Shovels helps you identify qualified contractors, understand their work history, and connect with decision makers. Access rich permit data to power your contractor sales and marketing.
Because you want to get insights from building permits, not wrangle with raw data.
Our data is Shovel-ready
We make building permits easy to understand and use for market research, go-to-market, and sales. No data engineering required.
We offer three interfaces to interact with our building permit and building contractor data.
Purchase single or multiple seats to explore and download our building permit and contractor data.
Automate access and integrate with other applications like CRMs, custom web apps, and more.
Get parquet files or private table shares into Snowflake, Databricks, or Big Query.
We write about building permits, contractors, and the future of the built environment.
January 2025 Newsletter
Shovels.ai kicks off 2025 with a smooth January release adding 9 new jurisdictions, improved documentation, new profile pages, and employee data. Looking ahead, the company plans major enhancements to permit data coverage and contractor insights, including job value modeling, retail associations, and revenue metrics.
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2024 Shovels Year-End Recap
In 2024, Shovels achieved significant growth across multiple fronts - growing revenue more than 10X, doubling the team size to six members, dramatically improving data processing capabilities, establishing strategic partnerships with industry leaders like Esri and Autodesk, and launching major improvements to the software platform including the V2 release.
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How to use the Shovels V2 API
The Shovels V2 REST API enables property, climate, and construction technology developers to access detailed building permit and contractor data. The API provides two primary resources: Permits (official construction documents from local authorities) and Contractors (skilled building trade professionals).
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