BuildZoom

aid: buildzoom
name: BuildZoom
description: BuildZoom connects homeowners and property owners with vetted local general contractors, using data-driven matching
  across profiles for 4M+ licensed contractors and construction-permit history spanning hundreds of millions of projects.
  Alongside the contractor marketplace, BuildZoom operates the Building Permit Database (buildzoomdata.com) — a normalized
  dataset of 350M+ building permits covering 25+ years, 2,400 jurisdictions, and 90% of the US population, plus 6M+ licensed
  contractors. That data is delivered through bulk data exports (weekly/monthly, full and incremental), a RESTful Data API
  with batch requests and sub-second latency for property permit history and contractor license/permit lookups, a Data Explorer
  web app, and a Permit Map. BuildZoom is backed by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and Y Combinator.
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: false
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://media.buildzoom.com/filestack/image/wqbUmQhIT6SVewUC4qcK
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/buildzoom/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- a16z
- y-combinator
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.23'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-18'
tags:
- Company
- Construction
- Building Permits
- Contractors
- Real Estate
- Home Improvement
- Property Data
- Marketplace
tags_raw:
- Company
- Construction
- Building Permits
- Contractors
- Real Estate
- Home Improvement
- Property Data
- Marketplace
- Real-Estate
apis:
- name: BuildZoom Data API
  description: RESTful Data API over BuildZoom's Building Permit Database — property permit history and contractor license/permit
    information, with batch requests and sub-second latency. Delivered as part of the buildzoomdata.com data product (bulk
    exports, Data Explorer, and Permit Map are the sibling delivery channels). API access and developer documentation are
    gated behind a buildzoomdata.com account.
  humanURL: https://www.buildzoomdata.com/
  baseURL: https://api.buildzoomdata.com
  tags:
  - Building Permits
  - Contractors
  - Property Data
  properties:
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.buildzoomdata.com/
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/buildzoom-domain-security.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/buildzoom-llms.txt
- type: Website
  url: https://www.buildzoom.com/
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://www.buildzoomdata.com/
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.buildzoom.com/blog/
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.buildzoom.com/subscriptions
- type: Login
  url: https://www.buildzoomdata.com/user/sign_in
- type: Support
  url: https://www.buildzoom.com/help
- type: HelpCenter
  url: https://www.buildzoom.com/contact-us
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/buildzoom
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.buildzoomdata.com/terms-of-service
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.buildzoomdata.com/privacy-policy
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence