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 18 trades in all.

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 (100)

• Arizona: Phoenix, Maricopa County (unincorporated areas around Phoenix), Tucson, Mesa, Scottsdale, Tempe, Coconino County (Flagstaff area)
• California: Los Angeles, Los Angeles County (unincorporated areas), San Diego, San Diego County (unincorporated areas), San Jose, San Francisco, Sacramento, Sacramento County (unincorporated areas), Riverside County (unincorporated areas), Corona, Marin County
• Colorado: Denver, Aurora, Centennial, Boulder, Douglas County (unincorporated areas), Adams County (unincorporated areas)
• Connecticut: Hartford
• District of Columbia: Washington
• Florida: Miami, Miami-Dade County (unincorporated areas), Hillsborough County (unincorporated areas around Tampa), Orlando, Osceola County, Volusia County (unincorporated areas), Port St. Lucie, Cape Coral, Alachua County (Gainesville area), Lakeland
• Georgia: Atlanta, DeKalb County
• Idaho: Boise
• Illinois: Chicago, Naperville
• Kansas: Overland Park
• Kentucky: Louisville
• Louisiana: New Orleans, Baton Rouge
• Maryland: Baltimore, Montgomery County, Prince George's County
• Massachusetts: Boston, Worcester, Cambridge, Somerville
• Michigan: Detroit
• Minnesota: Minneapolis
• Missouri: Kansas City
• Nebraska: Lincoln (new homes)
• Nevada: Las Vegas, Clark County (unincorporated areas around Las Vegas), Henderson
• New York: New York City (NYC Department of Buildings), Buffalo, Rochester
• North Carolina: Raleigh, Wake County (county areas, Wendell, Knightdale, Rolesville, Zebulon), Greensboro, Durham (demolition permits)
• Ohio: Columbus, Cleveland, Cincinnati
• Oregon: Portland, Salem, Bend
• Pennsylvania: Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Allentown
• South Carolina: Charleston
• South Dakota: Sioux Falls
• Tennessee: Nashville, Memphis and Shelby County
• Texas: Harris County (unincorporated areas around Houston), San Antonio, Austin, Fort Worth, El Paso (new homes), Collin County (Plano, Frisco, McKinney, Allen), Arlington, Tyler, Midland, College Station, San Marcos
• Virginia: Fairfax County, Virginia Beach, Loudoun County, Norfolk, Charlottesville
• Washington: Seattle, Tacoma, Bellevue, Everett, Pierce County (unincorporated areas)

Plans

Free, Pro and Business. Every account starts with 14 days of Pro, no card needed, then stays on Free unless you choose to pay.

Privacy

Alerts go to businesses only. Names of property owners and applicants are removed before anything is saved. We don't sell personal information and don't run ads.

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