InstaPermit provides automated permit tracking for California contractors, continuously monitoring over 135 building‑department portals and delivering same‑day notifications of approvals, corrections, or suspensions. Users connect their portal credentials once, and the service logs in, finds all permits under their name, and alerts them in real time, eliminating manual portal checks and reducing crew idle time. The platform supports a range of trades, including solar, HVAC, plumbing, and EV charging installations.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
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Product
Problem
California contractors must manually check dozens of independent building department portals, often missing approvals, corrections, or suspensions for days. These delays keep crews idle and increase project costs.
Solution
InstaPermit offers an automated permit‑tracking platform that continuously logs into a contractor’s portal credentials and monitors over 135 California authority‑having jurisdictions (AHJs) 24/7. The service detects status changes—approvals, corrections, suspensions—and pushes same‑day notifications to a centralized dashboard, eliminating manual portal refreshes and spreadsheet tracking. Setup takes about 30 seconds and requires no entry of individual permit numbers; the system discovers all permits associated with the user’s login. Credential data are never stored or shared, ensuring security while providing real‑time visibility across multiple trades such as solar, electrical, HVAC, plumbing, and battery storage. By surfacing updates instantly, contractors can mobilize crews or address correction notices without delay, reducing idle time and associated costs.
Target Audience
Primary customers are California general contractors, specialty trade contractors (e.g., solar installers, electricians, HVAC and plumbing firms), and subcontractors who manage permits across multiple jurisdictions.
Features
- Continuous 24/7 monitoring of 135+ California building department portals using the contractor’s own login credentials
- Automatic discovery of all permits under a user’s account, eliminating the need to input permit numbers per job
- Real‑time in‑app notifications for approvals, corrections, and suspensions, delivered the same day the change occurs
- Unified dashboard that aggregates status across multiple trades (solar, electrical, HVAC, plumbing, etc.) and jurisdictions
- Secure handling of portal credentials: never stored or shared, with login performed on the contractor’s behalf
- Quick 30‑second setup and instant visibility of active permits