Shovels Online and API pricing starts with a free tier. View current plans at app.shovels.ai. Enterprise Data License (EDL) pricing requires contacting sales@shovels.ai.
The free trial includes 250 credits. Paid plans have custom limits—no hard rate limits are enforced, but we monitor usage. Contact sales@shovels.ai for details.
Directly from jurisdictions through relationships with local governments, online permitting portals, and public records requests. We don’t purchase data from other vendors.
A unique geographic identifier that can represent a state (CA), zip code (94103), city, county, or specific address. Use the Address Search API to get a geo_id.
Structured records of municipal zoning and land use decisions from city councils and planning boards across the US. Decisions give you earlier visibility into development activity—often months before permits are filed.
Four primary categories: Spot Rezoning (changes to specific properties), Area Rezoning (broader geographic changes), Zoning Code Modifications (changes to the rules themselves), and Special Use Permits (conditional approvals for specific activities).
Decisions precede permits in the development lifecycle. A rezoning approval or special use permit typically comes weeks to months before the developer applies for building permits.
Depends on project complexity: 2-4 weeks for minor commercial renovations, 1-3 months for new homes, 3-6 months for multifamily, and 6-12 months for large commercial projects.
Each contractor has a unique contractor ID (deduplicated within each state). Related contractors share a group ID linking them to parent organizations.
