Weekly building-permit data for your metro, with property facts
City Signals Data sends one CSV and Excel file every Monday for one US metro: every permit issued the prior week, the contractor business on each, new and busy contractor flags, home permits that are expiring or expired, and property facts on each row. It is built from official public records, with the source link on every row. No homeowner names, phones or emails.
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What one week looks like
Counted from the cities' own permit feeds for Monday October 19 to Friday October 23, 2026:
| Austin, TX | Chicago, IL | |
|---|---|---|
| Permits issued | 1,192 | 613 |
| Contractor businesses on those permits | 403 | 632 |
| Contractors with no permits there in the prior 12 months | 43 | 75 |
| Home building permits expiring in the next 30 days | 193 | not in this feed (see FAQ) |
Sources: City of Austin issued construction permits; City of Chicago building permits. Pulled October 24, 2026.
What is in each row
- Permit number, type, work description, stated job value, issue, status and expiration dates
- Job location: street address and ZIP
- Contractor business name and trade, with "new" and "busy" flags
- Property facts: year built, assessed value, code cases in the last 5 years, FEMA flood zone, census-tract income and home value
- Government source link and the date we pulled it
Pricing
Email us your metro and we reply with an invoice. Prices in US dollars. By ordering you agree to the Terms and the Data use rules. Billing questions or cancel: hello@citysignalsdata.com.
Restaurant change file
Restaurants that just opened, failed a health inspection, changed hands or closed in Chicago, New York City, San Francisco or Austin, from each city's public inspection and license records. One city, last 30 days, one-time $150. Extra city +$150. Delivered within 3 days. Business data only.
Last 30 days: New York 583, Chicago 444, San Francisco 68, Austin 55 restaurants with a change.
Solar and roofing installer report
Who pulled solar and roofing permits in Austin or Chicago, how many each contractor pulled per month, new entrants and the 12-month trend, by ZIP. Business names only; homes appear only as counts. One city, one-time $150. Extra city +$150. Delivered within 3 days.
Year-one business file
Businesses in San Francisco, Los Angeles or Chicago that opened 11 to 13 months ago and are still open: business name, address, license type and start date. Useful for first-renewal insurance, payroll and merchant services. No phone numbers, no owner names, person-named rows removed. One city, one-time $150. Extra city +$150.
Pay-per-row data tools
Prefer to run it yourself? Our five public-records tools run on Apify. No subscription: you pay per row returned, and each ready-made example caps a run at $5.
Trade Show Exhibitor Scraper: First-Time & Lapsed
Any trade show's exhibitor list with first-time exhibitors scored high, medium or low, lapsed exhibitors from last year, booths and websites.
$0.003 per exhibitor row, plus $0.20 per year-over-year compare. Pay only for rows you get. Runs on Apify.
Ready-made examples: PACK EXPO 2026 first-time exhibitors · NAB Show 2026 first-time exhibitors
Arizona Mechanics Lien & Lis Pendens Feed
Every new mechanics lien and lis pendens recorded in Maricopa County (Phoenix) each week, grouped by company, with repeat-filer and new-company flags.
$0.04 per record. Pay only for rows you get. Runs on Apify.
Ready-made examples: Maricopa mechanics liens this week · Maricopa lis pendens this week
Contractor Permit Signals: New & Busy Contractors
Building permits from city open data (Mesa, Austin, Chicago, Cincinnati, New Orleans): new and busy contractors, expired and expiring home permits.
$0.004 per permit. Pay only for rows you get. Runs on Apify.
Ready-made examples: Austin new contractors this week · Austin expired and expiring home permits
SEC Form D Scraper: First-Time Private Raises
Companies filing their first-ever SEC Form D, from free EDGAR data: offering and sold amounts, industry, state, executives and placement agents.
$0.01 per raiser. Pay only for rows you get. Runs on Apify.
Ready-made examples: First-time Form D raisers this week · Texas first-time Form D raises over $1M
Contractor License Data: New, Suspended (WA/OR)
Washington and Oregon contractor businesses that are newly licensed, just suspended, or whose insurance or bond expires soon, from official L&I and CCB data.
$0.005 per record. Pay only for rows you get. Runs on Apify.
Ready-made examples: Washington contractor insurance expiring · Oregon new contractor licenses this week
Questions
What is in the weekly file?
For your metro: every building, electrical, plumbing and HVAC permit issued that week, with job address, permit number, type, description, stated job value, dates and the contractor business; flags for new and busy contractors; a list of home permits that expired or expire in the next 30 days; and property facts on each row (year built, assessed value, code cases, flood zone, neighborhood income). CSV and Excel, with the government source link on every row.
Which metros are covered?
Permits and contractor flags: Austin TX, Chicago IL, Cincinnati OH, New Orleans LA and Mesa AZ. Property facts: Austin, Chicago and Cincinnati. Expiring and expired home permits: Austin, Cincinnati, New Orleans and Mesa, where the city publishes permit status. Other US areas that publish permits online can be added on request, but only after we confirm the data exists.
Does it include homeowner names, phone numbers or emails?
No. The file holds business and property data only: the job, the permit, the property facts and the contractor business. No owner names, no phones, no emails and no skip tracing.
Where does the data come from?
Official public records: city permit open-data portals, county appraisal and assessor rolls (for property facts only), the US Census and FEMA flood maps. Each row links to its source.
How do I get the files?
After you subscribe you get a shared Google Drive folder for your metro. A new file lands there every Monday covering the prior Monday to Friday.
How fresh is it?
Pulled the weekend before delivery, straight from the city's own feed. Some cities post with a delay of a few days; the file shows the pull date.
Can I cancel?
Yes, anytime, from the billing link in your receipt. Your access runs to the end of the period you paid for.
Can I use it for credit, insurance, hiring or renting decisions?
No. This is marketing and market research data, not a consumer report under the Fair Credit Reporting Act. If you market by phone, text or email, you are responsible for TCPA, Do-Not-Call and CAN-SPAM compliance.
Who uses it?
Contractors looking for work in their area, building suppliers, equipment dealers, insurance and bonding agents, and software sellers who want to see who is building what.