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KYC: Know Your Contractors

Shovels provides the most comprehensive and authoritative contractor database in the United States, including every licensed contractor in the country. Leading home services companies rely on Shovels to identify, validate, and enrich contractor intelligence at scale. Use Shovels to elevate your contractor strategy.

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Contractor database

Contractor state license files

We gather contractor information from two authoritative sources: building permits and state contractor license directories. When combined, they create the most comprehensive view into the construction labor market. We're really good at collecting, processing, and distributing this data.

Custom reports.: Create custom contractor reports in the schema and file format your data team prefers including permit details, employees, and contact info.
Filter by property type.: We use tax assessor data to filter by property type, including commercial, residential, and industrial buildings, so we can show what types of properties each contractor works on.
Refreshed monthly.: We regularly update our contractor state license files directly from the source.
Nationwide coverage.: We cover all states that offer construction licenses and make their data publicly available: 37 states and counting.
License classifications.: We put in the work to standardize over 3,000 messy contractor classifications from 37 states down to just a dozen clean classifications. We give you the originals, too.
All of the contact info.: We include contact information that is publicly available on the license and building permit records. We also append employee information if you want it.

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We use modern geospatial and data science techniques to bring you the most accurate and useful data possible.

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.

KYC: Know Your Contractors

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Contractor state license files

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