United States · construction · permits
Building permits issued by US counties and municipalities. Thousands of separate jurisdictions, with several established commercial datasets covering hundreds of millions of records.
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We build datasets in the order people request them. A request is a vote, and the count is public.
| Publisher | County and municipal permitting authorities |
|---|---|
| Publication mandate | not established |
| Licence | unverified — treat as all-rights-reserved not verified |
| Access method | mixed |
| Fragmentation | 2,770+ jurisdictions covered by the largest vendor |
| Update frequency | continuous |
| Free structured version | no |
| Who else serves this | Shovels, BuildZoom / Gryd, Construction Monitor, Dodge Construction Network (listed as caution, not endorsement — an existing free or commercial service is often the most useful thing on this page) |
| mandated publication | pass |
|---|---|
| terms permissive or silent | unknown |
| no login paywall captcha personal data | unknown |
| no specialist legal advice needed | pass |
| verdict | needs_review |
Legally approachable; commercially mature. Incumbent moat is 30 years of records and human collection networks.
Last checked 2026-08-25.