Austin TX · for electricians, plumbers and HVAC companies
… permits issued in the last 90 days, and … building jobs where the electrician, plumber or HVAC company has not pulled a permit yet. From the City of Austin's own records, every morning.
Live, from the same files as the open map. Each hexagon counts permits, never fewer than three; darker means more.
Pick your trade
Every permit the city issued in the last 90 days, split by trade: building, electrical, plumbing, HVAC. Pick yours and the busiest ZIPs come first, so you know where the work is before you spend a dollar on ads.
Open the map →Click a lot
In Austin the electrician, plumber and HVAC company each pull their own permit on the builder's job. When a building permit has no electrical permit yet, the electrical work is still open. Every lot shows that, with the chance the slot gets filled in the next 30 days.
Zoom in on the map →An example. On the open map every lot shows its permits and open trades; addresses and contacts are for members.
Homes likely due
45 years of city permits say when each home last replaced its AC, its water heater or its electrical panel. Each layer was chosen on 2022 data and tested on 2024 data it never saw: flagged homes really did pull that permit more often. Not jobs yet: the places to market first.
See the layers on the map →"Tested" = how much more often a flagged home pulled the permit in the next two years than a home that was not flagged.
Know the builder
The permits show which electrician, plumber and HVAC company each builder used on every job, and how many days after the building permit each trade came on. So you know who to call, when, and who you are up against.
An example. About 2,100 builders are on record this year.
Plans
Anyone can use the map now, no sign-up. Members will get the addresses, the builder's contacts and a morning email of new jobs in their ZIPs, for the trade they work in.
Every permit by trade, one dot per lot, which trades are still open, homes likely due as shaded areas. No account.
All Austin ZIPs, addresses, the builder's phone and email, a daily email of new jobs for your trade, builder profiles.
For HVAC, plumbing or electrical: the list of homes likely due for your trade, and heat-wave or hard-freeze alerts the day they are forecast.
There is nothing to buy on this page. When membership opens you will see the price before anything starts, not after.
Where the line is
Permits are public because the city files them. The people behind them did not ask to be on a map, so these rules are built into the product, not promised in a policy.
See this morning's permits first. If your ZIP is quiet, the map will tell you that too.