Data sources

Last updated October 23, 2026

PermitPulseDaily collects building permit records that cities, counties and states publish on their open data portals (many run on Socrata/Tyler Data & Insights or Esri ArcGIS Hub), and organizes them so they're easier to search. We follow each portal's terms of use. These agencies don't endorse PermitPulseDaily, and the data on PermitPulseDaily may have been reformatted, filtered or classified by us.

Sources include open data published by: Austin TX, Baton Rouge LA, Boston MA, Cambridge MA, Chicago IL, Cincinnati OH, Dallas TX, Everett WA, Honolulu HI, Kansas City MO, Los Angeles CA, Marin County CA, Mesa AZ, Montgomery County MD, New Jersey, New Orleans LA, New York City NY, Norfolk VA, Philadelphia PA, Prince George's County MD, San Francisco CA, Seattle WA, Somerville MA, Texas, Washington DC, and other agencies on ArcGIS Hub.

City of Chicago: This site provides applications using data that has been modified for use from its original source, www.cityofchicago.org, the official website of the City of Chicago. The City of Chicago makes no claims as to the content, accuracy, timeliness, or completeness of any of the data provided at this site. The data provided at this site is subject to change at any time. It is understood that the data provided at this site is being used at one's own risk.

New York City: Data from NYC Open Data is provided by the City of New York, which makes no warranty as to its accuracy or completeness.

Cambridge, MA: Building permit data from the City of Cambridge Open Data portal, published under the Open Data Commons Public Domain Dedication and License (PDDL).

Contractor phone numbers in New York City come from NYC Department of Buildings permit records published on NYC Open Data.

If you represent a data publisher and have a question about how your data is used or attributed, or you'd like information removed, email [email protected].