Overview
U.S. Building Permits Dataset
This dataset provides near real-time visibility into residential and commercial construction activity including new developments, additions, remodels, renovations across major jurisdictions nationwide.
It is designed to support analytics, AI/ML workflows, and go-to-market intelligence use cases by delivering cleaned, normalized, and de-duplicated building permit records in a consistent, query-ready schema.
Dataset Characteristics
- Cleaned, normalized, and de-duplicated
- Weekly refresh cadence
- Rolling 6-week window
- Nationwide coverage
- Standardized schema
Dataset Scale
- ~500K active construction projects
- ~250K properties
- ~125K contractors
Dataset Coverage Each record includes: Project information:
- Property address
- Permit type (new construction, addition, remodel, renovation, etc.)
- Permit status (applied, active, approved, completed)
- Project description
- Estimated value
- Construction category
- Filing and update timestamp
Related Parties (when available)
- Contractor
- Applicant
- Developer
- Company/contact info
Business Value This dataset provides near real-time visibility into U.S. construction activity, development pipelines, and property-level market signals, enabling data-driven decisions across sales, marketing, and investment workflows. It is used across industries including finance, lending, insurance, building materials, and construction equipment.
Additional Availability Historical building permits data (1 - 20 years) is available on request.
Highlights
- Lending and Finance Banks, credit unions, and lenders can use building permits to identify lending and financing opportunities for consumers (property/home owners) and construction businesses involved in active projects.
- Property Insurance Property insurance companies can use building permits to identify properties under development, renovation, or remodeling in order to assess property value or provide insurance to the owners.
- Building Products and Materials Building products and material suppliers can leverage contractor, developer, or builder information from building permits to boost sales and target specific marketing segments.
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Dimension | Description | Cost/month |
|---|---|---|
Product Access | Dimension that grants access to the product for subscribers. | $9,900.00 |
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Additional details
You will receive access to the following data sets.
Data set name | Type | Historical revisions | Future revisions | Sensitive information | Data dictionaries | Data samples |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BUILDING_PERMITS_RESIDENTIAL | All historical revisions | All future revisions | Not included | Not included | ||
BUILDING_PERMITS_COMMERCIAL | All historical revisions | All future revisions | Not included | Not included |
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