LIVE 1 live market in Illinois — 484 permits in the latest pull.
Illinois has 102 counties and county-equivalents. PermitBoards reads the permit records that cities and counties publish, filters them by county and trade, and emails subscribers the permits that mean work for their trade — daily, for $79 a month per county + trade after a free 14-day sample. See how pricing works, try the free permit lookup, or read how we get the data.
Electrical — 123 permits · Remodel & addition — 114 permits · Plumbing — 68 permits
Cook County · DuPage County · Lake County · Will County · Kane County · McHenry County · Winnebago County · Madison County · St. Clair County · Champaign County · Sangamon County · Peoria County
From the U.S. Census Bureau's 2025 population estimates (county file). Counties in our top-400 waitlist program have their own page with the county seat, population, and status.
| County | 2025 population estimate | Page |
|---|---|---|
| Cook County | 5,194,625 | Waitlist page |
| DuPage County | 934,298 | Waitlist page |
| Lake County | 719,339 | Waitlist page |
| Will County | 712,253 | Waitlist page |
| Kane County | 525,757 | Waitlist page |
| McHenry County | 317,751 | Waitlist page |
| Winnebago County | 283,674 | Waitlist page |
| Madison County | 263,110 | Waitlist page |
| St. Clair County | 250,708 | Waitlist page |
| Champaign County | 209,972 | Waitlist page |
1 live market today (484 permits in the latest pull).
One flat price everywhere: $79 a month for one county and one trade ($49 locked for the founding 50), after a free 14-day sample feed. No per-seat charges, no annual contract, no sales call.
Join the waitlist from the signup page for your county and trade. When the feed goes live, your sample feed starts that day.
Start the paid plan when you're ready — $79 a month for one county and one trade, month-to-month, no sales call. Or start with a free 14-day sample feed: the real daily email, built from live permit records. If it doesn't show you work worth chasing, don't pay for it.
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