Construction Monitor

Construction Monitor aggregates building-permit data from county and municipal sources nationwide and resells it as construction leads, contractor intelligence, and historical permit research. Programmatic access is offered through a REST + JSON API backed by Elasticsearch and a weekly data-dump option delivered over secure FTP. Both channels are account-managed; partners receive credentials and a documented endpoint contract directly from Construction Monitor.

Construction Monitor publishes 2 APIs on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Construction, Contractors, Lead Generation, Permits, and Real-Estate.

Construction Monitor’s developer surface includes engineering blog and 8 more developer resources.

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10.9/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 3/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-21 · rubric v0.12.0

AccessFreemium

2 APIs

Construction Contractors Lead Generation Permits Real-Estate

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scored 2026-08-21 · rubric v0.12.0

Composite quality — 10.9/100 · minimal

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 0.5 / 20

Access Clarity 3.2 / 20

Operational Transparency 1.4 / 13

Contract Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 5.9 / 10

Agent readiness — 3/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

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Construction Monitor Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

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GitHubOrganization

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DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

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Contact / API Access

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PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

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Blog

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Source (apis.yml)

aid: construction-monitor
name: Construction Monitor
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/construction-monitor/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
tags:
- Construction
- Contractors
- Lead Generation
- Permits
- Real-Estate
tags_raw:
- Construction
- Contractors
- Lead Generation
- Permits
- Real Estate
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/construction-monitor.png
access: 3rd-Party
created: '2025-02-08'
modified: '2026-04-29'
position: Consumer
specificationVersion: '0.23'
kind: company
description: Construction Monitor aggregates building-permit data from county and municipal sources nationwide and resells
  it as construction leads, contractor intelligence, and historical permit research. Programmatic access is offered through
  a REST + JSON API backed by Elasticsearch and a weekly data-dump option delivered over secure FTP. Both channels are account-managed;
  partners receive credentials and a documented endpoint contract directly from Construction Monitor.
apis:
- aid: construction-monitor:permits-api
  name: Construction Monitor Permits API
  tags:
  - Elasticsearch
  - JSON
  - Permits
  - REST
  humanURL: https://www.constructionmonitor.com/data
  properties:
  - url: https://www.constructionmonitor.com/data
    type: Documentation
  description: REST + JSON service backed by Elasticsearch that lets partners search building permits, retrieve full permit
    detail records, and pull delta updates on a polling schedule. Authentication is handled with a simple API-key scheme provisioned
    per customer. Used to drive lead-generation pipelines, populate CRM and BI tools, and power downstream construction analytics.
- aid: construction-monitor:weekly-ftp
  name: Construction Monitor Weekly Data Dump (SFTP)
  tags:
  - Bulk
  - Data Dump
  - Permits
  - SFTP
  humanURL: https://www.constructionmonitor.com/data
  properties:
  - url: https://www.constructionmonitor.com/data
    type: Documentation
  description: Weekly bulk delivery of permit records over secure FTP for partners that prefer batch ingestion to live API
    polling. Suitable for warehousing millions of permits without operating a live integration.
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/construction-monitor-domain-security.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/Construction-Monitor
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/construction-monitor
- type: Website
  url: https://www.constructionmonitor.com
- type: Data Products
  url: https://www.constructionmonitor.com/data
- type: Contact / API Access
  url: https://www.constructionmonitor.com/contact
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.constructionmonitor.com/blog
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.constructionmonitor.com/privacy-policy
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.constructionmonitor.com/terms-of-use
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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