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Comparison
PermitPub vs Building Radar
Building Radar is a construction sales intelligence platform with CRM integrations and relevance scoring.
PermitPub is simpler for buyers who want to select and buy permit or license records directly.
Built for street-level reps, territory sellers, and teams that need a current reason to knock, call, mail, or visit.
Last reviewed: May 28, 2026. Based on publicly available pages and search evidence reviewed on that date; competitor products may change.
PermitPub starts with the sales signal.
You want local public-record lead inventory without an enterprise sales platform.
Use both when it helps.
PermitPub supplies simple fresh local signals while Building Radar supports larger sales processes.
Different sales motions
Different tools for different parts of the sales motion.
Building Radar may help with its specific data or workflow lane. PermitPub is built for the moment a public record says someone is building, opening, remodeling, licensing, or spending money in a market.
| Question | Building Radar | PermitPub |
|---|---|---|
| Starting point | Building Radar | Fresh public-record event: permit, license, opening, buildout, or local market signal. |
| Main buyer | Construction sales and business development teams. | Street reps, territory sellers, contractors, merchant-services reps, and local B2B teams. |
| Primary data | Construction project data and decision-maker workflow signals. | Buyable permit and license lead records, market inventory, sales angles, and locked paid details. |
| Alert/search workflow | Early project discovery, relevance scoring, and CRM workflow. | Plain-English search, lead views, market filters, CSV export, and paid unlocks. |
| API or export | Public research highlighted integrations rather than a self-serve API. | CSV and custom public data feeds. Full API-style needs can be quoted as custom feeds. |
| Pricing transparency | Demo or strategy meeting style evaluation. | Transparent Live Lead Inventory, monthly plans, and custom feed pricing. |
| Best-fit use case | Sales teams already operating a construction CRM process. | Finding fresh local sales triggers that a rep can work quickly. |
PermitPub advantage
Where PermitPub is built to win.
PermitPub does not ask a rep to start with a cold list and guess who might care. It starts with a fresh public-record signal and turns that into something a seller can work.
Street-level action
PermitPub focuses on records a rep can buy, export, map, and work in the field.
Broader sales motions
Building permits, business licenses, merchant leads, clinics, retail, restaurants, and local openings can live in one workflow.
Simple first step
A rep can start with live markets and specific records before moving into larger project-intelligence research.
When to start here
Start with PermitPub when the rep needs a reason to move now.
The stronger the signal, the easier it is to decide where to spend the next hour. That is the lane PermitPub is built for.
PermitPub helps reps find the address, project signal, and market context behind a current public-record event.
You want local public-record lead inventory without an enterprise sales platform.
Buyers can filter by market, lead view, value, and keyword before checkout.
Start with live markets, cherry-picked Live Lead Inventory orders, or monthly access before quoting a custom feed.
Better starting signal
The best sales workflow starts with a reason, not a random name.
A rep still has to sell. PermitPub helps them start with better timing: fresh permits, licenses, openings, buildouts, remodels, and local activity that can justify outreach.
- Find the public-record signal
- Filter by market, project, value, or vertical
- Pick the records worth working
- Unlock exact details and export
- Knock, call, mail, visit, and follow up
FAQ
Straight answers before you buy.
Is PermitPub a replacement for Building Radar?
PermitPub is often the sharper first step when you want fresh public-record sales triggers. Building Radar can still fit teams that need this workflow: Sales teams already operating a construction CRM process.
Which tool is better for fresh permit leads?
PermitPub is purpose-built around buyable permit and license leads, market inventory, CSV exports, and sales-ready public-record signals.
Can I use both?
PermitPub supplies simple fresh local signals while Building Radar supports larger sales processes.
What evidence was used?
This page uses PermitPub's competitive research corpus and public pages or search-result snippets captured on May 20, 2026.
Evidence notes
Sources used for this comparison
- https://www.buildingradar.com/featuresCrawled page describes features such as relevance scoring and CRM integrations.
Move first
Want public-record sales signals your reps can actually work?
Browse live markets, pick the records worth a knock, or request a market if your territory is not live yet.