
Introducing Shovels Red Tag: Agentic Permit Enforcement
What Is an Over the Counter Permit? Your Guide to Same-Day Permits
Rectangle size reflects permit volume over the last 12 months. Click any state to see county-level detail.
