Yesterday's permits in your trade, in your inbox, every morning. No portal, no spreadsheet, no hundred-column table.

PermitsByBada reads the permit records a city publishes, keeps your trade, and hands you the list. Made for roofing, HVAC, solar, plumbing, electrical, pool and remodel businesses, and for the people who sell to them.

Austin, TX

Permits issued, last 7 days
1,166
In the 7 trades we sell
1,037
Name a contractor of record
91%

Chicago, IL

Permits issued, last 7 days
691
In the 6 trades we sell
457
Name a contractor of record
96%

Public records, City of Austin / City of Chicago, updated daily. Updated 22 Oct 2026.

This week's permits, by trade

Pick a metro and a trade. Tap a permit to read the full work description and permit type.

Last 7 days, as published by Austin, addresses reduced on the public page

Updated 22 Oct 2026. 25 permits in this window. The first 5 are open here. The free sample has all of them.

  1. Issued 4900-4999 CRESTWAY DR 78731 Contractor: Tarrytown Roofing LLC Declared value: Value not published Express: roof decking/fascia replacement
    Permit type
    Building Permit / R- 435 Renovations/Remodel / Repair
    Work description
    Express: roof decking/fascia replacement
    Trade
    Roofing
    ZIP
    78731
  2. Issued 8900-8999 BUSINESS PARK DR 78759 Contractor: Dimensional Roofing & Diagnostics LLC Declared value: Value not published TPO ROOF OVERLAY
    Permit type
    Building Permit / C-1000 Commercial Remodel / Remodel
    Work description
    TPO ROOF OVERLAY
    Trade
    Roofing
    ZIP
    78759
  3. Issued 8800-8899 BUSINESS PARK DR 78759 Contractor: Dimensional Roofing & Diagnostics LLC Declared value: Value not published TPO Roof Overlay
    Permit type
    Building Permit / C-1000 Commercial Remodel / Remodel
    Work description
    TPO Roof Overlay
    Trade
    Roofing
    ZIP
    78759
  4. Issued 2000-2099 CENTIMETER CIR 78758 Contractor: H3 Roofing Declared value: Value not published Removing the existing roofing assembly down to the substrate repairing any damaged structural decking and installing new code-compliant rigid insulation and cover board.
    Permit type
    Building Permit / C-1000 Commercial Remodel / Remodel
    Work description
    Removing the existing roofing assembly down to the substrate repairing any damaged structural decking and installing new code-compliant rigid insulation and cover board.
    Trade
    Roofing
    ZIP
    78758
  5. Issued 1200-1299 E 52ND ST 78723 Contractor: Dimensional Roofing & Diagnostics LLC Declared value: Value not published Tear off and replace a TPO roof with a new TPO roof. Existing multifamily building.
    Permit type
    Building Permit / C-1000 Commercial Remodel / Remodel
    Work description
    Tear off and replace a TPO roof with a new TPO roof. Existing multifamily building.
    Trade
    Roofing
    ZIP
    78723

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What the city portal gives you, and what you get

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The city portal: 116 columns for one permit

One Chicago permit issued 21 Oct, as the city's API publishes it. Scroll sideways. 75 of the columns are 15 numbered contact slots, and the contractor can sit in any of them.

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Column names are the dataset's own (ydr8-5enu). Values are shown for the columns we keep; the address is reduced to a block range and coordinates, ids and record links are marked removed for this public page. Blank cells are columns we do not carry, such as fees, review dates and the owner, tenant and applicant slots. The contractor is shown in slot 1 here.

Your inbox: the same permit in 9 fields

Issue date
Wed 21 Oct 2026
Address
400-499 N DESPLAINES ST
City
Chicago, IL
ZIP
Not published
Trade
Roofing
Permit type
PERMIT – EXPRESS PERMIT PROGRAM / Reroofing
Work description
SCOPE: ROOF RECOVER. AREA: 29000 SQ. FT. ROOF COVERING: OTHER. LOCATION: ROOFING. IL ROOFING CONTRACTOR LICENSE: 104016445.
Declared value
$399,900
Contractor of record
GUY ROOFING INC

Public samples show a block range. Subscriber files carry the address as the city publishes it, the permit id and a link to the record.

Where the last 7 days of permits went

Every permit the city published in the last 7 days, sorted by trade. The marked part of each bar is what a search on the permit type would miss.

Austin, TX 1,166 permits in the last 7 days, by trade
Austin permits by trade, last 7 days
TradePermitsTrade only in the descriptionSold as a product
Electrical3611Yes
Plumbing3132Yes
HVAC1884Yes
Remodel1057Yes
Other790No
New construction500No
Pool3030Yes
Roofing2525Yes
Solar1515Yes

Of the 1,087 Austin permits we put in a trade, 84 (8%) name the trade only in the description text. A search on the permit type alone misses them. The biggest share is in pool: 30 of 30.

Chicago, IL 691 permits in the last 7 days, by trade
Chicago permits by trade, last 7 days
TradePermitsTrade only in the descriptionSold as a product
Remodel2213Yes
Other1780No
Electrical976Yes
New construction562No
Solar531Yes
Roofing466Yes
Plumbing2611Yes
HVAC145Yes

Of the 513 Chicago permits we put in a trade, 34 (7%) name the trade only in the description text. A search on the permit type alone misses them. The biggest share is in plumbing: 11 of 26.

Public records, published by each city. Updated 22 Oct 2026. Trade labels come from our fixed keyword rules.

Show these numbers as tables
What each city published in the last 7 days, all trades in one table
CityPermitsContractor namedTrade only in the description
Austin, TX1,16691%8%
Chicago, IL69196%7%
What you get: only the permits in your trade, last 7 days
TradeAustinChicago
Roofing2546
HVAC18814
Solar1553
Plumbing31326
Electrical36197
Pool30Not offered
Remodel105221

Counts are permits issued in the last 7 days, from public records published by each city. Updated 22 Oct 2026.

How it works in three steps

  1. We watch the city for you. Every morning we pull the official permit feed for your metro.
  2. We keep only your trade. Roofing is roofing even when the city writes a long description instead of "roof". Our keyword rules read every description. They make mistakes, so each row shows the city's own description for you to judge.
  3. We hand you a clean list. Address, issue date, permit type, what the work is, declared value where the city publishes it, and the contractor of record as the city published it. CSV and a web dashboard, with a digest email each morning.

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Where the data comes from

Public records, published by the City of Austin and the City of Chicago. Every row starts as a permit in a city open data portal. We read it, tidy it, sort it by trade and publish it. We add one thing: the trade label. The data sources page names each dataset, its license terms and what we remove.

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