FirstBidPermits

New building permits for your trade, in your inbox every morning.

Launching in early November

Seats open in early November 2026. Signups aren't open yet, and nothing is charged.

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Or write to support@firstbidpermits.com. Only 3 seats per trade in each county.

The early bird gets the worm.

Spend your time bidding, not searching.

Every morningOne email waiting for you each morning with the new permits we found since the last one, so you can reach out early without checking city websites yourself.
Curated exactly for youYour trade, your county. Nothing else.
Only 3 seatsOnly 3 seats per trade in the entire county.

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Details

Where the permits come from: public building-permit records. Every job starts with a permit, so a new one means a homeowner is about to hire.
What's in each email: the address, permit type and description, plus the job value and the contractor and license number when the record lists one.
What a county covers: every city in that county we collect today, and any we add later at no extra cost. The list is growing; we don't promise dates. Covered today:
- Marin County: Unincorporated Marin (county permits outside the cities), Corte Madera (no job value or contractor listed), Larkspur, San Anselmo (no job value or contractor; new permits from Oct 26)
- San Francisco: San Francisco (city & county)
- San Mateo County: Burlingame, Woodside, Atherton (no job value; new permits from Oct 26), Hillsborough (no job value or contractor; new permits from Oct 26)
- Santa Clara County: Los Altos Hills
- Alameda County: Oakland, Unincorporated Alameda County (no job value listed), Livermore
- Contra Costa County: Walnut Creek, Concord, Martinez, Pittsburg (partial: only some permits are online), El Cerrito (no job value or contractor; new permits from Oct 26)
- Sacramento County: Sacramento (city) (arrives in a monthly batch), Unincorporated Sacramento County (county permits outside the cities), Elk Grove (a few days after issue)
- Not live yet: Sonoma County, Napa County
Timing: emails go out in the morning. Some cities publish later: Sacramento (city) once a month, Elk Grove a few days after issue.
Partial records: Pittsburg puts only some permits online. Corte Madera and unincorporated Alameda County don't list job value.
Counties marked "not live yet": we don't cover them yet. Email us if you want to hear when we do.
One seat is one trade in one county. When a county's seats are full, there will be a waitlist. Want more? Each extra trade or county is its own subscription.
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