NYC General Contractors

Bid on NYC projects before your competitors know they exist.

Every morning, a curated feed of construction projects where the architect just filed plans — but no contractor has been hired yet. You get there first. You bid first. You win more jobs.

No credit card required · Cancel anytime · 293 new leads per day on average

14,432
NYC filings last 30 days
2,528
A+ graded leads / month
$200k
Median A+ project value
5 boroughs
Full NYC coverage

You're losing jobs to contractors who heard first.

By the time a project shows up on Dodge or you hear about it through a rep, three other GCs have already been on-site. Most lead services sell the same list to everyone, months after the opportunity is cold.

Lead lists are stale

Services like Dodge show projects 30–90 days after filing. A GC was already hired weeks ago.

Cold calling wastes time

Driving past job sites and chatting with supers is how the old-timers did it. It doesn't scale.

HomeAdvisor-style leads are garbage

Shared with five other bidders, price-shoppers, small jobs. Race to the bottom.

How PermitPipeline works

We watch NYC's Department of Buildings filing system 24/7. The moment an architect or engineer files plans for a project — before any GC is hired — we grade the lead and send it to you.

1

We watch the filings

NYC DOB NOW publishes every construction filing. We pull the data every few hours, 24/7, across all five boroughs.

2

We grade every lead

Our scoring model rates each project A+ / A / B on project size, permit stage, ownership type, and GC-readiness. Only the top 18% make it to your feed.

3

You get them first

Daily email digest at 7am. Full project data, owner name, address, filing status, estimated value. Reach out before the competition does.

Here's what a typical morning looks like

Real A+ leads from the last 30 days of NYC filings. These are projects where plans are approved or in final review — and no contractor has been hired yet.

A+Manhattan
1730 Broadway
Alteration — Major · Status: Approved · Owner: Yellowstone Real Estate
$82.1M
Est. project value
A+Queens
11-08 30 Road
New Building w/ Existing Elements · Status: Approved · Owner: 3055 Vernon LLC
$50.7M
Est. project value
A+Brooklyn
498 Columbia Street
New Building · Status: Approved · Owner: Express Builders JB Inc
$47.9M
Est. project value
A+Manhattan
245 Park Avenue
Alteration — Major · Status: Approved · Owner: SL Green Realty Corp
$34.6M
Est. project value
A+Manhattan
3880 9 Avenue
New Building · Status: Plan Examiner Review · Owner: The Jay Group
$30.3M
Est. project value

+ 2,523 more A+ leads last month.

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All plans include full NYC coverage, daily morning digest, CSV export, and 14-day free trial. Cancel anytime.

Volume
$149/mo
Good for small GCs looking for high lead flow.
  • All A, A+, and B graded leads
  • Daily digest email
  • ~290 new leads per day
  • Full NYC (5 boroughs)
  • Shared feed
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Exclusive
$999/mo
First dibs on premium leads. Only sold to one GC per sub-borough.
  • First 50 A+ leads per week
  • Exclusive per sub-borough
  • Real-time alerts (not just daily)
  • Owner contact context
  • CSV + API export
  • Direct support
Start 14-day free trial Subscribe now — $999/mo
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Why trust this feed

No testimonials yet — we just launched. Here's what we can show you instead: exactly how leads are scored, who's behind it, and a founding-member offer while we're still small.

How leads are scored

Every NYC DOB NOW filing is scored on 5 signals against a 230-point scale. A+ leads hit the top of the scale. We show the math so you know what you're paying for.

  • Filing type — new building & major alterations score higher than cosmetic work
  • No GC of record yet — the whole wedge. If a contractor's already hired, grade drops
  • Project value — $500k+ scores higher than a $20k renovation
  • Owner type — commercial/institutional owners score higher than individual homeowners
  • Architect profile — licensed RA/PE filings score higher than owner-filed

Data sourced directly from the public NYC DOB NOW dataset. Updated daily.

Who's behind this

PermitPipeline is a small, bootstrapped operation. One operator, an automated pipeline, no VC, no call center.

  • Built by a solo founder — direct email support, no tier-2 rep
  • Runs on public NYC data — no scraping, no grey-area sourcing
  • Sole-proprietor business, US-based, Stripe-processed billing
  • 14-day free trial so you can verify the leads yourself before paying

Questions? Email [email protected] — you'll hear back from the founder directly, usually same-day.

Founding-member pricing: the first 25 subscribers lock in their tier rate for 12 months, even if prices go up. No testimonials yet means no premium — you're getting in early.

Questions

Where does this data come from?
NYC Department of Buildings publishes every construction filing through its DOB NOW system. The raw data is public. What we do is watch it 24/7, filter to projects where no GC is hired yet, grade each lead on 5+ quality signals, and deliver the good ones to your inbox.
How is this different from Dodge or ConstructConnect?
Dodge shows projects after they're in the pipeline — often 30 to 90 days after filing, when a GC has typically already been chosen. We focus exclusively on the pre-GC moment: plans are filed, approved, but no contractor is listed. That's when a GC can actually win the job.
What does a "lead" include?
Project address, borough, filing type (new building, major alteration, etc.), filing status, estimated project value, owner name, filing date, and a direct link to the NYC DOB record. Enough to know whether the project is worth pursuing and who to reach out to.
Do you contact the property owners for us?
No. You do. We give you the data — you decide how to pursue it. Most of our GCs mail a capabilities packet or cold-email the owner/architect.
Can I cancel anytime?
Yes. One click in your account. No phone calls, no "retention specialists." Prorated refund on the current month.
Is this legal? Is permit data public?
Yes. NYC permit filings are public record under New York's Freedom of Information Law. We pull from NYC's official DOB NOW API.