Public permit intelligence for contractor agencies

Turn public building permits into contractor campaign signals.

PermitSignal AI helps contractor marketing agencies package public permit records into trade-specific market intelligence, white-label reports, CSV exports, and compliant B2B sales workflows.

Chicago source

Roof permit signal board

Compliance gated

Signals

24

Top ZIP

60614

High score

88

88

Residential roof replacement

60614

81

Exterior restoration permit

60618

74

Solar-readiness adjacent signal

60647

Best-fit trades

Gutter, solar, insulation, exterior restoration

Safety state

Suppression checks and delivery audit rows

Default metro
Chicago
First vertical
Roof signals
Email posture
Compliance-gated
Output level
ZIP / neighborhood

Example signal

A report card built for agency planning.

The product surfaces public permit activity as informational market signals for adjacent contractor campaign ideas.

Residential roof replacement

Chicago / ZIP 60614

Signal score

88/100

Project value

$18,500

Best-fit trades

gutter installers, solar installers

Output

Report + CSV

Why it matters: Roof replacement permits can create adjacent demand for gutter inspection, attic ventilation, insulation checks, and solar-readiness conversations.

Outreach angle: After roof replacement activity, exterior campaigns can focus on drainage, fascia condition, attic ventilation, and solar-readiness education.

Operating system

The system is shaped as a revenue workflow, not a static report tool.

Each stage is designed to operate automatically with compliance gates, while rejecting ambiguous data and unsafe commercial output.

Ingest

Official open-data permit feeds

Socrata-style sources and fixture ingestion normalize public permit records without owner or applicant names.

Classify

Trade-specific signal scoring

AI classification and deterministic scoring identify roofing follow-on signals with fail-closed validation.

Package

White-label agency reports

HTML and CSV outputs summarize ZIPs, buyer segments, source references, and outreach angles.

Promote

Compliance-gated B2B sales automation

Qualified agency prospects receive compliant email outreach only after suppression, cap, and content checks pass.

Agency use cases

A cleaner way to package public permit records for contractor clients.

The system stays conservative: no homeowner contact, no Google Maps scraping, no guaranteed outcomes, and no live email unless safety checks pass.

From open data to scored signals

A configurable source registry feeds raw permit records into normalization, zod-validated classification, and bounded signal scoring.

Reports agencies can package

Weekly white-label reports, CSV exports, client-ready summaries, and source references are shaped for contractor campaign planning.

Commercial email safety by default

Delivery audit rows, List-Unsubscribe headers, suppression checks, daily caps, and campaign kill switches keep outreach controlled.

Built for

Contractor-focused agencies that need sharper campaign inputs.

Contractor marketing agencies

Home-service SEO and PPC teams

Roofing and solar marketing specialists

Agencies packaging client-ready market reports

Source coverage

Built around official public-data sources, with Chicago as the first market.

The source registry starts with Socrata-style public building permit datasets and keeps market expansion configurable for agencies that need multiple territories.

Chicago

First configured Socrata-style metro for roof-related public permit signals.

Los Angeles

Configurable open-data source target for later market expansion.

Seattle

Designed for official permit dataset adapters and CSV ingestion.

New York City

Planned source registry expansion for multi-market agencies.

Commercial products

Start with a custom sample, then move into recurring reports.

Pricing is designed to validate one trade and one metro before expanding into weekly agency intelligence.

View all pricing

Custom Signal Sample

$99

one-time

AI-generated seven-day custom permit signal report for one metro and one trade.

Founding Agency Plan

$750 setup + $799

per month

Recurring signal reporting for agencies serving contractor clients in one market.

Multi-Market Plan

$2,500

per month

Multi-market reporting for agencies managing several territories or contractor niches.

FAQ

Clear positioning for a compliance-sensitive data product.

The system is intentionally framed as market intelligence and campaign planning support.

Is this a lead product?

No. PermitSignal AI provides public permit market-intelligence reports and campaign inputs.

Who is the first vertical for?

The first sample focuses on roof-related permit signals for agencies serving gutter, solar, insulation, exterior restoration, and roofing-adjacent clients.

Do reports include homeowner names?

No. Reports use ZIP/neighborhood-level summaries and do not surface homeowner, applicant, property-owner, or resident names.

Evaluate the category

Order a seven-day custom signal sample for one metro and trade.

The sample is built for agency evaluation and client campaign planning. It includes the disclaimer and avoids owner/applicant names by default.

PermitSignal AI analyzes public permit records for market-intelligence purposes. Signals are informational and do not guarantee customer intent, project availability, or sales outcomes. Subscribers are responsible for complying with applicable solicitation, privacy, and marketing laws.