Every Austin project, named the day it files.
The Austin development database from the Groundbreak newsroom: permits, site plan and zoning cases, TDLR registrations, JETI plant applications and FAA height filings from the public record, with the contractor and the owner named.
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Live from GroundbreakBiggest filings · last 14 days- Permit309 Comal St
ePlan: Expedited - Accessory Retail Shell NOT FOR OCCUPANCY (2809 sf.) jack 785-761-6615
$20MNov 2Carleton Companies
ContractorJon Nunn · Carleton Companies(972) 980-••••
- Permit309 Learning Ln Leander Tx 78641
BLD - Commercial - New: LISD Elementary School No.31 - Commercial New
$56MNov 4Joeris General Contractors (austin)
- PermitAISD Bus Terminal
Addition and Remodel: ePlan: Commercial Expedited Review - Renovation and Addition to 2 Existing Dugouts Installation of New Lightning and New Batting Cages and Replacement of Field Turf (2735 SF)
$6.8MNov 4Cadence McShane Construction
- Permit6525 Ed Bluestein Blvd Nb
New Construction of (4) Multi-Family Buildings and (1) Detached Garage. (Bldgs. 13141516 and G3)
$3.5MNov 6Blackburn Construction, INC.
- Permit8401 Cameron Rd
New: Ground-up pavilion of approximately 2000sf footprint single-level steel-frame exterior performance pavilion with interior conditioned support spaces.
$2.4MNov 3Flintco LLC *main*
What's in the Austin database
- 10,130
- Projects tracked
- 107
- Under construction
- 441,485
- Owners of record
- 6,680
- Companies
- 19,546
- With a phone
from permits and filings
tracked by status
from the appraisal rolls
GCs, subs, developers, lenders
transcribed from permits
Ask the record. In your own words.
Ask anything you would ask a researcher who has read every filing in Austin: who pulled the most permits this quarter and which jobs sit in a flood zone. The answer comes back with the table and the records behind it.
Rankings, totals and month against month, by city, trade or job size. The answer names the companies and shows the table, with a CSV.
The company database
6,680 companies on the record. Every job they are on.
Every contractor, sub, developer, architect, lender and owner named on Austin permits, sales and zoning cases, and on the projects we track. 2,513 of them were on a filing in the last 90 days. Each one has a file: its projects, its filings month by month, and the firms it works with.
- 2,000
- General contractors
- 233
- Trade subs
- 331
- Developers
- 860
- Architects and engineers
- 69
- Lenders
- 3,004
- Owners and buyers
The GC on a project or a permit
Pulled an electrical, plumbing, roofing or other trade permit
The developer on a tracked project
The architect or engineer of record
The lender on a recorded loan or a project
Owner, buyer, seller or borrower on the record, LLCs included
Busiest general contractors · last 90 days
Developers with the most live projects
Architects and engineers on the most projects
Every company file is free to open. Pro adds every filing with its address and value, and the phone or email where the record has one.
The phone is on the permit.
Every Monday, the biggest permits, site plans, sales and starts filed in Austin last week, with the people on them named.
Lead list · week of Nov 2
46 records309 Learning Ln Leander Tx 78641
Building permits · Nov 4
$56M
1 contactRonald Regan Blvd Widening
Building permits · Nov 3
$52.2M
3 contactsCanopy Apartments
Site plans & zoning · Nov 2
1 contact5808 Techni Center Dr
Site plans & zoning · Nov 2
1 contact
46 records on the latest list, in your inbox and on the Leads tab all week.
Any firm's whole footprint.
Pull up any developer, contractor or architect and every project they are on in Austin, with the role they hold on each.
S.Tipton Studio
Architect · 36 projects · 36 live
Culure Space Austin
ArchitectApprovedConvergint
ArchitectProposedGreenbelt Capital Partners
ArchitectApprovedDigicomm International
ArchitectApprovedSpeculative Suite 475
ArchitectProposed8201 E Riverside Dr
ArchitectApproved
6,680 companies on file in Austin, each with its own file.
Before it is a permit. Zoning, cases, hearings.
See what Austin is about to allow: the zoning on every parcel, the planning cases the week they are filed, and the hearings coming up.
Turn on Zoning and every district is colored by what it allows. Open a parcel or a project for its zoning, overlays and historic district. Opportunity zones and tax credit tracts are on every file.
One file per project. Everything on it.
Every permit, deed, loan and story on a project lands in one file, with the team and the parcel beside it.
A Miami project fileThe stage, the value, the size, the latest filing and the general contractor, before you scroll.
Beyond Austin. Every market, one list.
One plan covers every market. When your work crosses a state line, put it all in one table and filter it down.
Projects and Records read every market at once, Austin included, with a Market column on every row.
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For subcontractors, general contractors, developers, commercial brokers, lenders and investors. Anyone whose next job starts with a filing in Austin.
What Radar would have sent you.
Building permit issued on a $39M multifamily job. GC named. Phone on the permit.
From the public record, the day it posts.
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- Permits, site plan and zoning cases, TDLR registrations, JETI plant applications and FAA height filings in Austin, the day they post
- The contractor and the owner named
- Radar: your matches every morning
- The Monday lead list
- Phones transcribed from the permit
- The owner of record on every parcel
- All 6,680 Austin company files, every filing on each
- Ask: the record in your own words, with the table behind every answer
- Zoning on every Austin file, and the hearings two weeks out
- The FEMA flood zone on every permit, project and lot
- Every market in one list: All US, All Canada, all of Texas
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What Austin publishes, and what we do with it.
Groundbreak Austin tracks every Austin development project from the public record: permits, site plan and zoning cases, TDLR registrations, JETI plant applications and FAA height filings, with the contractor and the owner named, updated daily.
The contractor's phone is on the permit. City of Austin permits carry the contractor and a phone number, TDLR registrations carry the owner. Owner changes come off the Travis CAD roll with buyer and seller but no price: Texas does not disclose sale prices, and Travis County publishes no deed feed.
- Permits
- City of Austin with contractor and phone, daily
- Entitlements
- Site plan and zoning cases, daily
- Registrations
- TDLR projects over $50K, all five metro counties
- Owners
- Travis CAD, owner of record and deed date; owner changes with buyer and seller, no price
- Suburbs
- Kyle, Leander, Lakeway and San Marcos permits
- Fundamentals
- CMBS NOI, occupancy, maturities
- FAA filings
- New towers and tower cranes in the five metro counties, with height and crane dates
- How do I find who is building a project in Austin?
- Search the address or project name. The project file lists the team from the public record (the contractor and the owner named), every filing on the parcel, and the change history. The contractor's phone is on the permit.
- Does Groundbreak have contractor phone numbers in Austin?
- Yes, where the permit carries one. City of Austin permits carry the contractor and a phone number, TDLR registrations carry the owner. Owner changes come off the Travis CAD roll with buyer and seller but no price: Texas does not disclose sale prices, and Travis County publishes no deed feed.
- What records does Groundbreak track in Austin?
- Permits, site plan and zoning cases, TDLR registrations, JETI plant applications and FAA height filings. Permits: city of austin with contractor and phone, daily. Entitlements: site plan and zoning cases, daily. Registrations: tdlr projects over $50k, all five metro counties. Owners: travis cad, owner of record and deed date; owner changes with buyer and seller, no price. Suburbs: kyle, leander, lakeway and san marcos permits. Fundamentals: cmbs noi, occupancy, maturities. FAA filings: new towers and tower cranes in the five metro counties, with height and crane dates.
- How much does Groundbreak Pro cost for Austin?
- Pro is $27 a month, every market. Cancel anytime. Austin comes with the other 25 markets. Creating an account is free: tell Radar what you work on and it shows your matches. The names, phones and figures on every record are Pro. There is no free trial.
- How often is Austin updated?
- Every morning, from each source's own feed, with the filing date the county put on the record. The number at the top of this page is this week's count.
- What does Groundbreak not have in Austin?
- Sales without a price (the state does not disclose it), no construction loans, no notices of commencement (the state records none), no liens or lis pendens and no trade sub-permits with the sub named. City of Austin permits carry the contractor and a phone number, TDLR registrations carry the owner. Owner changes come off the Travis CAD roll with buyer and seller but no price: Texas does not disclose sale prices, and Travis County publishes no deed feed.
- Who is Groundbreak Austin not for?
- Home-services trades beyond pools, solar and generators, foundation repair and teardowns: HVAC, re-roof and window permits on Austin houses are not read yet. Firms that bid from plan rooms and bid documents: Dodge and ConstructConnect carry those and we do not. Lenders who need the construction loan market: Austin publishes no loan index we can read. Anyone working mostly outside Austin and the other 8 markets.
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