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Monday editionWeek of Oct 26, 2026 Six feeds · Chicago, Montgomery County, Denver, SeattleFrom $99 a month →
On the wire
  • Chicago, IL: new building permits ~458 a week
  • Chicago, IL: new business licences ~116 a week
  • Montgomery County, MD: residential permits ~108 a week
  • Montgomery County, MD: commercial permits ~27 a week
  • Denver, CO: new business registrations ~928 a week
  • Seattle, WA: building permits ~107 a week
The Monday lead list, from public records

New projects and new businesses in your city, every Monday.

Snippet Room turns public building permits and new business licences into a clean weekly lead list for your city and trade. Every row links to the official record. From $99 a month, cancel anytime.

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This week's front page

Chicago · new building permits week of Oct 26

$177.3MNew Construction at 1904 W Adams StContractor on the permit: Jms Electric, Inc. · issued Oct 28 (opens the city's open-data record in a new tab)
  1. $112.0M1022 W Jackson BlvdNew Construction · Titan Electric Llc (opens the city's open-data record in a new tab)
  2. $9.9M320 S Canal StRenovation/Alteration · Maron Electric Company (opens the city's open-data record in a new tab)
  3. $8.2M720 S Michigan AveElevator Equipment · Smart Elevator Company (opens the city's open-data record in a new tab)

Real rows from a recent week, largest first. Tap any row to open the city's open-data record.

The feeds

Six feeds in four places. New records every day.

  1. Chicago, IL

    New building permits

    ~458records a week

    New construction and renovations worth $10,000 or more, with the contractor on the permit.

  2. Chicago, IL

    New business licences

    ~116records a week

    Businesses that just received a new city licence, with their type of business and address.

  3. Montgomery County, MD

    Residential permits

    ~108records a week

    Home building and renovation permits worth $5,000 or more.

  4. Montgomery County, MD

    Commercial permits

    ~27records a week

    New commercial buildings, fit-outs and alterations.

  5. Denver, CO

    New business registrations

    ~928records a week

    Companies newly registered in Denver, with their business address.

  6. Seattle, WA

    Building permits

    ~107records a week

    Construction permits worth $10,000 or more, with the contractor where listed.

Weekly numbers are averages over the last 8 weeks. Another city or record type? Ask us: if the city publishes it as open data, we can usually add it.

How it works

The leads are public. Finding them isn't.

Every new permit and business licence is a company about to spend money: on contractors, materials, equipment, insurance, signage, cleaning. Cities publish these records, but they're spread over different portals, in raw formats, mixed with noise. Snippet Room reads them for you and sends only what matters, once a week.

From city portal to your inbox

  1. We collect. Every day we pull new records from the cities' own open-data portals, under each portal's terms of use.
  2. We clean. Dates, addresses and values in one format, duplicates removed, small jobs filtered out. Business information only.
  3. You get it Monday. An email with the week's highlights, a spreadsheet (CSV) and a private web table you can sort and filter.

What's in every row

  • Date issued and type of record
  • Project or business name, and what it's for
  • Full address with city, state and ZIP
  • Project value and contractor company, where the record has them
  • A link to the official record, so you can check it yourself
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Why Snippet RoomThe fine print, in big print.

  • Official sources onlyCity and county open-data portals, used under their terms.
  • CheckableEvery row links to the record it came from.
  • Business data, not peopleRecords about private individuals are left out.
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Daan Colson
Daan Colson
Meet Daan Colson

Hi, I'm Daan.

I'm 20, from Belgium, and I work with public records: the building permits and new business registrations that cities publish every day. Snippet Room turns them into one clean list every Monday, and every row links back to the official record so you can check it yourself.

Questions? Write to me directly: [email protected]

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See last week's feed for your city, free.

Tell us your city and trade, and we'll send you last week's real feed for it. No card, no commitment, and the list is yours to keep. Prefer email? Write to [email protected]

What subscribers get every Monday
  • An email with the week's highlights
  • A CSV file for Excel or Google Sheets
  • A private web table you can sort and filter

FAQ: good questions

Straight answers.

Where does the data come from?

From the open-data portals that cities and counties run themselves, such as data.cityofchicago.org. We use them through their public APIs and follow each portal's terms of use.

Do you change the records?

No. We only tidy the format (dates, capitals, units) and remove duplicates. If anything looks off, the link on each row takes you to the official record.

Is there personal data in the feeds?

No. The feeds contain business information only. Records that name a private person instead of a business are left out.

When do I get it?

Every Monday, covering the week before. The data itself is refreshed daily.

Can I get a city that isn't listed?

Ask us. If the city publishes permits or licences as open data, we can usually add it. We'll tell you honestly if it doesn't.

What format is it in?

A CSV file that opens in Excel or Google Sheets, plus a private web table you can sort and filter in your browser.

Can I cancel?

Yes, anytime, through the link in your receipt or by emailing us.