How PermitVector works — and where the data comes from

We believe a data company should be transparent about its data. Here's exactly how we build the daily DFW permit feed, in plain English.

1. Public records, pulled daily

Every building permit in Texas is a public record under the Texas Public Information Act. We pull Dallas–Fort Worth permits directly from official open-data feeds — currently the City of Fort Worth and the City of Arlington, with more DFW cities rolling out — every day, by roughly 6 AM Central. We use official open-data APIs, not screen-scraped portals.

2. Classified by trade

Raw permit records are messy. We normalize and classify each permit by trade — re-roof, new construction, pool, EV charger, panel upgrade, and more — so you can filter to exactly what matters to your business. Across our live cities we currently track 33,565 permits and add roughly 6,863 new ones every month.

3. Mapped to the adjacent buyer

This is the part nobody else does for DFW. Each permit is tagged with the adjacent trades that should act on it. A roof permit isn't a roofing lead — it's a solar, gutter, and insulation signal. A new-construction permit is an HVAC, electrical, fencing, and landscaping signal. You get the homeowner early, before they've chosen the next contractor.

4. Delivered as a daily brief

Your feed arrives as a daily CSV plus a searchable dashboard — filtered to your trade and your cities, ready to work that morning. No dashboards to babysit, no stale weekly reports.

A note on accuracy and the law

Permit data is sourced from third-party public systems and can contain errors or omissions; PermitVector does not guarantee accuracy or completeness. We attribute our sources (City of Fort Worth, City of Arlington, Texas Department of Licensing & Regulation) as a courtesy. Subscribers are solely responsible for complying with all applicable marketing laws — including the TCPA, CAN-SPAM, and federal/state Do-Not-Call rules — when contacting anyone identified through the service.

Questions about our data? Email [email protected].