Municipal permit portals are scattered, outdated, and nearly impossible to use programmatically. We aggregate them daily into one clean REST API — searchable in seconds.
Stop reverse-engineering city permit portals. We've already done it for you.
Every city publishes permits differently — different fields, formats, and update schedules. There's no way to query across cities, and most portals have no usable API at all.
We pull permit, contractor, and project-value data straight from each city's source and normalize it into a single consistent format — filterable by city, address, permit type, contractor, date range, and status.
Anyone who needs to know what's being built, where, and by whom.
A new roof permit is a homeowner who probably needs insulation, solar, or HVAC work next.
Spot zoning activity, new construction, and renovation clusters before they show up anywhere else.
Turn permit filings into a fresh, exclusive lead source for your clients.
Monitor construction activity by neighborhood for risk modeling and outreach.
Track competitor contractor activity and find subcontractors already working nearby.
Real query, real response shape — no sample data.
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \ "https://api.permitintel.dev/permits?city=chicago&permit_type=roof&issued_after=2026-06-08"
{
"total": 142,
"limit": 100,
"offset": 0,
"data": [
{
"id": "8b2e1c4a-...",
"city": "chicago",
"address": "4521 N Hermitage Ave",
"permit_type": "Roof Replacement",
"contractor_name": "Lakeside Roofing Co",
"estimated_value": 18500.00,
"issued_date": "2026-06-10",
"status": "issued"
}
]
}
Simple per-month plans. No surprise overages.
Pricing is in early access — reach out and we'll set up a key manually while billing rolls out.
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