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Painting permit leads by city and ZIP

Remodels, additions and siding jobs that end with paint. Residential permits that end with painting (additions, remodels, siding and stucco work, and exterior painting where a city permits it) for residential painting companies.

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Guarantee on every package: If a month comes in under half the 8-week average permit count for your ZIPs and trades, the next month is free. If a weekly file is ever late or missing, that month is free. Every package includes your first file within 24 hours of purchase. If we can't deliver your first file within 24 hours of purchase, we refund you in full.

Signals we watch

What feeds a painting list

  • Additions and major remodels
  • Siding and stucco permits
  • Exterior painting permits where a city or historic district requires them
How residential painters use it

Ways to work the list

  • Offer interior paint as a remodel or addition finishes.
  • Pitch exterior paint to the neighbors of siding and stucco jobs.
  • Partner with remodelers who sub out painting.
Cross-trade follow-on

Permits in other trades that point to yours

New walls, siding and stucco all need paint, and newly painted houses make the neighbors look again at their own.

Upstream: permits that create painting demand

Downstream: trades that want your permits

The honest limit. A permit usually means the job is already sold. We say that up front. The value is what happens around it:

  • Neighbor marketing around active jobs: same-age houses on the same street.
  • Cross-trade follow-on demand: new roof → solar, gutters, insulation; remodel → HVAC, electrical, landscaping, pool; new build → pest, security, landscaping.
  • Competitor intelligence: which contractors pull permits where (where the jurisdiction publishes it), and who to recruit as subs.
  • Early-stage projects for commercial trades and GC subs.

Painting permit lead questions

Do painting jobs need permits?

Usually not, except in some historic districts and for lead-safe work on older homes. That's why this feed counts the permits Ops' rules tag for painting work, which include the remodels, additions and siding jobs that end with paint.

Does a permit mean the job is still open?

Usually not: a permit typically means the job is sold. The value is neighbor marketing around active jobs, cross-trade follow-on work, and competitor intelligence.

How do I know you cover my ZIPs?

Ask for a free 10-permit sample with your trade and ZIPs before you buy. We only sell jurisdictions we actually pull, and we show you the trailing 8-week average count first.

See your ZIPs before you pay.

Send your trade and ZIP codes. We'll reply with a real sample from the public records we pull, or tell you plainly that we don't cover you yet.

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