Generate home improvement leads from active renovation permits and verify contractors at scale.
Shovels is SOC 2® Type II certified
We meet the security and compliance requirements of home services platforms and enterprise operators. Contractor records, permit data, and lead intelligence are protected by controls independently verified over a sustained period.
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Don’t rely on self-reported profiles or stale directories. See which contractors are actively pulling permits, what trades they work in, and where they operate.
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Home renovation permits are filed before the first contractor arrives. Turn permit filings into home renovation leads so you can reach homeowners at peak intent.
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Get a real-time view of where HVAC, roofing, electrical, and plumbing demand is growing. See which ZIP codes have high remodel activity to determine where to expand.
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Know who is licensed, for what, and where. Shovels standardizes contractor state license throughout the US, normalizing raw classifications into clean, queryable records.
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Identify homeowners pulling permits for roofing, HVAC, additions, and remodels who are actively buying right now.
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 combines permit records with state contractor license files to provide permit history, trade classifications, license status, contact information, and employee data for contractors across 37 states.
Thumbtack, Angi, Houzz, and Housecall Pro use Shovels to find, verify, and enrich contractor data at scale for their contractor marketplace and homeowner products.
Shovels normalizes over 3,000 license classifications from 37 states into approximately a dozen clean, standardized trade categories. Original classifications are also provided alongside the standardized versions.
Permit data is updated twice monthly. State contractor license files are refreshed monthly, pulled directly from state licensing boards to ensure accuracy.
When a homeowner pulls a permit for a renovation, addition, or replacement — it’s the clearest signal they’re in-market. Shovels makes that signal accessible at scale, so home services platforms can generate home improvement leads based on real project activity rather than intent surveys or ad clicks. Filter by trade type, project value, geography, and permit status to build targeted lead lists updated twice monthly.
Yes. Shovels tracks permits at the trade level, including roofing, HVAC, electrical, plumbing, and more. Platforms use this to generate roofing leads, HVAC leads, and trade-specific contractor lists from permit data filtered by geography, license type, and permit volume. This supports roofing lead generation at scale and is especially useful for platforms that need to grow contractor supply and homeowner demand in the same markets simultaneously.
See how Shovels helps home services platforms find, verify, and enrich contractor data at scale.
