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Construction industry analysis
BuildZoom data reveals powerful regional and segment-specific trends across different segments of construction.
326M+
Building Permits
1.5M
New Permits Each Month
85%
National Coverage
Breadth of Data
We collect and track over three decades of building permit data that provides insights on over 90% of the housing stock; our licensure data provides insights into over 95% of US contracting businesses.
Recency
Our data pipeline is hard-wired into thousands of building departments and licensing authorities across the US, which provides our partners with the most recent and accurate information in the industry.
Standardization
Our proprietary matching system, connects building permit data, property data, and licensure data together to support a broad range of analytical models.
Depth
Millions of unstructured records from heterogenous data sources have been normalized into a clean, standardized format in our contractor, property, and building permit database.
Easy Access
We’re configured to support a variety of scalable, flexible integrations to eliminate friction and enable partners to focus their time on discovering and applying insights.
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Insights on the construction industry
New Construction Trends (Q1 ’23)
BuildZoom has an array of classifiers applied to building permits, which allows us to track trends across different segments of the construction market. The…
The Toughest Places to Build: Behind the Scenes of a Wall Street Journal Analysis
The Wall Street Journal recently asked me to identify and rank the nation’s toughest places to build housing. This blog post provides readers with the full…
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Urban Geography, Vacant Lots, and The Stunted Recovery of New Home Construction
Summary: Even as home prices reach new highs and markets are starved for inventory, the rise in the number of new homes built in…
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Renewal of The Existing Housing Stock Depends on Home Sales
On average from 2010 to 2015, every 3 existing home sales generated construction activity in 1 additional home. Even though people routinely care for…
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Do-It-Yourself? Depends Where You Live and What You’re Fixin’ To Do
he days when you had to build your own home are long gone, but many Americans still pride themselves on doing their own handywork.…
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Which San Francisco Neighborhoods See the Most Remodeling?
Residential remodeling activity is not distributed equally, and some parts of town receive more than their fair share. Of course, homes in more intensively…
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