Where your next yard should go.
Lumber yards, building-materials dealers, and distribution operators win on geography. PermitFocus tells you where new single-family construction is happening — by county, by builder, by drive-time catchment — so you pick locations and chase accounts that actually pay back.
How LBM operators use PermitFocus
Three-step workflow most operators run weekly:
- Score every US county for new-construction demand against your trade.
- Drop pins on candidate yard sites — run drive-time isochrones to compare catchment sizes by who's actually pulling permits.
- Watchlist the top 10 builders in your catchment, get a weekly digest when they accelerate.
What LBM operators get from PermitFocus
The specific surfaces LBM operators use most:
Pick the next yard location
Compare three candidate addresses side-by-side. Each shows the drive-time catchment, top builders inside it, and 12-month permit volume — so the decision is a number, not a hunch.
Chase builders pulling permits this week
Get a prioritized call list every Monday: which builders accelerated, which are new to your market, which are expanding across multiple of your counties.
Stop paying $25k/yr for Zonda
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Bid better with cost-of-construction context
12-month value trends per county tell you whether builders in your market are squeezing margins or commanding premiums.
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