Every building permit filed in Harris County, Fort Bend County, Montgomery County, Brazoria County, Galveston County, updated hourly from the cities' permit records.
Grouped by location. Every card opens a lead page with the map, a plain-English read of the permit, nearby projects and the official record.
0 permits on file for the last 14 days. The full list, with addresses and official record links, is available to subscribers.
Every record is a building permit issued or applied for with city building departments, published on their open-data portals. We group the raw applications by location and translate the permit types into plain English. Each entry links to the official permit record.
A new-commercial or multifamily permit is a ground-up build with the longest runway and the biggest spend. A tenant finish-out means a business is building out a leased space fast. Site work and foundation permits are the earliest signal of a build. Every one is a buyer of materials, trades and services.
Cities publish new permits daily. We check for new Houston permits every hour and email alerts as they appear. This page shows the last 7 days.
Building-material suppliers, subcontractors, equipment rental, dumpster and portable-toilet companies, signage, security, insurance and bonding agents: anyone who wants to be the first call a new project gets.
Data refreshed 8/24/2026, 6:47:25 PM CT.