Permits issued 14 to 16 October
Ten real permits from the City of Austin. Pick your trade to see which jobs will need it.
Real records from the City of Austin, issued 14 to 16 October 2026. Builder phone numbers are cut short here; subscribers get them in full.
Also for insulation and drywall, painting, flooring, windows and doors, landscaping and fencing, pools, and dumpster or equipment rental. Ask about your trade.
Weeks ahead of the crowd.
A permit is issued before the slab is poured. Framing, roofing and rough-in follow weeks later. That gap is your head start, whatever your trade.
| Stage | Typical timing | Trades on site | Who knows |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permit issued | Day 0 | None yet. The builder is lining up trades. | Inforia subscribers hear here |
| Foundation | Weeks 1 to 3 | Site work, concrete, underground plumbing | |
| Framing | Weeks 3 to 6 | Framing, windows, then roofing | Most subs hear here |
| Rough-in | Weeks 6 to 10 | Plumbing, HVAC, electrical | |
| Drywall | After inspection | Insulation, drywall | |
| Finish | Last | Fixtures, trim, flooring, paint |
Timing varies by project. On a typical new home there are several weeks between the permit and the trades walking the site.
How it works
Two minutes, by email or on the phone.
First, tell us your trade and the ZIP codes you work.
Repairs, re-roofs and jobs that already have your trade are dropped.
Then we read every permit the city issued the day before.
- permit_number
- 2026-132915 BP
- work_class
- Addition
- original_address1
- 2809 S 5TH ST BLDG 2
- description
- 2ND FLR PRIMARY SUITE ADDN REPLACING ROOF DECK; ENCLOSE CARPORT TO FLEX RM
- contractor_company_name
- BRAVO PETRO SERVICES
- contractor_phone
- incomplete in the city record
Before 6 a.m. Central, every weekday.
By morning, you call the builder first.
Jobs that already have a plumber on the permit are left out.
Pricing
Quote Follow-up
For when the estimate goes out and the builder goes quiet.
Automatic, personal follow-ups on estimates that stalled, sent from your own email, so you stop losing jobs to whoever called back last.
In development.
Ask for early accessProject Feed
For subcontractors and suppliers in Austin who work with builders.
New projects for your trade every weekday morning: the address, the scope, the permit number and the builder's contact, filtered to the ZIP codes you serve. Month to month, cancel any time. The first two weeks are free and need no card.
The first ten companies pay $149 a month, and keep that price for as long as they stay.
$199a month
Start two weeks freeQuestions
Which trades do you cover? Any trade that works on new builds and additions: framing, concrete, roofing, plumbing, HVAC, electrical, insulation and drywall, painting, flooring, windows, landscaping and pools, plus suppliers like dumpster and equipment rental. The list and its timing are tuned to your trade.
Where does the information come from? From the building permits the City of Austin publishes every day. We check them each morning, drop repairs and duplicates, and keep the projects that will need your trade.
Isn't this public anyway? It is, spread across thousands of records a month with placeholder values and missing details. We do the reading so you get a short list you can act on before your first coffee.
Is the builder's phone number always there? When the city record has it. Some records are missing a number or have it cut short; then we tell you so and give you the company name to look up.
What do I need to set up? Nothing. It arrives as an email. Reply to it to change your trade or your ZIP codes.
What happens after the free two weeks? If it's useful, you continue at the monthly price. If it isn't, tell us and we stop. There's no contract, and no card is needed for the trial.
What does the founding price mean? The first ten companies to sign up pay $149 a month instead of $199, and that price stays for as long as they remain customers.
Do you cover areas outside Austin? Austin city limits today, with more Texas cities to follow. Tell us where you work and we'll let you know when it's covered.
Start your two free weeks
Tell us your trade and the ZIP codes you work. Your first list arrives the next weekday morning. No card needed.
I'm Theo. I run Inforia Labs and read every list before it goes out. Reply to any email and it comes straight to me.