Quickly download nationwide building permits and contractor data with Shovels Online.
Shovels Online is a modern web software that allows you to explore nationwide building permits and contractors and quickly download data to CSV.
We built Shovels Online to be the most powerful and flexible tool for exploring nationwide building permits and contractors. These are the key features.
At its core, Shovels Online is a contractor directory. You can search for contractors by name, city, state, or specialty. Add building type and financial filters to narrow down your results. Click on a contractor to see their profile.
Shovels Online is also a permit database. You can search for permits by address, city, state, or permit type. Contractors and permits have the same filtering options. Click on a permit to see its profile.
Search for permits and contractors at the county, city, or even specific address level. Click on a geography to see its profile, including permit approval and construction times and the count of permits and contractors in the geography.
Download permit and contractor data to CSV with a single click. You can also download permit and contractor profiles to PDF. Import Shovels data into your favorite spreadsheet or CRM software.
Get visibility into local government meetings, city council decisions, and planning board approvals months before permits are filed. Search zoning changes, project discussions, and approval timelines from city councils and planning boards nationwide.
Shovels Online is a web application for exploring nationwide US building permits and contractor data. You can search, filter, and download permit and contractor records to CSV without writing any code.
Shovels covers approximately 85% of the US population with building permit and contractor data from over 2,000 jurisdictions. Coverage spans nearly every state and major metropolitan area.
You can filter by geography (county, city, zip code, or address), permit type, building type, contractor specialty, financial characteristics, and more. The same filtering options apply to both permit and contractor searches.
Yes. Shovels has employee contact information for over a million contractors, including phone numbers, email addresses, and website URLs. Contact information for 30 million residential properties is also available.
Yes. You can download permit and contractor search results to CSV with a single click (maximum 1,000 records per export), and export individual profiles to PDF. For larger datasets, segment by geography or use the API which has no result limits.
Decisions data provides intelligence from city council meetings and planning board discussions, including zoning changes, development approvals, and project timelines. This gives you visibility into projects months before permits are filed, helping you identify opportunities earlier than competitors who only track permit activity.
