See the job before anyone breaks ground.

FirstDig checks city building-permit records every hour and emails contractors and home-service businesses the new permits in their service area: roofing, solar, HVAC, plumbing, electrical, remodels, pools, new construction and 14 trades in all, from 31 city data feeds.

How it works

1. Draw your service area on a map and pick your trades.
2. FirstDig reads each covered city's permit open data about once an hour and sorts every new permit by trade.
3. The permits that match arrive by email: every morning on Pro and Business, weekly on Free.

Cities covered, live

0 permits came in from these feeds between 2026-09-06 and 2026-10-05.

• Seattle, WA: 0 permits in the last 30 days. Source: Data: City of Seattle Open Data (SDCI).
• Washington, DC: 0 permits in the last 30 days. Source: Data: DC Department of Buildings, Open Data DC.
• Fort Worth, TX: 0 permits in the last 30 days. Source: Data: City of Fort Worth Open Data.
• New Orleans, LA: 0 permits in the last 30 days. Source: Data: City of New Orleans Open Data.
• San Diego, CA: 0 permits in the last 30 days. Source: Data: City of San Diego Development Services, data.sandiego.gov.
• Detroit, MI: 0 permits in the last 30 days. Source: Data: City of Detroit Buildings, Safety Engineering and Environmental Department, Detroit Open Data.
• San Antonio, TX: 0 permits in the last 30 days. Source: Data: City of San Antonio Development Services, Open Data SA.
• Denver, CO: 0 permits in the last 30 days. Source: Data: City and County of Denver Open Data Catalog.
• Pittsburgh, PA: 0 permits in the last 30 days. Source: Data: City of Pittsburgh Department of Permits, Licenses and Inspections, WPRDC.
• Los Angeles, CA: 0 permits in the last 30 days. Source: Data: City of Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety, Los Angeles Open Data.
• Chicago, IL: 0 permits in the last 30 days. Source: Data: City of Chicago Data Portal.
• Minneapolis, MN: 0 permits in the last 30 days. Source: Data: City of Minneapolis Open Data (CCS).
• San Francisco, CA: 0 permits in the last 30 days. Source: Data: San Francisco Department of Building Inspection, DataSF.
• Baltimore, MD: 0 permits in the last 30 days. Source: Data: Baltimore City Department of Housing & Community Development, Open Baltimore.
• Cincinnati, OH: 0 permits in the last 30 days. Source: Data: City of Cincinnati Open Data (CAGIS).
• Norfolk, VA: 0 permits in the last 30 days. Source: Data: City of Norfolk Open Data.
• Orlando, FL: 0 permits in the last 30 days. Source: Data: City of Orlando Open Data.
• Montgomery, MD: 0 permits in the last 30 days. Source: Data: Montgomery County, MD Department of Permitting Services, dataMontgomery.
• Austin, TX: 0 permits in the last 30 days. Source: Data: City of Austin Open Data.
• New York, NY: 0 permits in the last 30 days. Source: Data: NYC Department of Buildings, NYC Open Data.
• Prince George's, MD: 0 permits in the last 30 days. Source: Data: Prince George's County, MD (DPIE), Open Data Portal.
• Philadelphia, PA: 0 permits in the last 30 days. Source: Data: City of Philadelphia Department of Licenses and Inspections, OpenDataPhilly.
• Miami-Dade, FL: 0 permits in the last 30 days. Source: Data: Miami-Dade County Open Data.
• San Jose, CA: 0 permits in the last 30 days. Source: Data: City of San Jose Open Data.
• Baton Rouge, LA: 0 permits in the last 30 days. Source: Data: City of Baton Rouge / Parish of East Baton Rouge Open Data.
• Cambridge, MA: 0 permits in the last 30 days. Source: Data: City of Cambridge Open Data (Inspectional Services).
• Boston, MA: 0 permits in the last 30 days. Source: Data: City of Boston Inspectional Services, Analyze Boston.
• Miami, FL: 0 permits in the last 30 days. Source: Data: City of Miami Open Data.
• Arlington, TX: 0 permits in the last 30 days. Source: Data: City of Arlington, TX Open Data.
• Marin, CA: 0 permits in the last 30 days. Source: Data: County of Marin Open Data.
• Raleigh, NC: 0 permits in the last 30 days. Source: Data: City of Raleigh Open Data.

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