Custom reports and data feeds

We'll push the full nationwide history of building permit and contractor records directly into your Snowflake, BigQuery, or Databricks accounts. We can also provide parquet files.

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Enterprise-grade building permit data

Large scale data delivery for modern data teams

We use the latest geospatial and data science techniques to bring you the most accurate and useful data possible. We deliver to Snowflake, BigQuery, and Databricks or directly to your S3, GCS, or Azure buckets.

Snowflake integration icon Add building permit data to Snowflake

To get our permit data in Snowflake, we just need your public org and account identifiers. No extra engineering or security support required.

Big Query integration icon Add building permit data to BigQuery

To get permit data into your BigQuery account, we just need a Google service account. The tables will arrive pre-formatted and ready to query.

Parquet format icon Building permit parquet files

We know that dealing with CSV files is a massive headache, especially with complex data and confusing serializations. That's why we like parquet and prefer to send building contractor and permit data in this format.

Automatic updates icon Automatic updates

With our private table sharing service, updates are done automatically. When we have new production data, it flows into your Snowflake, Big Query, or Databricks account automatically.

Custom schema icon Custom schema

For super custom reporting, we can run SQL locally and format your report exactly the way you want it. For these requests, we'll deliver as CSV and offer both one-time and monthly options.

Terms and conditions icon 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 data.

Enterprise-grade workflows

We ❤️ data warehouses

We're used to working with data science teams and integration consultants. Contact us to discuss your use case and get a data sample.

Push anywhere.
We support all major cloud storage providers, including AWS, Azure, and GCP. We also push to Snowflake, BigQuery, and Databricks.
Transfer securely.
We use SFTP and HTTPS to transfer your data securely. Let us do the data appending so your team can focus on what matters most.
New models.
We use AI and modern data science to derive new insights from permit, parcel, and census tract data.
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