RigBrain watches commercial building permits as they're filed in Austin and Orlando, tags the equipment each project needs, and delivers scored, contractor-ready leads to your inbox every week. Eight more top-10 US metros activate once their first Founding Dealer signs — pre-launch metros lock the same rate and get the first report the day we ship it (or full refund any time in the first 30 days).
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Austin and Orlando ship weekly permit pulls today. The remaining eight metros turn on once their first Founding Dealer signs and the per-metro data integration ships — pre-launch metros lock the same $299/mo Founding Rate now (with full refund or metro-swap any time in the first 30 days).
Not on this list? Tell us your metro and we'll prioritize expansion based on dealer demand.
RigBrain is a permit-based lead generation platform for construction equipment dealers. Its core feature, PermitMatch, ingests public commercial building permits from city open-data portals (Austin and Orlando today, with eight more top-10 US metros activating as Founding Dealers sign), classifies each permit by project type (commercial new-build, demolition, multi-family, tenant finish-out, etc.), and maps it to the equipment categories that type of job typically requires. We match the result to nearby dealers and deliver scored, contractor-ready leads every week. Each lead includes contractor name, phone number, project address, estimated valuation, and recommended equipment categories. Austin and Orlando are live today; the remaining eight metros activate as Founding Dealers onboard.
Last updated: May 2026
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Right now, in every metro on our list, hundreds of commercial projects are pulling permits. Contractors are sourcing equipment. Most dealers have no idea until a phone call comes in — if it ever does.
PermitMatch does the work your team doesn't have time for.
RigBrain ingests commercial building permits from public city APIs — Austin and Orlando today, eight more top-10 US metros activating per Founding Dealer signup. Address, GPS, scope, valuation, contractor of record. Every weekday.
Every permit gets classified — commercial new build, tilt-wall, demolition, tenant finish-out, multi-family — and mapped to equipment categories. A new school gets excavators, cranes, boom lifts. A tear-down gets skid steers and concrete saws.
Permits get matched to your dealership by metro, equipment lines, and project size. Each lead is scored 0–100 so your team knows where to focus first.
Every week you get a curated report — contractor name, direct phone, project details, equipment match. Early in the permit lifecycle is when equipment decisions happen. This gets you in that conversation.
No research required. Each lead arrives ready for outreach.
Pulled from the permit filing. No gatekeepers, no guessing who to call.
Address, GPS coordinates, scope, square footage, floors, and estimated valuation.
Categories matched to project type — what you sell or rent against what the job needs.
Prioritize outreach. Geography fit, equipment match, deal size, historic success rate.
Direct link to the public filing plus issue date — you know exactly where the project stands.
New leads every Monday. Be the first dealer to call — before the contractor calls around.
One closed deal covers your subscription for a year. Most dealers see that in the first month.
There are bigger and broader permit databases. None are built specifically for the way an independent equipment dealer actually sells.
| Capability | RigBrain | Shovels.ai | Construction Monitor | Manual Search |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Built for equipment dealers | ✓ Dealer-only ICP | ~ One of several ICPs | ✗ Suppliers/subs/distributors | ✗ N/A |
| Delivery format | ✓ Weekly email, ready to call | API + web app (DIY) | Weekly editions, search, API | Manual search |
| Equipment-category matching | ✓ Project-type tagged | ~ Generic AI classification | ✗ Not segmented by equipment | ✗ Human interpretation |
| Geographic coverage | Austin + Orlando today (top 10 expanding) | National (1,800+ jurisdictions) | ~70 metros | Wherever you can search |
| Price | $299/mo | $599/mo | Custom enterprise | Staff time |
| Setup | ✓ Sign up → report | API integration required | Sales call required | You're already doing it |
Comparison reflects publicly available information as of May 2026. Shovels.ai pricing per shovels.ai/pricing. Construction Monitor pricing not publicly disclosed.
IIJA, CHIPS Act, and the data-center buildout are generating unprecedented commercial-permit volume. The Sun Belt metros on our list are taking the lion's share. More permits = more leads, every week.
Cities are publishing permit feeds via open APIs — Austin, Dallas, Houston, Atlanta, Charlotte, Phoenix, and more. The raw data is available. Turning it into dealer-grade leads isn't trivial. That's our job.
The big permit databases serve GCs, developers, and national-brand equipment companies — priced accordingly. RigBrain is built around the questions an independent dealer actually asks: what's breaking ground near my yard this month, who do I call, and what should I have on the lot?
PermitMatch is RigBrain's permit-based lead generation feature for equipment dealers. It monitors commercial building permits from Austin and Orlando today (eight more top-10 US metros activating as Founding Dealers sign), classifies each by project type and maps it to the equipment categories that job typically uses, matches permits to your dealership by geography and inventory, and delivers scored leads weekly with contractor name, phone, and project details.
Austin is fully live with 20K+ historical permits and a public dashboard at /austin/. Orlando is live with weekly permit-application pulls via the City of Orlando SODA endpoint. Houston, Dallas, Phoenix, Atlanta, Charlotte, Nashville, Denver, and Tampa are in onboarding — each activates the moment its first Founding Dealer signs and the per-metro data integration ships (Austin and Orlando use Socrata; the other eight use ArcGIS or Accela and need a separate adapter per city). If you're in another metro, tell us when you sign up and we'll prioritize.
Public city and county open-data portals. In Austin we pull from the City of Austin's Socrata-powered portal; equivalent feeds exist for every metro on our list. All data is publicly available — we do the curation, scoring, equipment tagging, and weekly delivery.
We classify permits by project type (commercial new construction, tilt-wall, remodel, demolition, etc.) and map each type to typical equipment needs. A $47M school build gets tagged for excavators, cranes, boom lifts, and concrete equipment. Rules-based v1 today, sharpening as dealer feedback comes in — which is why Founding Dealer feedback matters so much right now.
Depends on your metro and equipment lines. In Austin alone, there are roughly 200 active commercial permits at any given time. A full-line dealer could see 10–20 relevant leads per week. A specialty shop (cranes only, for example) would see fewer but higher-value matches.
Yes. Sign up above and we'll send a sample lead report for your metro within 24 hours. No payment required. You can also browse the live Austin dashboard to see the data shape.
Relationships are great. They only cover contractors you already know. Every week, new permits get filed by contractors you've never heard of, on projects you'd be perfect for. PermitMatch surfaces those automatically so your phone isn't the only way leads come in.
Yes. Monthly subscription. 30-day money-back. No long-term contracts.
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