FirstDig

Service businesses lose jobs to whoever reaches the property owner first. Cities publish every new building permit, but the data is scattered across dozens of city portals that nobody has time to check. FirstDig reads 100 city permit feeds in 29 states and DC every day, cleans them up and sorts each permit into 18 trades: pools, roofing, solar, HVAC, fences, remodels, new construction and more. You draw your service area on a map, pick your trades, and get the new permits by email every morning, weekly, or within the hour. Each permit shows the address on a map, the work, the declared value and the contractor's business name. Paid plans add alerts when a job is finished (the right moment for pool service or cleanup), estimated ready dates, the busiest streets, a door-to-door route planner, AI summaries and access from ChatGPT or Claude. No owner names, no scraping of private data: only public permit records. Free plan available; Pro is $49/month.