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Building permit alerts in Iowa

WAITLIST No live market in Iowa yet, and no open-data feed has been verified there. Join the waitlist — counties with the most demand get their feeds built first.

Iowa has 99 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.

County waitlist pages in Iowa

Polk County · Linn County · Scott County

Largest counties in Iowa

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.

County2025 population estimatePage
Polk County516,546Waitlist page
Linn County232,028Waitlist page
Scott County175,259Waitlist page
Johnson County160,044—
Black Hawk County131,532—
Dallas County118,457—
Woodbury County106,649—
Story County101,291—
Dubuque County99,381—
Pottawattamie County92,996—

Questions

Is PermitBoards live in Iowa?

Not yet. Iowa has no live PermitBoards market today — the status on this page is the honest one, and the waitlist is how markets get built.

How much does PermitBoards cost in Iowa?

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.

How do I get alerts for a Iowa county that isn't live?

Join the waitlist from the signup page for your county and trade. When the feed goes live, your sample feed starts that day.

Join the Iowa waitlist

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