Shovels builds a profile for every contractor in our permit dataset: licenses, contacts, specialties, and a verifiable track record of permits pulled.
Shovels is SOC 2® Type II certified
Shovels meets enterprise security and compliance requirements. Our SOC 2 Type II certification reflects controls independently audited over a sustained period, not just a point-in-time snapshot.
Contractor details come from permit applications, state licensing boards, and business registrations.
Related records merge into one profile, with group IDs linking branches of the same company.
Licenses, employee counts, websites, and social profiles are layered onto every record.
Permit history powers every metric: volume, job values, durations, and inspection pass rates.
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See the real difference between contractors. Filter by project history.
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Get contact data, ranked by recent activity, directly from permit applications.
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Review license status from official state files, backed by work history.
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Use contractor profiles to find targets, enrich lists, and read local markets.
Explore, filter, and export permit, contractor, and decision data in our self-serve web app.
Build construction intelligence into your product, CRM, or internal tools with our REST API.
Get the full dataset as parquet files or table shares in Snowflake, Databricks, or BigQuery.
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.
Every contractor is linked across datasets, so you see the full picture — the projects, the properties, and the people behind the work.
Decisions
Contractor data is a profile of a licensed construction business: who they are, what they're licensed to do, and what work they've actually performed. Shovels builds these profiles from permit applications, state licensing boards, and business registrations, then keeps them current with every data release.
Primarily from permit applications. Contractors have every incentive to list working phone numbers and emails on permits, so the contact data is unusually reliable. We rank each contact by how often and how recently it appears, and enrich profiles with websites and LinkedIn URLs.
Every contractor gets a persistent Shovels ID, and related records (branches, subsidiaries, name variations) are linked with a group ID. You see one clean profile per business instead of a dozen fragments.
Business name and DBA, standardized specialty classification, license number and status, contact details, employee and revenue ranges, Google rating, and permit-derived metrics like total permits, average job value, construction duration, and inspection pass rate. Full list in the data dictionary.
Yes. Contractor records link to employee data with names, job titles, seniority, and business and personal emails, so you can reach the right person, not just the front office.
Three ways: search and export in Shovels Online, integrate the Shovels API, or license the full dataset via Snowflake, Databricks, or BigQuery. The free trial includes contractor search, no credit card required.
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