{"jurisdictions":{"WA":{"name":"Washington","license_regime":"All construction, electrical, plumbing and elevator contractors must hold an L&I registration/licence.","license_required_statewide":true,"permit_coverage":["City of Seattle Building Permits"],"permit_cities":["SEATTLE"],"discipline_data":"License suspension date only (no infraction feed on open data).","sources":[{"source_id":"wa_lni_bond","kind":"extra","name":"WA L&I Contractor License Data - Bond","url":"https://data.wa.gov/d/bzff-4fmt","license":"PDDL","terms_url":"https://data.wa.gov/stories/s/Terms-of-Use/","refresh_cadence":"Daily","record_count":137877,"last_refreshed_at":"2026-11-11T00:10:53Z","publisher_updated_at":"2026-11-10T20:33:10Z","notes":"Contractor surety bond on file."},{"source_id":"wa_lni_insurance","kind":"extra","name":"WA L&I Contractor License Data - Insurance","url":"https://data.wa.gov/d/ciwg-agsx","license":"PDDL","terms_url":"https://data.wa.gov/stories/s/Terms-of-Use/","refresh_cadence":"Daily","record_count":76756,"last_refreshed_at":"2026-11-11T00:10:23Z","publisher_updated_at":"2026-11-10T20:38:07Z","notes":"General-liability insurance on file."},{"source_id":"wa_lni_contractors","kind":"license","name":"WA L&I Contractor License Data - General","url":"https://data.wa.gov/d/m8qx-ubtq","license":"PDDL (Public Domain Dedication and License), per dataset metadata","terms_url":"https://data.wa.gov/stories/s/Terms-of-Use/","refresh_cadence":"Daily (observed nightly updates)","record_count":161629,"last_refreshed_at":"2026-11-11T00:08:36Z","publisher_updated_at":"2026-11-10T20:36:19Z","notes":"All WA construction, electrical, plumbing and elevator contractors. Status, expiry, suspension date."},{"source_id":"seattle_permits","kind":"permit","name":"City of Seattle Building Permits","url":"https://data.seattle.gov/d/76t5-zqzr","license":"Public Domain (per dataset metadata)","terms_url":"https://www.seattle.gov/data/open-data-policy","refresh_cadence":"Daily","record_count":27363,"last_refreshed_at":"2026-11-10T16:45:29Z","publisher_updated_at":"2026-11-10T02:12:03Z","notes":"All issued permits (any year) that name a contractor company. Seattle leaves the contractor field blank on most permits."}]},"TX":{"name":"Texas","license_regime":"No statewide general-contractor licence. Electrical, A/C (TDLR) are licensed; plumbing (TSBPE) and others are not in this dataset.","license_required_statewide":false,"permit_coverage":["City of Austin Issued Construction Permits"],"permit_cities":["AUSTIN"],"discipline_data":"Not available.","sources":[{"source_id":"tx_tdlr_licenses","kind":"license","name":"TDLR - All Licenses (contractor-type licences only)","url":"https://data.texas.gov/d/7358-krk7","license":"Not stated in dataset metadata; Texas open-data portal terms apply (public records)","terms_url":"https://data.texas.gov/stories/s/Terms-of-Use/","refresh_cadence":"Not stated in metadata; observed updates roughly weekly (see publisher_updated_at in /v1/coverage)","record_count":58580,"last_refreshed_at":"2026-11-10T16:45:34Z","publisher_updated_at":"2026-10-19T18:51:17Z","notes":"Texas has no statewide general-contractor licence; this covers electrical, A/C, sign, appliance-install, elevator and well-driller licences. No status or discipline fields (status derived from expiry)."},{"source_id":"austin_permits","kind":"permit","name":"City of Austin Issued Construction Permits","url":"https://data.austintexas.gov/d/3syk-w9eu","license":"Public Domain U.S. Government (per dataset metadata); City of Austin Open Data Terms of Use","terms_url":"https://data.austintexas.gov/stories/s/ranj-cccq","refresh_cadence":"Daily","record_count":204405,"last_refreshed_at":"2026-11-11T00:11:46Z","publisher_updated_at":"2026-11-10T16:53:21Z","notes":"Building, electrical, mechanical, plumbing permits issued since 2023-01-01."}]},"NY":{"name":"New York (NYC only)","license_regime":"No statewide general-contractor licence. NYC requires a DCWP Home Improvement Contractor licence for residential work.","license_required_statewide":false,"permit_coverage":["NYC DOB Permit Issuance"],"permit_cities":["NEW YORK","BROOKLYN","BRONX","QUEENS","STATEN ISLAND","MANHATTAN"],"discipline_data":"NYC DCWP charges and outcomes.","sources":[{"source_id":"nyc_dcwp_charges","kind":"discipline","name":"NYC DCWP Charges (enforcement)","url":"https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/5fn4-dr26","license":"NYC Open Data Terms of Use","terms_url":"https://www.nyc.gov/html/data/terms.html","refresh_cadence":"Monthly (per dataset metadata)","record_count":581,"last_refreshed_at":"2026-11-10T16:47:29Z","publisher_updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:32:25Z","notes":"Charges and outcomes against DCWP-licensed contractors, joined on business_unique_id."},{"source_id":"nyc_dcwp_licenses","kind":"license","name":"NYC DCWP Issued Licenses (Home Improvement Contractor, Construction Labor Provider)","url":"https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/w7w3-xahh","license":"NYC Open Data Terms of Use (free to use, no restrictions beyond no implied endorsement)","terms_url":"https://www.nyc.gov/html/data/terms.html","refresh_cadence":"Weekly (per dataset metadata)","record_count":19221,"last_refreshed_at":"2026-11-10T16:47:22Z","publisher_updated_at":"2026-11-06T20:31:31Z","notes":"NYC-only home-improvement licences (New York State does not license general contractors)."},{"source_id":"nyc_dob_permits","kind":"permit","name":"NYC DOB Permit Issuance","url":"https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/ipu4-2q9a","license":"NYC Open Data Terms of Use","terms_url":"https://www.nyc.gov/html/data/terms.html","refresh_cadence":"Daily","record_count":62207,"last_refreshed_at":"2026-11-10T16:47:31Z","publisher_updated_at":"2026-11-10T01:44:28Z","notes":"Legacy BIS permits (alterations A1-A3 and new buildings) issued since 2023-01-01 naming a permittee business."}]}},"totals":{"licenses":239430,"permits":293975,"discipline_records":581},"pricing":{"per_check_usd":0.15,"starter_credit_usd":3.0,"charge_on_not_found":true,"credit_packs":{"pack_10":{"price_cents":1000,"credit_usd":10.0,"label":"$10 credit pack"},"pack_50":{"price_cents":5000,"credit_usd":55.0,"label":"$50 credit pack (+10%)"},"pack_200":{"price_cents":20000,"credit_usd":240.0,"label":"$200 credit pack (+20%)"}},"checkout_enabled":false},"limits":["Permit data is one city per state (Seattle, Austin, NYC). Austin and NYC start 2023-01-01; Seattle goes back further but names a contractor on few permits.","Permit-to-contractor attribution is by normalised name (or licence number where the permit carries one).","Texas has no statewide general-contractor licence; only TDLR electrical/A-C/sign/appliance/elevator/well-driller licences are covered.","NYC licences are DCWP Home Improvement Contractor / Construction Labor Provider only."]}