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.
June 2025 Newsletter
Shovels June 25 Newsletter: Announcing our $5M raise led by Base10 and the launch of Project Wolverine, our self-healing scraper infrastructure for nationwide daily permit updates.
CEO
Shovels Raises $5M Seed Round to Scale AI-Powered Building Permit Platform
Shovels announces a $5M seed round led by Base10 Partners, bringing total funding to $6.5M. The company has built an AI-powered platform that processes 170M+ building permits across 20,000+ jurisdictions, serving customers from startups to public companies. The funding will accelerate expansion of their government data infrastructure, enhance AI capabilities, and extend coverage into additional datasets beyond building permits.
VP of Growth
How to supercharge lead generation with Shovels API and Clay
This article provides a practical guide on integrating Shovels API with Clay to automate construction industry lead generation. It demonstrates how to combine Shovels' database of 170M+ building permits and 3M+ contractors with Clay's no-code platform to create efficient prospecting workflows. The guide includes three real-world examples: finding active HVAC contractors, enriching contractor profiles, and building solar company mailing lists, showing how to reduce manual research costs by 87% while significantly increasing prospect volume.
CEO
