LIVE · U.S. CONSTRUCTION INTELLIGENCE

Building permit intelligence across the United States

Search, monitor, and integrate standardized permit, contractor, inspection, and property records from covered U.S. municipalities.

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What is Builders Monitor

Construction activity is one of the earliest indicators of economic growth, investment, and development.

But the records behind that activity are fragmented across thousands of municipal and county systems, each with different formats, structures, and reporting standards.

Builders Monitor transforms permit, inspection, contractor, licensing, zoning, and property records into a unified nationwide construction intelligence layer that teams can search, monitor, and integrate programmatically.

Permit
Records
Permit
BUILDING PERMIT
No. 24-56721
Inspection
Reports
Inspection Report
Contractor
Licenses
Contractor License
License No. 844391
Zoning
Activity
Zoning Application
IDTYPESTATUS
Z-1023RZApproved
Z-1024CUPPending
Z-1025VARApproved
Property
Records
Property Record
Parcel ID: 123-456-789
Intelligence Layer
StandardizeNormalize formats, codes & structure
ValidateVerify accuracy & business rules
MatchResolve duplicates & relationships
EnrichAdd context & fill data gaps
Unified Records
Projects
Permits
Properties
Contractors
Connected Entities
Linked people, companies, and projects
Cross-jurisdiction matching
Relationship mapping
Market Intelligence
Development activity
Growth trends
Construction velocity
Regional forecasting
Operational Signals
New permits filed
Inspection activity
Project status changes
Contractor performance indicators

Industries & Use Cases

Different teams use construction intelligence differently

Builders Monitor turns fragmented municipal records into decision-ready intelligence for teams across construction, finance, sales, research, and analytics.

Whether you are finding new projects, monitoring markets, assessing risk, or feeding internal systems, the same underlying dataset helps teams act earlier with better context.

In Focus

Sales

Find new opportunities earlier in the construction lifecycle.

Use construction activity to identify active projects, growing accounts, and high-intent markets before demand becomes obvious through traditional sales channels.

Common Applications

Lead generationAccount prioritizationTerritory planningPipeline development

Key Questions

  • Which organizations are starting or expanding construction activity?
  • Where are new project opportunities emerging?
  • Which markets are generating the strongest demand signals?
  • Which accounts should sales teams prioritize first?

OFFERINGS

One intelligence layer. Multiple ways to access it.

All Builders Monitor products are built on the same nationwide construction intelligence dataset. Use it through the web platform, connect through the API, or receive structured data feeds for enterprise workflows.

Platform

Explore, monitor, and analyze construction activity.

Explore construction activity through a purpose-built platform for market research, monitoring, and opportunity discovery.

Capabilities

  • Search permits, projects, and organizations
  • Monitor markets and competitors
  • Build watchlists and alerts
  • Analyze activity across jurisdictions

API

Integrate construction intelligence into products and workflows.

Programmatically access standardized permit, inspection, contractor, and project data through APIs built for internal systems and customer-facing products.

Capabilities

  • REST API access
  • Structured JSON delivery
  • Automated data updates
  • Cross-jurisdiction querying

Data Delivery

Bring construction intelligence into your data environment.

License and consume nationwide construction data at scale for analytics, forecasting, modeling, reporting, and enterprise data initiatives.

Capabilities

  • Historical and current datasets
  • Warehouse-ready delivery
  • Bulk exports and custom feeds
  • Enterprise-scale data pipelines

DATA COVERAGE

Nationwide visibility into municipal construction activity.

Builders Monitor tracks construction records from fragmented municipal, county, and local agency systems across the United States.

Coverage includes permits, inspections, contractors, licensing, zoning activity, property records, and related project metadata, standardized into a consistent dataset that can be searched, compared, and integrated.

Coverage Includes

  • Residential and commercial permits
  • New construction, renovations, additions, and repairs
  • Permit filings, approvals, expirations, and status changes
  • Inspection schedules, results, and violations
  • Contractor, builder, and licensing records
  • Zoning activity and land-use changes
  • Property, parcel, and project metadata
  • Historical records and daily refreshes

Coverage Metrics

0+Municipalities Covered
0States Covered
MillionsPermit Records Processed
DailyRefresh Frequency
Multiple YearsHistorical Coverage

PRICING

Simple plans that scale with how you use construction intelligence.

Start with exploration, then scale into operational and enterprise-grade access as your usage grows.

Free

For exploration and lightweight research.

Get started free

Includes

  • 50 lookups / month
  • Search permits and contractors
  • Interactive map
  • Limited API access

Basic

For individuals and consistent research workflows.

$390 / yr billed annually

Choose Basic

Includes

  • 1,000 lookups / month
  • Everything in Free
  • CSV exports
  • Expanded search and filtering

Team

For teams using construction intelligence in daily workflows.

$1,490 / yr billed annually

Choose Team

Includes

  • 8,000 lookups / month
  • Everything in Basic
  • Shared workflow support
  • Higher rate limit

Enterprise

For organizations building on nationwide construction intelligence.

Contact sales

Includes

  • Unlimited usage
  • Bulk data delivery — Parquet / CSV feeds
  • Full historical datasets
  • Custom SLA & licensing
  • Dedicated account team
Ready to monitor?

Construction activity moves before the market sees it

Builders Monitor gives your team early visibility into real-world development activity across the United States, helping you identify opportunities, assess risk, and act earlier with better context.