Contractor bond and workers' comp renewal leads
A contractor's surety bond or workers' comp policy on file is set to cancel or expire.
20,487
bond and comp dates under 60 days. California.
New contractor license leads
A new trade shop gets its contractor license, with its bond and liability policy on file.
2,760
trade shops licensed
- Where
- Washington, 90 days
- Same pull
- $67,990,000 in surety bonds posted behind them
- Pulled
The moment
In some states a contractor can't get a license until a surety bond and a liability policy are in place. So the day a new plumbing, electrical, HVAC or roofing shop is licensed, the record already shows its trade, the size of its bond, the surety that wrote it, the carrier on the liability cover, the agency that placed it and the principal who signed.
A shop that's three weeks old usually has no listing anywhere else. The license is the first public sign it exists, and the Rough-In picks it up in those first weeks.
Who it's for
- Plumbing, electrical and HVAC supply houses
- Tool, equipment and materials dealers
- Work van, truck and trailer dealers and upfitters
- Trade insurance agencies and surety bond producers
- Field-service software for scheduling, dispatch and invoicing
- Bookkeeping, payroll and tax firms that serve the trades
- Equipment finance and working-capital lenders
What you get
- Every trade shop licensed in your window, sorted by trade
- The bond on file and the surety firm that wrote it
- The liability limit on file, the carrier and the placing agency
- The principal named on the license
- A grade on every shop, with contact details where the record carries them
The outcome
A supply house sets up the account before the shop has settled on where it gets its parts. An insurance agency sees which shops a rival already wrote, and the date that paper comes up again.
Questions buyers ask
- Does a license mean the shop has work?
- No. A license is permission to take work, and it says nothing about jobs or payroll. What it does give you is the day the shop started, and that's the day a seller wants.
- What does the bond size tell me?
- The bond tracks the scope of the license, so it's a quick read on what kind of shop you're looking at. A general contractor posts a bigger bond than a specialty trade.
- Can I see which agency wrote a new shop?
- Yes, where the record names it. You get the carrier, the agency that placed the policy and the limit on file. Cancelled paper is dropped, so you're only looking at cover that's in force.
Related machines
Open the machine
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.
New insurance agency leads for carriers and MGAs
A new insurance agency gets its license, before it has picked its carriers.
1,574
insurance agencies licensed. Texas, 90 days.
Four ways to work with the Index
- 1
Signal Sample
Pick an industry and a state. We'll show you this week's count and a preview of the records.
- 2
Signal Brief
Your whole territory, every record in it, with an analyst's read on what it means for your pipeline.
- 3
Signal Feed
The same records, refreshed on a schedule you set and delivered straight into your CRM.
- 4
Signal Desk
A machine built around your market, and an analyst who runs it with your team.
See your market in the Index.
Tell us what you sell and where. We'll show you this week's count and the first records, free.