Questions about PermitDrip permit data
Short answers about coverage, the free sample, the price and the data. Email lalit@permitdrip.com for anything else.
What is PermitDrip?
PermitDrip delivers building permit events (new permits and status changes) for US counties and cities that have no open-data feed and no coverage from PermitStack or Shovels.
Who uses it?
Permit-lead resellers, property and construction data teams, lead-generation agencies, and sales teams at roofing, solar, pool and HVAC contractors.
Which counties do you cover?
We start from a gap list: Collier County FL, Johnston County NC, City of Fresno CA, Union County NC, Cobb County GA, Henry County GA, St. Lucie County FL and Garland TX. Tell us any other jurisdiction. We check it within 1 business day.
How do you start a new county?
We build the reader for a county when a customer asks for it. You get a free 1-week sample first, so you see the real data before you pay.
How does the free sample work?
Tell us your metro and trade. We send 1 week of new and changed permits for that area as a CSV, free. Then you decide.
What does it cost?
After the sample you pay per result: about $20 per 1,000 permit events. No setup fee and no annual contract. Stop at any time by email.
What counts as a permit event?
One new permit, or one change to a permit that we already sent (for example "In Review" to "Issued", or "Issued" to "Finaled").
Which fields do I get?
Permit number, type, work class, description, status, dates, valuation, address, ZIP and parcel, plus contractor and status history where the portal shows them. Fields differ by jurisdiction.
How do you get the data?
From each office's public permit search portal (Accela, EnerGov, CityView and similar), within the site's terms. We do not bypass logins or CAPTCHAs.
How fresh is it?
Daily for an active feed. Each row carries the date of the event, so you can see the age of every record.
How is it delivered?
CSV by email, or a JSON or CSV feed, daily or weekly.
How is this different from PermitStack or Shovels?
They cover many cities from open-data feeds and large sources. We cover the portal-only jurisdictions that they do not list. Many buyers use both.