About TradeHound
TradeHound is the Zillow of building permits — we aggregate publicly-filed municipal permit records and turn them into clean, searchable contractor leads.
The insight
Every time a homeowner files a building permit, they're signalling that they're about to hire a contractor. A roofing permit means a roofer is needed. A pool permit means a pool company is about to get a call.
The problem: this data is buried in municipal open-data portals, spread across dozens of different APIs, in inconsistent formats, often in multiple languages. Nobody makes it easy to search.
TradeHound digs it out, normalises it, and surfaces it as a clean searchable feed — filtered by your trade, your city, the permit type, the estimated project value, and when it was filed.
The contractor who calls first wins the job. We make sure it's you.
What we stand for
No made-up data
Every permit comes straight from official city records. You can check any lead against the city's own portal — we link our sources right on this page.
Speed wins jobs
New permits land in TradeHound every morning. A homeowner who pulls a permit today can be on your phone tomorrow — before most contractors know the job exists.
Built for Canada
Live in 8 Canadian cities and growing. Canadian pricing, Canada Post direct mail, Canadian privacy rules.
Open to builders
Developers and researchers: our public API serves permit data free — no key needed for basic access.
Data sources
We ingest from official municipal open data portals. Every record is attributable.
Toronto, ON
City of Toronto — Active Building PermitsMississauga, ON
City of Mississauga — Building PermitsBrampton, ON
City of Brampton — Building PermitsVaughan, ON
City of Vaughan — Building PermitsVancouver, BC
City of Vancouver — Issued Building PermitsCalgary, AB
City of Calgary — Building PermitsEdmonton, AB
City of Edmonton — General Building PermitsWant your city added? Let us know or check the public API.
How we make money
Contractor subscriptions
Pro plan, $99 CAD/mo. Unlimited permit alerts, all trade filters, and CSV export.
CSV export
Included with Pro. Download a targeted list — any city, any trade, any date range.
Direct mail
Click 'Mail this address' on any permit to send a physical postcard to the homeowner. From $1.99 per card.
Ready to find your next job?
Browse permits free. No account required to search — create one to set up trade alerts and export leads.
Questions? [email protected]