The Construction Industry’s Trusted Source of Data
BuildZoom monitors construction activity for every licensed contractor in the US. We’ve collected data on over 350 million building permits spanning 25+ years and continue to add permits from 90% of the country.
Our construction data is best-in-class
From day one, we’ve prioritized data breadth, freshness, and depth because we use it in-house, where construction activity data supports our proprietary matching and bidding system for property owners and contractors.
Scope
Scope
Our data spans 2,400 jurisdictions with emphasis on the largest markets in the country covering 90% of the population
Daily Freshness
Daily Freshness
The freshest permit data in the US with 70k new permits and 500k status updates daily
Historical Depth
Historical Depth
350M+ building permits covering 90M+ residential and commercial properties going back 25+ years
Contractor Data
Contractor Data
6M+ licensed contractors along with their licenses, permits, customer reviews, and contact information
BuildZoom offers several data products to fit your needs
Pick a product based on your business case and resources.
Not sure what solution is best for your needs? Contact us.
Bulk Data
Choose If: You need multi-year depth and/or national breadth and have the capability to work with bulk data.
Perfect For: Enterprises and technologically sophisticated SMBs.
Data API
Choose If: Your application needs access to fresh data about specific properties or contractors in real-time.
Perfect For: Enterprises and technologically sophisticated SMBs.
Data Explorer
Choose If: You’re looking for properties or contractors that match your specific criteria.
Perfect For: General Contractors, Subcontractors, Materials Suppliers, Distributors.
Permit Map
Choose If: You want to research individual properties by address to review permit/work history
Perfect For: Homeowners, Contractors, Insurance Agents, Real Estate Agents, Inspectors
Bulk Data
Bulk data files provide access to our entire data set of 6M+ construction companies and 350M+ building permits spanning 25+ years of history and covering 90% of the US population.
- Weekly or monthly data exports
- Full and incremental updates
- Support from our permit data experts
Data API
Power your application with on-demand property and contractor data.
- Property permit history
- Contractor licenses and permits
- Batch requests
- Fast responses with sub-second latency
- Easy to use documentation
Data Explorer
Browse contractors and recent projects via our web app.
- Search by state, market, city, zipcode, property type, project tags, status, recency, contract value, and more
- Create a report of contractors by type, location, or recent projects and access their contact information
- Review an individual contractor’s work history
Permit Map
Visualize neighborhood activity and search by address to access property permit history
- Search by address
- Browse a city or neighborhood
- Access complete permit history for specific properties
- Identify contractors who have completed work at an address
- Check it out at: buildzoom.com/map
Data Features
Scope
We collect and track over two decades of building permit data, which provides insights on over 80% of the housing stock in the top 50 major metropolitan areas; our licensure data provides insights into over 95% of US contracting businesses.
Recency
Our data pipeline is hard-wired into thousands of building departments and licensing authorities across the US, which provides our partners with the most recent and accurate information in the industry.
Standardization
Millions of unstructured records from heterogenous data sources have been normalized into a clean, standardized format in our contractor, property, and building permit database.
Depth
Our proprietary matching system connects building permit data, property data, and licensure data together to support a broad range of analytical models and building permit data analyses.
Developer Friendly
We're configured to support a variety of scalable, flexible integrations to eliminate friction and enable partners to focus their time on discovering and applying insights.