Weekly building permits and contractor activity: Austin, Chicago, Cincinnati, New Orleans and Mesa

Every building, electrical, plumbing and HVAC permit issued each week in one US metro, with job address, permit number, type, description, stated job value, dates and the contractor business, plus flags for new contractors (no permits in that city in the prior 12 months) and busy contractors. Built from official city permit open-data portals, with the government source link on every row. Business and property data only: no owner names, phone numbers or email addresses. Marketing and market research use only; not a consumer report under the FCRA.

In the week of October 19 to 23, 2026, Austin issued 1,192 permits naming 403 contractor businesses (43 new to the city).

Coverage

Austin, TX, Chicago, IL, Cincinnati, OH, New Orleans, LA, Mesa, AZ.

Update frequency

Weekly. A new file lands every Monday covering the prior Monday to Friday, pulled the weekend before delivery from each city's own feed. Some cities post with a delay of a few days; the file shows the pull date.

Fields

• Permit number
• Permit type
• Work description
• Stated job value (USD)
• Issue date
• Status
• Expiration date
• Job street address
• Job ZIP where the city publishes it (Austin and Cincinnati; not in the Chicago, New Orleans or Mesa feeds)
• Contractor business name and trade
• New contractor flag
• Busy contractor flag
• Year built
• Assessed value
• Code cases in the last 5 years
• FEMA flood zone
• Census-tract median household income
• Census-tract median home value
• Government source link
• Pull date

Formats and price

CSV, Excel. $150: One metro, billed monthly; $490: One metro, billed yearly; $0.004: Per permit row, self-serve pay-per-row tool on Apify.

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Self-serve, pay per row: Contractor Permit Signals on Apify ($0.004 per permit).

Sources and license

Official public records: data.austintexas.gov/d/3syk-w9eu · data.cityofchicago.org/d/ydr8-5enu. Use is governed by our Terms and Data use rules. Questions: hello@citysignalsdata.com.