Building permit leads for trades and suppliers
A building permit issues, naming the contractor, the address and the work.
$1,046,221,148
in reported cost on jobs with a trade still to bid. Chicago, 60 days.
Commercial construction project leads
A large commercial job pulls its building permit.
$20,480,184,796
in building permits, one value per job site
- Where
- 13 of the largest US cities and counties, 60 days
- Same pull
- $13,144,621,072 of it private work
- Pulled
The moment
The weeks after a big permit issues are when the crane, the hoist, the formwork, the concrete package, the glazing and the builder's risk get ordered. The permit names the reported cost and, in most cities, the general contractor.
The catch is that every big city publishes permits its own way. The Inlay tracks thirteen of the country's largest permit markets on the same days and counts each job site once, so one tower doesn't show up as six separate permits.
Who it's for
- Equipment rental, crane and hoist companies
- Ready-mix, rebar and structural steel suppliers
- Formwork, shoring and scaffold rental
- Glazing, curtain wall and elevator contractors
- Builder's risk, wrap-up and surety brokers
- Site security, fencing and temporary power
- Mechanical, electrical and fire subs bidding big jobs
What you get
- Every private job site of $250,000 or more in the window, at one value per site
- The general contractor, where the city names one
- The reported cost and the work described
- Airport, campus, public and national-prime jobs set aside, so your list is private work you can sell into
- A grade on every site
The outcome
Your rental desk and your estimators work the same list: private jobs, sized, with a name to call. You're in front of the GC while the package is still being bought out.
Questions buyers ask
- Which cities does it cover?
- New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Austin, Seattle, San Francisco, San Diego, Denver, Boston and Nashville, plus Miami-Dade and Mecklenburg counties. All thirteen are read on one shared window so the numbers line up.
- Is the reported cost the final number on the job?
- No. It's the cost the applicant wrote on the permit. We count it once per site, because the same cost often gets copied onto several permits for one job.
- Why are public jobs left off?
- Airports, school districts, campuses and city projects buy through their own bid process, and national primes bring their own supply chains. Those sites stay in the total. They just don't go on your call list.
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Interior finish project leads for suppliers and trades
A commercial or apartment job gets its permit, months before the finishes are bought.
$3,930,260,623
in building permits, one value per job site. Los Angeles, 90 days.
Roofing and impact window permit leads for manufacturers
A roof, impact window, door or shutter permit issues in hurricane country.
$4,180,609,126
in permits, one value per property. Miami-Dade County, 90 days.
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