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- Over two decades of building permit data
- Nationwide coverage
- More than 55M parcels
- Expanding footprint: ~1M additional permits ingested weekly
Get deep insights into a property’s unique history by leveraging Black Knight’s Commercial Building Permit Data. We provide comprehensive information on more than 220 million building permits for commercial properties across the U.S.
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Our Commercial Property Building Permit Data Includes:
Our Commercial Property Building Permit Data includes:
- Contractor information and job value
- Property description and details
- Owner information
- Project description and details
- Historical and ongoing activities on the property
- Permit classification
- And more

The Most Current Data Available
Direct integrations with contractor license boards and jurisdictions help eliminate data latency issues and enable us to deliver reliable information.
Gain Deeper Insights
Data matched and appended with additional datasets to provide you with rich, detailed information that supports a broad range of analytics.
Flexible Delivery Options
A variety of flexible, scalable integrations and formats available to easily adapt to your existing workflows.
Standardized Data
Millions of unstructured records from a variety of data sources are normalized into a clean, standardized format to be consistent and easy to understand.
Who Can Use Our Commercial Property Building Permit Data?
Insurers
Minimize risk by assessing the history of property improvements and alterations.
Insight for adequate and updated coverage.
Lenders
Evaluate risk based on building permit activities; gain insights to help determine rental income; identify loan opportunities by viewing specific project classifiers and cost.
Analysts
Compare macro-trends in construction and remodeling activities across regional markets.
Hedge Funds
Assess buying and selling opportunities of publicly traded companies based on patterns in permits.
Appraisers
Perform more accurate property valuations; identify opportunities to offer your appraisal service
Research Firms
Assess buying and selling opportunities of publicly traded companies based on patterns in permits
Investors
Permit data can help investors or sellers identify historical items without permits that do not match current building local codes
Investors
Portfolio Managers
Assess buying and selling opportunities of publicly traded companies based on patterns in permits
Investors
Sellers
Identification of renovation cost estimates and reliable contractors
Investors
Commercial Property
Understand the history of properties impacting valuation
Others
Lead Generation
Solar, office furnishing, roofing, plumbing, electrical and office retailers
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