New-Construction Sales Leads for Lumber & Building-Materials Dealers
Where your next yard should go, and which builders to chase.
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.
New construction happening right now
In Hillsborough County, FL, 3,745 new single-family homes were permitted in the last 12 months. Every one is a potential materials order. The builders driving it: Lennar Homes, LLC, Pulte Home Company, LLC, Homes By Westbay.
| Market | New homes (12 mo) | Top active builders |
|---|---|---|
| Hillsborough County, FL | 3,745 | Lennar Homes, LLC, Pulte Home Company, LLC, Homes By Westbay |
| Broward County, FL | 2,869 | Acd Inst Corp, Gulf Building LLC, C Craig Edewaard Inc |
| Miami-Dade County, FL | 442 | Lennar Homes LLC, A.K.1. Service Inc, Guzman Developing Company |
Live sample from PermitFocus data. Inside, you get every builder ranked by 90-day momentum, with license and contact details, for your own counties.
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 and run drive-time isochrones to compare catchment sizes by who's actually pulling permits.
- Watchlist the top 10 builders in your catchment and get a weekly digest when they accelerate.
What LBM operators get
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 a year for enterprise data
PermitFocus pulls the same county, builder, and plat data from public records for a fraction of the cost.
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.
Frequently asked questions
How do I find new-construction builder accounts before my competitors?
Every new home starts with a building permit, a public record filed weeks before ground breaks. PermitFocus collects those permits, identifies the builder behind each one, and shows you the most active builders in your service area, refreshed weekly, so you can reach out before the job is spoken for.
Are the permit leads exclusive to me?
Building permits are public records, so they aren't exclusive. PermitFocus's edge is speed and completeness: you see issuance within days, get the builder's ranked activity and contact path, and reach them earlier than a competitor relying on a six-month-old purchased list.
Which areas does PermitFocus cover for LBM operators?
Every US county is covered at the market level, with per-permit builder detail in a growing set of markets. Florida markets like Hillsborough (Tampa), Broward, and Miami-Dade have deep builder-level data today, and more markets are added continuously.
How current is the permit data?
Permit data is refreshed regularly from authoritative public sources, so you typically see a new permit within days to about a week of issuance, not the three-plus months it takes for a build to become visible from the road.
How much does PermitFocus cost?
PermitFocus is $129.99/mo, cancel anytime. That replaces enterprise construction-data platforms that charge $15,000 to $30,000 per year.
See who's building in your area right now
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