Hot Markets
≥10%
Zip growth that flags a Hot Market
Hot = ≥10% growth and ≥3 new permits. Emerging catches ≥25% spikes early.
+18%
Avg. hot zip growth
Hot
≥10% · ≥3 permits
Emerging
≥25% · early volume
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Sample hot zips
ContraX
We collect and normalize permit data across jurisdictions, then turn it into Hot Markets, scored leads, rankings, and Ask PermitHub AI.
United States metros & counties covered daily.
Tabs, maps, charts & AI in one workspace.
Turn public permits into Hot Markets, scored leads, and competitor intel your team can act on.
See rising zips, scored addresses, competitor share, and territory whitespace, then act with alerts and Ask PermitHub AI. Built for sales, marketing, ops, and leadership.
Inside PermitHub
Every panel mirrors what your team sees in /permits: Hot Markets growth, Lead Finder scores, dashboard KPIs, weather linked seasonality, and Ask PermitHub AI.
Hot Markets
Hot = ≥10% growth and ≥3 new permits. Emerging catches ≥25% spikes early.
Lead Finder
Roof age, last roof permit, storms, nearby activity, home value & sale history. High ≥85 · Med ≥65.
Dashboard · vs last week
New Permits, Permit Value, Active Contractors, Hot Zips & Competitors Growing, with WoW deltas.
Weather × Permits
Climate normals overlaid on permits: wet-month concentration, avg rainfall, temp (°F), and max wind — plus live NWS conditions for planning crews.
Ask PermitHub AI · Beta
Get plain-English answers with charts, maps, and links into Hot Markets, Lead Finder, and Rankings — no SQL, no spreadsheet wrangling.
Public records → actions
87%
of PermitHub markets refresh daily from public portals — same normalized fields across 62+ jurisdictions, 19 trades, and 20+ tools.
Permit data is everywhere. Using it shouldn't require checking dozens of city portals.
Scattered across city and county portals with different formats
Hard to compare markets or track competitors at scale
No single view for sales, marketing, and ops to act on
PermitHub collects, normalizes, and surfaces it: Hot Markets, Lead Finder, rankings, maps, alerts, and AI in one place.
20+ tools across opportunities, competitors, market analysis, weather, alerts, and AI in the same workspace as /permits.
01 · Find Opportunities
02 · Track Competitors
03 · Analyze Markets
04 · Act on Signals
Coverage
62+
United States metros and counties with daily refresh and normalized fields across every market.
Address, permit type, valuation, contractor, dates, and work class standardized so you can compare zips and jurisdictions apples to apples.
Automated ingestion from public APIs and portals. Most markets update daily with full transparency on cadence.
No private data sources. Everything comes from publicly available government permit systems.
Filter by HVAC, roofing, plumbing, solar, pool, fencing, and more, plus 8 dedicated trade use case guides.
Each team gets the same permit data, filtered and visualized for how they decide.
01 · Sales
Use Hot Markets to rank growth by zip, Lead Finder to prioritize scored addresses, and Company Profiles to see who is winning jobs in each territory.
02 · Marketing
Zip Code Analytics and Growth Areas show where volume and value are climbing. Filter by trade category to align campaigns with real job types in each market.
03 · Ops/Expansion
Who's Growing surfaces fast rising contractors. Market Trends reveals seasonality. Coverage across 60+ jurisdictions helps you compare metros before you commit crews.
04 · Ownership
The Dashboard tracks permits, value, and active contractors with week over week deltas. Market Share and Rankings show who is gaining and where whitespace exists.
Sales, marketing, and ops teams use Hot Markets, Lead Finder, and Market Share to decide faster.
Regional HVAC Solutions
“Hot Markets alone changed how we deploy reps. We see which zips jumped 15 to 20% before anyone else notices, and Lead Finder gives us a scored list to work, not a raw dump of addresses.”
Marcus Chen
VP of Sales
BuildRight Materials
“Market Share and Rankings replaced hours of spreadsheet work. Marketing finally spends against zip level demand we can prove, and ops trusts the same PermitHub dashboard.”
Sarah Mitchell
Director of Marketing
Premier Contracting Co.
“We used Growth Areas and Who's Growing to pick our next two metros. Territory Analysis showed us exactly where competitors were weak before we hired local crews.”
David Torres
Head of Expansion
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ContraX turns public permit records into PermitHub: Hot Markets, Lead Finder, competitor rankings, territory maps, and Ask PermitHub AI. See where demand is rising before your competitors do.