Construction Leads in Seattle

Seattle publishes two permit records, and the difference between them decides whether a feed is worth anything. The trade-permit record names the contractor on the large majority of rows; the building-permit record fills the same field on a small fraction. That is why Builtie builds its Seattle feed on the trade-permit record, then adds the build stage and the decision maker behind each project for trades selling into the city.

Where Seattle sits

How much is being permitted

Seattle has produced 50,630 permits since January 2024: 19,044 in 2024, 18,952 in 2025 and 12,634 so far in 2026. Counted on September 4, 2026.

What is being permitted

What the Seattle record actually carries

Builtie reads Seattle's trade permits, where the contractor company name is filled on the large majority of records. The city's building-permit dataset carries the same field at a far lower rate, so a feed built on it would look similar in size and produce almost no one to contact.

What a trade contractor should know about this market

• Trade permits are the point. Electrical, mechanical and plumbing permits are the record here, so a trade contractor sees work in its own discipline rather than inferring it from a building permit.
• A named contractor is a competitor and a customer. On trade permits the named firm is often another trade, which makes the record useful for partnership and subcontract work as much as for direct bids.
• Residential and non-residential split cleanly. The permit class separates them, so a commercial-only shop can exclude houses outright.
• Valuations are published as text. The cost field is not reliably numeric in this record, which is why this page reports permit counts for Seattle rather than dollar totals.

What Builtie carries in Seattle

Seattle carries the permit history rather than a single snapshot, projects scored against your trade and territory, an inferred build stage so you can tell an open package from one awarded months ago, and the people who award the work traced past applicants and numbered companies to a named person with email, phone and LinkedIn where each can be verified.

When your package is bought

The buying window does not move with the city. Concrete and excavation are committed before the site is visibly dug, framing is booked while the foundation cures, roofing and cabinetry are decided during framing, and painting is awarded while drywall goes up. Our guide to when each trade is decided maps all of them against the five build stages.

Builtie plans start at $79 per month per seat for 20 projects a month, and $99 for 50. Growth adds LinkedIn and email outreach you run from the platform; Starter does not include Outreach. Done-for-you — where Builtie's team runs the content, campaigns and replies for you — is the Custom plan. There is a 7-day free trial with 10 projects.

Which plan fits you?

Starter, $79 per seat per month (CAD). 20 matched projects a month, which is $3.95 for a fully worked project — the decision maker, their verified email, phone and LinkedIn, the site context and the opening script all included in the one credit. Credits reset each month, and you can top up with a credit pack any time. Sourcing that by hand runs about twenty minutes a project, so the plan buys back roughly seven hours a month. Pick it if you already have someone sending the messages and what you are short of is a qualified list. It does not include Outreach.

Growth, $99 per seat per month (CAD). Twenty dollars more buys two and a half times the projects — 50 a month, $1.98 each — plus the entire outreach layer: LinkedIn and email sequences, campaigns, the unified inbox, events and social signals. Anyone opening more than 20 projects a month is better off here on volume alone, before counting the ten to fifteen hours a week that automated follow-up gives back. Pick it if someone on your team will log in and run it.

Done-For-You, the Custom plan, from CAD $1,500 a month. Pick it when the honest answer to “who is going to run this?” is nobody. Builtie's team writes the content, runs your LinkedIn, Instagram and email, answers the comments and DMs, builds and manages the campaigns, A/B tests the messaging, analyzes your followers and your competitors, and hands you the conversations. It sits on top of a Growth seat and is quoted against your trade, territory and channels. See everything Done-For-You covers, or compare all three on the pricing page.

See also: Building permit lookup: Seattle.

Every trade in Seattle, from excavation to landscaping, with its own count and award window: Seattle construction leads by trade.

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