Building Permit Scraper — Roofing, Solar & HVAC Leads

🇨🇳 中文简介 (Chinese — China & Singapore): 想第一时间拿到美国城市新发建筑许可做屋顶/太阳能/暖通拓客？本 Actor 直连市政开放数据（Socrata / Accela / Tyler / ArcGIS），支持 cities[] 多城 + keyword（roof / solar / HVAC）过滤，返回许可类型、造价、地址以及门户公开的业主/承包商姓名。电话与邮箱为可选 enrichment（默认开启；仅成功命中时另计 +$0.05；不保证每条都有电话/邮箱。设 enrichContractors=false 可避免 enrichment 费用）。按交付许可计费，无需 API Key。现在运行，把 HOT 许可线索同步到表格或 AI 工作流。

🇸🇬 Ringkasan Melayu (Singapore): Mahukan permit bina baharu (atap, solar, HVAC) dari bandar AS? Actor ini tarik data terbuka bandar dengan cities[] + penapis keyword. Jenis permit, nilai, alamat dan nama pemilik/kontraktor bila diterbitkan. Telefon/e-mel ialah enrichment pilihan (dinyalakan secara lalai; +$0.05 hanya bila berjaya; tidak dijamin. Set enrichContractors=false untuk elak kos enrichment). Bayar per permit — tiada API key. Ideal untuk kontraktor dan lead pembinaan. Cuba di Apify.

🤖 NEW: Connect This To Your AI! (MCP)

Want permit leads and owner-phone enrichment inside Claude, Cursor, or ChatGPT? Use the Skip Trace MCP Server — Model Context Protocol access to Building Permit Scraper + Skip Trace PRO in one AI workflow. Ask your agent to multi-city scan permits, filter by keyword, then skip-trace owner phones hands-free.

🏆 Featured Bots by IntelScrape

1. Building Permit Scraper — Roofing, Solar & HVAC Leads
2. Skip Trace PRO — Name, Address, Phone & Email People Lookup
3. Code Violations Scraper — City Code Enforcement Leads
4. TruePeopleSearch Scraper — Phone & Email Matches
5. TikTok Scraper — Emails & Influencer Leads
6. Google Maps No-Website Leads — Local Businesses Without a Website
7. UCC Lien Scraper — Florida & New Jersey Filings
8. Skip Trace MCP Server — Use Skip Trace inside Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT

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⚡ Use this Actor in n8n — no code

1. Add the official Apify node in n8n.
2. Connect your Apify API token.
3. Run Actor ID: IntelScrape/building-permit-scraper.

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Contractor / solar / roofing lead buyers: pull newly issued building permits from city/county open-data portals — not fragile homepage scrapers.
Filter with cities[] (multi-city pack) + keyword (roof, solar, HVAC, pool, …). Owner + contractor names when the portal publishes them. Phone & email via optional enrichment (ON by default, +$0.05 only on successful hits — phones/emails are not guaranteed). Set enrichContractors: false to avoid enrichment spend. HOT/WARM/COLD lead score, incremental mode, dedupe.
≈ $5 / 1,000 permits. No API key required.

Honest coverage & billing (read this): Sources are municipal open-data APIs (Socrata / Accela / Tyler / ArcGIS) where available — not every US city. You are billed $0.005 per delivered permit plus $0.05 actor start. Optional contractor-enrichment (+$0.05) fires only when a phone/email/website is actually delivered (phones are opt-in, never guaranteed). Enrichment needs the owner backend token; if unavailable you still get public-record permit fields. Use demoMode for a fictional sample.

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🧭 Built for roofing contractors, solar installers, HVAC / remodel outreach, materials suppliers, lenders, and commercial construction sales.

⭐ Store rating is driven by daily power users. Please leave an honest review if this saves you time — we do not claim a fake 5.0★.

⚖️ Lawful business use only. Returns information already published on government open-data portals. You are liable for how you use it.

📌 Names, phones, and emails in this README are fictional examples for illustration.

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🕵️‍♂️ Why Choose Us vs. "Cheaper" Competitors?

Feature	Building Permit Scraper	Thin HTML scrapers
Sources	Civic open-data APIs	Brittle city homepages
Buyer filters	cities[] + keyword (roof/solar/HVAC)	One city dump
Billing	Pay per delivered permit	Pay for empty / junk rows
Contacts	Optional enrichment (ON by default; phones/emails not guaranteed)	Oversell “always phones”
Ops	Incremental + HOT/WARM/COLD	One-shot dumps

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Quick start (single city)

{
  "city": "Austin",
  "state": "TX",
  "permitType": "Roofing",
  "minCost": 5000,
  "maxResults": 50,
  "timePeriod": "Last 30 days",
  "enrichContractors": true
}

Demo (fictional, no live scrape):

{ "demoMode": true }

Legacy aliases still accepted: targetLocation (“Austin, TX”), minProjectCost, max_results.

Multi-city pack + filters (cities[] + keyword + dates + zipCodes)

Scan several US cities in one run with optional free-text filtering — built for contractor / solar / roofing lead packs.

{
  "cities": ["Chicago", "Austin", "Miami"],
  "keyword": "solar",
  "maxResults": 100,
  "timePeriod": "Last 30 days",
  "enrichContractors": true
}

Input	What it does
cities[]	List of US city names (e.g. ["Chicago","Austin"]). Each city is discovered separately. Caps via maxCities (default 25 for this list). Leave empty to use single city.
keyword	Optional case-insensitive filter applied after scrape on description / permit type / contractor / address (roof, solar, HVAC, pool, …).
dateFrom / dateTo	Optional YYYY-MM-DD bounds. When either is set, they override the Time period dropdown window.
zipCodes[]	Optional post-scrape ZIP allow-list (normalized to 5-digit). Empty = no ZIP filter.

Single-city mode still works with city + state as before.

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Contractor rollup (new)

• enableContractorRollup (default ON) — groups delivered permits by contractor (top 25) + one contractor-rollup-summary row with Soft CTA → Skip Trace PRO / UCC Lien Scraper / Code Violations. Optional contractor-rollup PPE when the Store event is live (charged once per summary).

Enrichment honesty (read this)

• Live input schema: enrichContractors defaults to true (ON by default).
• Phones / emails / websites are best-effort and not guaranteed on every permit row.
• You are billed +$0.05 (contractor-enrichment) only on successful hits.
• Set enrichContractors: false to scrape permits without enrichment spend.

Soft CTA — next steps after permits (SOFTCTA_DEEPEN_3_7_43)

Every permit row (and contractor rollup) includes a free softCta mesh — no extra PPE:

• Google Maps Email Extractor — nearby business emails
• Google Maps No-Website Leads — contractors/owners without sites
• Website Contact Scraper — emails/phones from contractor sites
• Code Violations — distress signals in the same markets
• UCC Lien Scraper — financing / secured-party intel
• TruePeopleSearch / Skip Trace PRO — people enrichment (links only)

What you get (per permit)

• Permit number, status, issue date, description
• Estimated project value (when published)
• Address / parcel fields when published
• Owner & contractor name when published
• leadScore: HOT / WARM / COLD
• contractor_phone / contractor_email / contractor_website only if enrichment succeeded
• isDemo + notice when demoMode is on

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Pricing (PPE — unchanged)

Event	Price	When it fires
Actor start	$0.05	Once per run
Permit (apify-default-dataset-item)	$0.005	Each delivered permit
Contractor enrichment	$0.05	Only when phone/email/website delivered

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Legal

Lawful B2B use of government open-data publications only. Not a consumer reporting agency.

Fresh leads & scoring

• lastNDays / freshLeadsOnly / onlyNewResults
• Numeric leadScore 0–100 + leadReasons[] + leadGrade
• filtersApplied stamp + optional socrataAppToken
• Soft CTA → Skip Trace PRO / Code Violations / UCC Lien

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⭐ Store review

Got useful permits from a live city run? A short Store review helps other contractors find this Actor — thanks.