Every Monday morning you get last week's building permits for your trade: the address, what's being built, the dollar value, who pulled the permit, and the angle to pitch. No database to learn. Just this week's list.
Built from public permit records. Month to month, cancel anytime.
Real numbers from our sample week, permits issued Oct 26 to Nov 1, 2026. Source: City of Boston open data.
Cities publish every approved building permit. Almost nobody reads them. We do it for you, every week.
Each day we collect the permits your city's building department approves: in Boston, every permit from Inspectional Services.
A 200-amp service upgrade means a heat pump or EV charger is coming. A demo permit means a dumpster this week. We tag each one by trade.
A clean web brief plus a spreadsheet: address, map link, scope, value, permit holder, and a suggested angle for every lead.
Real permits issued in Boston the week of Oct 26 to Nov 1, 2026, straight from a subscriber brief. Nothing staged.
| Issued | Address | Brief and scope | Value | Pulled by | Angle to pitch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 27 | 230 Kittredge ST Roslindale 02131 | Electrification Install two ductless mini-split heat pump systems | $29k | Dave Giancola | Heat-pump job in progress: offer maintenance plans, smart thermostats, or Mass Save weatherization follow-up. |
| Oct 26 | 91 Bradlee ST Hyde Park 02136 | Remodel Bring back house to original before fire, new windows new roof, new… | $350k | Frankselio Dasilva | Kitchen remodel: cabinets, counters, appliances, backsplash, lighting, and a final clean. |
| Oct 27 | 175 N Harvard ST Allston 02134 | Roof & Solar Installation of a roof mounted solar array consisting of 73.16 KW DC… | $321k | Brian Mcphail | New solar, no battery listed: pitch battery storage, critter guards, or panel monitoring. |
| Oct 30 | 31 Windermere RD Dorchester 02125 | Demolition New construction of 71 Residential units, 4 story building on 3 story… | $40.0M | Clifton A Page | Debris coming: offer a dumpster or haul-away this week; mention lead/asbestos testing on pre-1978 buildings. |
| Oct 30 | 1 Veterans WY South Boston 02127 | New Building Building A. (94) Multi Residential Units with Amenities Spaces and… | $52.0M | Brian M Senk | Building nearing occupancy: pitch move-in services, cleaning contracts, security, signage, internet, or… |
| Oct 30 | 400 Melnea Cass BL Roxbury 02119 | Big Job Erect new 6 story multifamily structure with 60 dwelling units, 4… | $26.4M | Vernon Woodworth Urbanica Inc | Large job: introduce your trade/supply line to the applicant (the permit holder) and ask for the bid list. |
Each brief is filtered to the permits that signal a sale for that trade. Counts are from last week.
For heat-pump/HVAC installers, EV-charger installers, battery-storage and solar companies, energy auditors.
A home that just upgraded its electrical service, added a heat pump, or got weatherized is mid-project and spending on energy right now.
For gutter, window, chimney, insulation and skylight companies; battery-storage installers; roofers selling to solar owners.
Exterior jobs come in clusters: a new roof is the moment for gutters and solar; a solar install is the moment for a battery.
For kitchen/bath showrooms, flooring, cabinet, painting, tile, closet, window-treatment and post-construction cleaning companies.
Permitted remodels are funded, scheduled, and need finish trades and products in the next 30-90 days.
For dumpster rental, junk removal, asbestos/lead abatement, temporary fencing and portable toilet companies.
Demo permits mean debris this month. First call usually wins the dumpster.
For movers, commercial cleaners, security/low-voltage, signage, furniture, internet providers, property managers, landscapers.
New construction and certificates of occupancy mean a building is about to fill with people who need services on day one.
For subcontractors and suppliers bidding to the general contractor who pulled the permit.
Large permitted jobs need dozens of subs and suppliers. The applicant is the contact to reach.
The 25 most active permit holders each week, with their main type of work and neighborhood. Built for suppliers, lenders, insurance agents and staffing firms who sell to contractors.
The 10 biggest projects, where the work is, and who's busiest. A free weekly snapshot of your local construction market.
Boston is live today. We add cities where the building department publishes permits as public data, starting across New England and growing from there.
"Next up" means we confirmed the city publishes current permit records as open data (checked Nov 4, 2026). It is not a launch date.
Month to month. Cancel anytime. No contracts, no setup fees.
For a single-trade contractor or supplier.
For suppliers, lenders and multi-trade firms.
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Public building-permit records published by each city we cover. For Boston, that's the Approved Building Permits dataset from the Inspectional Services Department on Analyze Boston, released into the public domain (PDDL). We clean it, remove duplicates, and sort it by trade. We're independent and not affiliated with any city.
Boston today. Cambridge, Worcester and Hartford publish current permit data and are next up. We're adding cities across New England and beyond based on requests, so tell us yours.
No. Permits list the address and the permit holder (usually the contractor). Reach homeowners by mail or a door hanger, and reach permit holders as a business. Always follow do-not-call and anti-spam rules.
Boston updates its file daily. Your brief covers permits issued Monday through Sunday of the prior week and lands Monday morning.
One row per lead: issue date, permit number, type, address, neighborhood, ZIP, declared value, scope of work, permit holder, occupancy, status, the suggested angle, and a map link. It opens in Excel or Google Sheets.
You can, and it's free. A busy Boston week has 800+ permits. We read them all, drop the noise, and hand you only the ones that mean a sale for your trade, with an angle for each.
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