Search permits and contractors from your browser. Spot active projects, track market trends, and export to your CRM. No SQL. Zero dev time.
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Search nationwide permits by address, city, state, contractor, permit type, project value, and more. Filter large datasets in seconds and uncover the construction activity that matters to your business.
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Find contractors by specialty, location, license, or performance and map them to permits, inspections, and project history. Evaluate companies and identify new opportunities from a single profile.
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Analyze permit volume, approval times, active contractors, and construction trends across cities, counties, and ZIP codes. Compare markets to understand where activity is growing.
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Access phone numbers, emails, websites, and property-level contact data for millions of contractors and residential properties. Build prospect lists faster and export directly into your existing workflow.
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Export permit, contractor, and market data to CSV in seconds. Move data into spreadsheets, CRM systems, BI tools, or internal workflows without writing a single line of code.
| Address | Type | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 2341 Dusan Dr | New construction | $4,000 |
| 705 Daniel Way | Solar | $51,990 |
| 3818 Baldwin Dr | Reroof | $8,400 |
| 691 Enright Ave | Addition | $22,500 |
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Track planning, zoning, and land-use decisions months before permits are filed. Decisions data surfaces development activity early, so you can identify opportunities before competitors do.
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Enter a city, ZIP code, or address. Filter by permit type, contractor specialty, job value, and date range.
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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.
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The Shovels API gives you programmatic access to the same permit and contractor data, queryable by address or contractor name, with no scraping or manual exports required.
Shovels Online is a web application for exploring nationwide U.S. building permits and contractor data without writing any code. Search, filter, and download records by location, permit type, contractor specialty, and more.
No. Shovels Online is built for sales, operations, and marketing teams who need permit intelligence without SQL or engineering resources. If you can use a spreadsheet, you can use Shovels Online.
Shovels covers approximately 85% of the U.S. population with permit and contractor data from 2,770+ jurisdictions, across every state and most major metro areas. See the full coverage map at shovels.ai/coverage.
Yes. Shovels includes phone numbers, emails, and website URLs for 3.65M+ contractors, plus contact information for 30M residential properties. All of it is exportable to CSV with one click.
Download permit or contractor search results to CSV with a single click. You can export up to 1,000 records per export. For larger datasets, segment by geography or upgrade to the API, which has no result limits.
Shovels Decisions provides intelligence from city council meetings and planning board discussions, including zoning changes, development approvals, and project timelines. It gives you visibility into projects months before permits are filed.
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