LIVE 3 live markets in Texas — 2,568 permits in the latest pull.
Texas has 254 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.
Plumbing — 795 permits · Electrical — 643 permits · HVAC — 474 permits
Harris County · Dallas County · Tarrant County · Bexar County · Travis County · Collin County · Denton County · Fort Bend County · Hidalgo County · El Paso County · Montgomery County · Williamson County · Cameron County · Brazoria County · Bell County · Galveston County · Nueces County · Lubbock County · Hays County · Webb County · McLennan County · Jefferson County · Smith County · Brazos County · Ellis County · Johnson County · Kaufman County · Comal County · Guadalupe County · Midland County · Parker 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Harris County | 5,045,026 | Waitlist page |
| Dallas County | 2,661,397 | Waitlist page |
| Tarrant County | 2,248,466 | Waitlist page |
| Bexar County | 2,160,088 | Waitlist page |
| Travis County | 1,389,670 | Waitlist page |
| Collin County | 1,297,179 | Waitlist page |
| Denton County | 1,069,346 | Waitlist page |
| Fort Bend County | 975,191 | Waitlist page |
| Hidalgo County | 921,549 | Waitlist page |
| El Paso County | 877,858 | Waitlist page |
| Market | Registry status (verified 2026-11-11) |
|---|---|
| Houston, TX | 2026-11-11: not on Socrata catalog under the guessed domain; WAVE2 ArcGIS/Hub searches also surfaced no official Houston building-permits layer. Houston sells permit data via its own channels; research owed. |
| Dallas, TX | 2026-11-11 WAVE2: Socrata dataset e7gq-4sah 'Building Permits' exists on www.dallasopendata.com with contractor/value/description, BUT issued_date is stored as TEXT in M/D/YY format (e.g. '12/31/25'), so SoQL $where/$... |
3 live markets today (2,568 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.
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