Search 408+ public building permit portals simultaneously. Find permits by contractor name, permit type, or address — then export a mail-ready lead list in minutes. Any trade. Any market.
The 105-second tour: build a query, run it across 408+ portals, and export a mail-ready list — exactly what you'd do day one.
Enter your ZIP code — we'll tell you instantly whether PermitSleuth covers your jurisdiction. 5,400+ ZIPs across 32 states.
Pictured: 50 solar permits pulled from Hillsborough County in a single search. Street numbers blurred for privacy — the real export gives you everything.
No scraping experience needed. No manual portal hunting. PermitSleuth handles every portal type automatically across 38 different platforms.
Select from 293 live searchable portals across 32 states. Filter by the jurisdictions that matter to your business. Mix and match counties and cities in a single search.
Filter by contractor name with fuzzy matching that catches misspellings, permit type, date range, or address. Search every selected portal simultaneously with one click.
Download a clean CSV with verified property addresses ready for direct mail. No owner names needed — mail directly to the property address.
PermitSleuth is not a solar tool or a roofing tool. It is a permit intelligence platform for any contractor who understands that public permit data is the most accurate lead source available.
Find every homeowner whose solar installer went out of business. Search by failed installer name and mail directly to orphaned customers who need service now.
Orphan recoveryPull every roofing permit your competitors pulled last month. Find homeowners who just got a new roof and pitch them while they're in buying mode.
Competitor intelFind every new construction permit in your service area. Reach homeowners before they've chosen a service provider for their new system maintenance.
New constructionSearch electrical permit activity by competitor or permit type. Find panel upgrade opportunities, EV charger installs, and battery backup projects in your market.
Market intelligenceIdentify homes with aging permits for water heaters, repipes, and sewer work. Time your outreach to homeowners whose systems are statistically due for replacement.
Replacement timingPull permit data for multiple clients across multiple states from one platform. Export and segment by trade, geography, and permit age. Scale without adding headcount.
Multi-clientPermitSleuth connects to 38 different permit platforms — covering the majority of the US population where public permit search is available. Our coverage map abstracts the platform stack so you do not have to think about it.
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Tell the AI what you are looking for in plain English. It scores every permit row 0–100 with a one-line reason, then sorts your CSV by relevance. Turn a 2,000-row search into a ranked top-50 in 60 seconds.
Bring your own key. Anthropic, OpenAI, OpenRouter — your provider, your bill, your model. CivyxIQ never sees, stores, or proxies your key.
PermitSleuth generates up to 5 name variants automatically and deduplicates results — so you never miss a permit because someone typed "Titon" instead of "Titan."
Select as many counties as your plan allows and run one search across all of them at once. One search, one CSV, done.
Solar, roofing, electrical, HVAC, plumbing, pool and spa, general contractor — filter by permit type across every supported portal. Not a niche tool.
Every export includes verified property addresses ready for direct mail. No skip trace needed, no owner name required. Mail to the property and the right household receives it.
Search by specific address to pull permit history, or by date range to find all activity in your market over any time period. Both modes available across all supported portals.
Watch permits populate in real time as PermitSleuth works through each portal. Stop any search mid-run and download what's been found so far.
Pull the list, drop in your logo and phone number, send it. Pro members get professionally designed postcard templates for every major trade — including the one Ed built for AllSolar to find orphan solar customers.
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Water Treatment
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Electrical Upgrade
Solar & Battery
Pool EquipmentClick any template to view at full size. Templates are licensed for Pro members only — view-only previews. Not available for download.
Not hypothetical. These are the actual searches that generate real direct mail campaigns and real closed jobs — across solar, roofing, water treatment, pool heating, off-grid, and commercial.
Titan Solar Power shut down leaving thousands of Florida homeowners with no service provider. Search PermitSleuth by contractor name "Titan Solar" across all Florida counties. Fuzzy matching catches "Titan Solar Power FL Inc," "Titan Solar Power," and every variation. Export 3,000 addresses. Mail a service offer. These homeowners have no one to call — they need you.
Want to know exactly where your biggest roofing competitor is working? Search by their company name, filter to roofing permit type, set date range to the last 30 days. Every address they touched is now a prospect for your follow-up gutters, insulation, or maintenance offer. These homeowners just spent $15,000 on a roof — they are in buying mode.
Search for solar PV permits issued 2 to 7 years ago with no accompanying battery permit. These homeowners have a system old enough to need attention and no battery backup — exactly the profile for an EG4 or EcoFlow retrofit offer. Before hurricane season, this list is gold. Mail them a battery readiness assessment offer.
Pull every new construction permit issued in the last 6 months in your service area. These homeowners just moved into a brand new home with a brand new HVAC system — and no service contract. Mail them a first-year maintenance plan offer before any competitor does. First mover wins this customer for 10 years.
Solar installs frequently reveal outdated electrical panels. Pull solar permits issued in the last 12 months where the contractor is not your company. Mail these homeowners an electrical inspection offer. Many of them were told during the solar install that they should upgrade their panel — and have been meaning to get around to it. You're the reminder.
A lead gen agency uses PermitSleuth Agency plan to pull permit data for 5 clients — a solar company, a roofer, an HVAC shop, an electrician, and a pool contractor. Each client gets a monthly export tailored to their trade. Agency bills each client $500/month for the data service. Total client billing: $2,500/month. PermitSleuth cost: $497/month. Net margin: $2,003/month.
A homeowner pulling a replumb, whole-house repiping, or plumbing replacement permit is already spending $8,000 to $25,000 on their water system. Their pipes are old — which means their water quality is likely poor. A water heater replacement permit is the same signal: aging infrastructure, hard water damage, sediment buildup. These homeowners are in the exact mindset to hear about a whole-home water conditioning system while the plumber is still in the house. Mail them a water quality assessment offer the week their permit is issued and you reach them at the perfect moment — before the plumber leaves and the window closes.
New pool permit — the homeowner just spent $60,000 to $120,000 on a pool and has no heater yet. Mail them immediately. Pool resurfacing permit — they are investing in their pool, which means they care about it and use it. They are the warmest buyer for an upgrade. Screen enclosure permit — this is the one most pool heating companies miss entirely. When a homeowner encloses their pool they eliminate direct sunlight and wind exposure. The pool becomes significantly colder than it was before the enclosure. They do not realize this until after the screen is installed. You mail them before the job is done and position yourself as the solution to a problem they are about to discover.
Someone pulling a permit for a rural cabin, a barn, an agricultural outbuilding, or a septic system is building somewhere utilities may not reach — or where the cost to run power lines makes off-grid solar a better financial decision from day one. A well permit in a rural zip code is the same signal. A generator permit means they are already thinking about power independence — they just chose the wrong solution. These are not hard sells. The homeowner already knows they have a power challenge. You show them that off-grid solar costs less over 10 years than running grid power or fueling a generator. One mailer to the right rural permit list can close jobs that competitors never even knew existed.
Commercial permits are 10x to 100x the ticket of residential. A hotel or apartment complex pulling a new construction or pool permit is a commercial pool heating sale — one property can have 2 to 5 pools. A new car wash permit is a commercial solar and water treatment double — car washes consume enormous amounts of energy and water. A new restaurant permit triggers commercial water treatment needs by code in most states. A commercial solar permit means a rooftop worth $150,000 to $2,000,000. Search for commercial new construction, commercial pool, commercial electrical, and commercial solar permits. Filter out residential. What remains is a short list of high-value buyers worth a personal phone call, not just a mailer.
Permits that never close after final inspection. Permits that expire before the inspection window. Permits sitting open on properties you already sold. Most contractors find out the hard way — a future permit gets blocked, a re-application hits at penalty rates, a closing falls apart over title issues, or a license renewal stalls. Search PermitSleuth on your own company name across every county you operate in. Every open permit in your name in 10 minutes instead of days clicking through portals one at a time. Run it monthly. Catch problems before the jurisdiction does.
Plug in your numbers. See exactly how many jobs you need to close from a mailing to make PermitSleuth pay for itself — and how much profit sits on top.
PermitSleuth Pro is $149/month. At these numbers your mail campaign alone covers your subscription.
Bring your toughest target list. We will run it live against the counties you care about and show you exactly what comes back.
Every plan includes a 2-day free trial. No contracts. Cancel anytime.
Optional one-time kits and live coaching that take you from "I have a permit list" to "the phone is ringing" — without you writing a postcard, a script, or a playbook from scratch.
Everything you need to turn a permit list into closed jobs — 8 trade-specific postcard templates (print-ready, front and back), 8 door knock scripts with objection handling, 8 trade playbooks, social ad templates, and the full campaign calendar. One purchase. Digital delivery. Yours forever.
Everything in The Field Kit, custom-branded for your company. Send us your logo, colors, phone, website, and service area — we rebuild every postcard, door knock card, and social ad with your identity. Print-ready PDFs delivered in 10 business days, one revision included. Branded materials close more jobs than generic ones.
Ed Sweat built PermitSleuth because he was already running permit-based direct mail for AllSolar Energy — 30 years in solar and home services. Book a War Room session and you get Ed on a call (not a consultant who read a playbook) to identify your best permit targets, build your first search, choose the right mailer for your trade, and map out a door knock plan for your market. You walk away with a ready-to-mail CSV, a print-ready piece, and a clear plan for what to do when the phone rings.
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