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.
Customer Spotlight: Copper Accelerates Home Electrification with Shovels API
Discover how Copper leveraged Shovels' building permit data to identify homeowners actively pursuing electrification, resulting in a highly successful direct mail campaign that reached 4,036 targeted households with impressive engagement metrics.
VP of Growth
Customer Spotlight: How Boldr Leverages Shovels for Go-to-Market Success
Boldr leverages Shovels' permit data to transform their HVAC go-to-market strategy from manual prospecting to data-driven precision targeting. They now identify qualified contractors and target homeowners with compatible systems using real-time permit insights, enabling strategic market expansion and trend analysis.
VP of Growth
Virginia’s Data Center Dominance: A Deep Dive into Permit Trends
Explore the latest trends in Virginia’s data center market, uncovering growth areas, infrastructure investment, and hidden market indicators from permit analysis.
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