{"id":270131,"date":"2025-06-03T08:12:39","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T08:12:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/business\/real-estate\/making-building-permit-data-searchable-and-actionable\/"},"modified":"2025-06-03T08:12:39","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T08:12:39","slug":"making-building-permit-data-searchable-and-actionable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=270131","title":{"rendered":"Making Building Permit Data Searchable and Actionable"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><i>[Note from editor: The \u201cMastermind Showcase\u201d highlights companies and news from<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geekestate.com\/gem-diamond.html\"> <i>GEM Diamond members<\/i><\/a><i>. Today\u2019s showcase comes as one of our first <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/geekestateblog.com\/peer-circles\/\"><i>Peer Circles<\/i><\/a><i> participants: Shovels]<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/geekestateblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/shovels_logo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24216 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/geekestateblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/shovels_logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/geekestateblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/shovels_logo.jpg 200w, https:\/\/geekestateblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/shovels_logo-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Specializing in the aggregation and analysis of U.S. building permit and contractor information, Shovels has compiled over 170 million building permits and 3 million contractor records from more than 20,000 jurisdictions nationwide since 2022. Utilizing AI and large language models, the company standardizes and categorizes inspection outcomes and construction timelines into a unified schema, enabling users to assess contractor performance metrics such as inspection pass rates and project durations. Shovels offers access to its data through multiple interfaces, including a web application, API, and direct database integrations with platforms like Snowflake, BigQuery, and Databricks. Its services cater to sectors such as construction technology, climate and energy, building materials, real estate, and home services, supporting applications in market research, sales targeting, and sustainability initiatives.<\/p>\n<p><i>What we like<\/i>: Assessing contractor performance has always been a challenge, and Shovels has done the legwork to unify fragmented building permit and contractor data into a structured, searchable format to bring it to light. Its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shovels.ai\/blog\/shovels-quarterly-permit-index-q1-2025\/\">new Quarterly Permit Index<\/a> is a strong thought leadership and brand building strategy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shovels.ai\/\">Learn More<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Note from editor: The \u201cMastermind Showcase\u201d highlights companies and news from GEM Diamond members. 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