Find Chicago projects
that fit your trade.

Create an account with Google, or enter your email and a password and verify the six-digit code sent to your inbox. Then choose your trades and Chicago area to set up your trial. No credit card is required.

All 77 Chicago community areas, for 14 trades: roofing, solar, HVAC, plumbing, electrical, general building, windows and doors, siding, kitchen and bath remodeling, flooring, cabinetry and countertops, fencing, landscaping and insulation. Chicago Permit-Leads covers permits inside Chicago city limits only; suburbs like Oak Park, Evanston and Cicero aren’t included.

Yes. Save your preferred trade and Chicago area in Permits, then use Browse all to research other trades in Chicago. The map shows permits with published coordinates; it does not provide a distance-radius filter.

Planned monthly pricing is Starter $49, Pro $99 and Team $199. Request a plan in Settings. Requests do not activate a subscription or charge you. We are preparing to launch. Current workspace access is complimentary and subject to review; paid checkout is not active yet.

They are real permits the city issued, which show planned work. A permit doesn’t guarantee an open job, buying intent or an available contact; use it to research the project. Trade tags are inferred from source information. Review the original record, project scope and any listed contact’s role before acting.

You get the listed contractor from the city record, plus Find their phone: one tap searches for that business’s phone number. Chicago Permit-Leads shows project addresses, scope and published business names and roles when available. It does not include homeowner phone numbers or emails or a verified contact list. Use the original source to research public contact details and confirm the right person to speak with.

Records come from the City of Chicago public building-permit dataset. Open a project’s source link and check Data & coverage for import status and dates. City publication can lag, imported coverage is incomplete, and a recent refresh does not mean a permit was newly issued.

Look for related work, research the listed business for a subcontracting conversation, or export project addresses to plan letters and postcards. You handle the outreach. Confirm that work is available and verify the owner’s mailing address before sending anything.

Yes. Keep bookmarks, notes, lead status and follow-ups in My leads, or export a filtered list as CSV. Personal and team workspaces are separate. Team access includes shared workspaces with owner, editor and viewer permissions for up to five users, including the owner.

Save your dashboard preferences, then use “Use my dashboard preferences” in email settings to apply that area and trade. Opt in and choose a daily email after the city data refresh or a weekly email on Mondays. Each email lists up to 100 new matching permits you haven’t been emailed about yet. Preview your saved email in Settings → Permit email. Emails are sent when there are new matches; you can unsubscribe at any time. The dashboard’s To review queue keeps matching records you have not opened, including older permits, so it can differ from the email list.