PPermitDrop
Permit intelligence for contractors

Roof leads,
six weeks
before they hit Angi.

PermitDrop turns yesterday’s public permit filings into today’s qualified roofing, solar, and HVAC leads. Cleaned, scored, delivered by territory.

Live feed · last update today355,154 permits indexed3 metros · TX
355,154Permits indexed
11,266Active roofing leads
4,509Active solar leads
3Texas metros · live
The lead-buying problem

You’re not buying leads. You’re paying for the privilege of being one of five callers.

Marketplaces sell the same homeowner to every contractor in the ZIP. By the time you call, she’s already pricing the job. We sell what those marketplaces can’t: the moment a project enters the public record.

Recycled

Sold five times

Angi and HomeAdvisor sell the same homeowner inquiry to multiple contractors at once. You compete on speed-of-call, not fit.

Late

Six weeks late

Marketplace leads come after a homeowner has decided to start. Permits come when they’re filed, often six weeks before the first quote request.

Indistinct

Tire-kickers mixed with $40k jobs

You can't tell a casual quote-shopper from a $40k re-roof until you're on the call. Permit value is published.

Permit-qualified

Address. Scope. Budget. County stamp.

A filed permit is a homeowner with a budget, an address, a scope, and a county-issued go-ahead. We classify it, score it, and put it on your weekly sheet.

Live sample

Pick a trade, pick a metro. Real records, refreshed daily.

Every row links back to its public source. Nothing here is generated, illustrated, or made up — these are filings from the last 30 days.

TRADE:METRO:
Score
Issued
Description
Address
Value
Status
95
2026-04-22
ePlan: Commercial Expedited Review - Exterior Remodel of an Existing Pool Bar A…
601 RIO GRANDE ST UNIT 300 · 78701
$1,500,000
active
95
2026-04-20
All Interior remodel with New Roof. No addition to the footprint or increase in…
738 GUNTER ST · 78702
$190,000
active
80
2026-04-30
RE ROOF AT EXISTING APARTMENT COMPLEX. BLDG 8559 - OVA
8527 N CAPITAL OF TEXAS HWY… · 78759
active
80
2026-04-30
Addition to existing 1-story single-family residential to include: new covered …
2306 WILLOW ST · 78702
active
80
2026-04-30
Addition to existing 1-story single-family residential to include: new covered …
2306 WILLOW ST · 78702
active
80
2026-04-30
RE ROOF OF EXISTING APARTMENT COMPLEX. BLDG 8537 - OVA
8527 N CAPITAL OF TEXAS HWY… · 78759
active
80
2026-04-30
RE ROOF AT EXISTING APARTMENT COMPLE. BLDG 8535 - OVA
8527 N CAPITAL OF TEXAS HWY… · 78759
active
80
2026-04-30
Addition to existing 1-story single-family residential to include: new covered …
2306 WILLOW ST · 78702
active
Showing 8 of 2,219 — Austin · RoofingGet the full feed →
Score anatomy

One real permit, decomposed.

No black-box AI. We publish the rules. Every permit gets the same scoring formula. If you disagree with our scoring, you can re-rank by any column in the export.

95

738 GUNTER ST · Austin, TX
BP-2026-034244 · issued 2026-04-20 · $190,000 declared

+35Trade match: roofingBase for the highest-converting trade categories.
+25Issued ≤ 7 daysRecency: contractor not yet locked in.
+25Project value ≥ $25kDeclared scope worth chasing.
+15Residential property typeHigher conversion than commercial.
+10"New roof" keyword in descriptionStorm/insurance/replacement language.
+5Geocoded addressRoutable for sales.
95Final lead score (clamped 0–100)
Trade-specific feeds

Different trade. Different signal.

Roofers want recency and storm signals. Solar installers want competitor permit volume. HVAC contractors want replacement-window timing. We tune the feed to the buyer.

Roofing

Storm work, replacement, reroof — by ZIP, by week.

Track residential roof permits the day they're filed. Score by recency, declared value, and storm/replacement language.

11,266Active roofing permits across Austin, San Antonio, Fort Worth — last 24 months.
  • Reroof, replacement, storm-restoration filings
  • Project value where the city publishes it
  • Contractor named on permit (where source allows)
  • ZIP-level activity heatmap
See sample roof feed
Solar

Installer leaderboard. Battery attach. Market share.

Solar pros don't need leads — they need to know where the market is moving. Track every PV and battery permit by installer name.

4,509Active solar permits indexed. Adrian Buck pulled 447 in the last 24 months.
  • PV vs battery vs ground-mount classification
  • Installer permit volume — weekly trend
  • ZIP-level solar activity heatmap
  • Net-new installer detection
See sample solar feed
How it works

Four steps. Nothing fancy.

01

Collect

We pull from official city & county permit feeds. Open data. No bots, no scraping, no ToS gymnastics.

02

Clean

Normalize messy descriptions, dates, addresses, statuses, contractor names, and project values.

03

Score

Rule-based lead score from 0–100 — published, explainable, sortable. No AI black box.

04

Deliver

CSV export, county dashboard, and weekly digest. Ten minutes from sign-up to first sheet in your inbox.

vs the alternatives

If you’ve tried Angi, BuildZoom, or DIY portal-checking — this isn’t that.

PermitDrop
Angi / HomeAdvisor
BuildZoom
Lead exclusivity
Public records — yours alone if you call first
Sold to 3–5 contractors
N/A — matchmaking
Time to lead
Day-of permit filing
After quote request
After homeowner search
Project value visible upfront
Where the city publishes it
No
Historical only
Per-lead cost
$1.30 effective ($99 / 75 leads)
$30–$60 / lead
Free + paid placement
Competitor activity tracking
Yes — by ZIP, contractor, trade
No
Yes — historical
CSV / API export
CSV included; API on Pro
Locked to platform
No
Founder pricing

One county. $99 a month.

If one extra job per year closes off this feed, you’re ahead by 11 months. Cancel anytime — no annual lock.

Starter

For the local owner-operator. One county, one trade.
$99/ month
  • 1 county
  • 1 primary trade
  • Weekly email digest
  • CSV export
  • Founder pricing locked 6 months
Start with one county
Most contractors pick this

Pro

Three counties, daily alerts, competitor activity.
$199/ month
  • Up to 3 counties
  • All trade categories
  • Daily email digest
  • Saved alerts by ZIP & score
  • Competitor activity reports
  • CSV export
Cover your service area

Territory

Custom territory, priority sources, monthly market report.
$499/ month
  • Up to 10 counties
  • All trade categories
  • Daily alerts + API access
  • Priority source onboarding
  • Monthly market activity report
Talk to us
FAQ

The questions every contractor asks first.

Is this just BuildZoom?

No. BuildZoom matches homeowners to contractors and uses permit history as proof. PermitDrop sells the raw, fresh permit feed to you, the contractor, so you can call those homeowners yourself.

How is this different from Angi?

Angi sells the same quote request to five contractors and they fight over speed. We sell public records; if you call the homeowner first, the lead is yours.

What about the homeowner — do they know I have their permit?

Permits are public records by law. You'd find them by walking into the city permit office. We just save you the drive.

What if your roofing classifier is wrong?

The score is a published formula. You can sort by any column in the CSV. We surface low-confidence classifications in the dashboard so your sales team can spot-check before calling.

When's Phoenix? Denver?

Both are next on the roadmap — they’re hail-belt and solar-belt respectively. Email benjamin@avalanlabs.co with your county and we’ll prioritize it.

What's covered today?

Austin (Travis), San Antonio (Bexar), and Fort Worth (Tarrant) — all three updated daily. New metros launching every two weeks.

Free sample

Show me my county.

Tell us your trade and your closest metro. We’ll send you the last 25 permits — yours to keep, no call required.

Or skip the form: browse the live feed · email us