Every night the city publishes the building permits it issued. PermitMorning reads each one, works out what the job is, which trades it still needs and roughly how big it is, then emails you the ones worth a call, ranked for your trade.
No credit card. Every Pro feature during the trial. Austin and Chicago, updated daily.
Ten minutes to set up. After that it runs every morning without you.
Pick your trade, your city and, if you like, the ZIP codes or neighborhoods you cover. Add the smallest job worth your time.
Each permit is classified by AI: the kind of job, the trades it still needs, homes or commercial, job size, and whether a contractor is already on it.
A short, ranked email every weekday morning (or weekly). Work the leads in the dashboard: save, contact, quote, win, set follow-ups.
The contractor who pulled a permit has usually already sold that job. The permit is gold for the next trade in line. Scoring is built around that.
New homes, additions and garages that will need a roof, plus roof permits pulled by owners with no contractor named.
Fresh reroofs (the best moment to add panels), new homes and electrical service upgrades.
New construction, additions and commercial build-outs that need systems and ductwork.
Demolitions, foundation work, additions, porches and decks, and owner-filed projects.
Kitchen and bath remodels, additions, pools, EV chargers and new builds.
Demolitions, reroofs and remodels, with the contractor on the permit named so you know whom to call.
New homes, additions, reroofs and window jobs, with the general contractor named.
Mark a lead useful or irrelevant. Similar permits move up or down in your next digests.
One click writes a short letter to the owner or an email to the contractor, plus a call opener. Facts only, placeholders where your details go.
| City | How often it updates | What the city publishes | Narrow by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austin, TX | Daily, usually same day | Job description, homes vs commercial, work class, contractor company and trade. No owner names. | ZIP code |
| Chicago, IL | Daily, next morning | Job description, work type, reported cost, owner and contractor names. No phone numbers. | Community area (77 neighborhoods) |
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From the cities' own open-data portals: the City of Austin's "Issued Construction Permits" and the City of Chicago's "Building Permits" datasets. We do not scrape private sites or buy lists. Every lead links back to the public record.
For the trade that pulled it, often yes, and we say so on the lead. But a reroof still needs a dumpster and materials and is the best moment for solar; a new home needs every trade; a demolition means a rebuild. And when an owner pulls a permit with no contractor named, they may still be looking. That is what the ranking is for.
Austin publishes permits the same day they are issued; Chicago publishes yesterday's permits the next morning. Your digest arrives around 8:30 am Central on weekdays. The dashboard shows when each city last updated.
The address, permit number, dates, description, stated value, and owner and contractor names come straight from the city record. The job type, trades still needed, job size (when no value is stated), sector and summary are estimates by Claude (Anthropic's AI) from the permit text. The score combines those with your settings. Check before you rely on an estimate.
No. Cities do not publish them and we do not buy or append contact data. Austin publishes the contractor's business phone, which we show. Contacting people is your call: follow CAN-SPAM for email, and do-not-call and consent rules for calls and texts to homeowners. Our outreach drafts include those reminders.
Yes, anytime, from Settings. No contract. If you cancel during the trial you are never charged.
Tell us your trade and where you work. You can change all of this later in the dashboard. We will email you a link to confirm your address and open your dashboard.