Groundbreak vs BuildCentral (ConstructionWire)
Pick BuildCentral for a national list in one commercial vertical. Pick Groundbreak for a Sunbelt market where you want every filing, including the small trade permits that tell you the job has started.
Project, company and people reports with saved searches, followed companies, tasks and notes, research on demand, mapping and a Salesforce connector. Projects at the planning, bidding and pre-construction stages with a $500,000 floor.
- Sold to
- Commercial contractors and suppliers, with vertical editions for retail, restaurant, hospitality, healthcare and multifamily.
- Data from
- In-house researchers; research on demand for a specific project.
- Covers
- Planning · Bidding · Pre-construction
- Price
- No published price. Free 7-day trial without a card. source ↗
The development database for 7 Sunbelt markets, read from the public record daily by a newsroom: permits, deeds, construction loans, notices of commencement, zoning and site plan cases, and the trade sub-permits, with the contractor, owner and lender named where the county publishes them.
- Sold to
- Subcontractors, suppliers, general contractors, architects and engineers, developers, brokers, lenders and insurers working one or more of the seven markets.
- Data from
- The source document on every row: city and county permit feeds, clerk and register of deeds indexes, appraisal rolls, planning and council agendas.
- Covers
- Land sale · Entitlement · Loan · Permit · Start · Trades · Delivery · Distress
- Price
- Free account (three files to start, then one a week). Pro $99 a month for one market or $199 for all 7, 7 days free. Team $299 a month, five seats. pricing →
What BuildCentral (ConstructionWire) has that Groundbreak does not
- Vertical-specific lead lists (retail, restaurant, hotel, medical).
- Research on demand for a project you name.
- People reports with titles.
What Groundbreak has that BuildCentral (ConstructionWire) does not
- No dollar floor: a $150,000 shoring permit on a tower is the lead for a formwork sub, and it is in.
- The record types a researcher does not type up: deeds, construction loans, notices of commencement, lis pendens.
- Daily, from the county feeds, not quarterly research cycles.
- Published prices.
What Groundbreak publishes, market by market
Each cell is a hand-checked flag against the county's own feed (webapp coverage table, verified against the filings). A · means the county does not publish it, so neither do we.
| Market | Permits | Phone on permit | Deeds | Loans | Starts (NOC) | Liens | Zoning & site plans | Owner of record | Trade subs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austin | Yes | Yes | Parties, no price | · | · | · | Yes | Yes | · |
| Atlanta | Yes | Yes | Parties, no price | Yes | · | Yes | Yes | Yes | · |
| Miami | Yes | Yes | Daily, with price | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Nashville | Yes | · | Daily, with price | · | · | · | Yes | Yes | · |
| Tampa Bay | Yes | Yes | Daily, with price | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | · |
| Charlotte | Yes | Yes | · | · | · | · | Yes | Yes | · |
| Dallas-Fort Worth | Yes | Yes | Parties, no price | Yes | · | Yes | Yes | Yes | · |
Questions
- Is Groundbreak a replacement for BuildCentral (ConstructionWire)?
- Pick BuildCentral for a national list in one commercial vertical. Pick Groundbreak for a Sunbelt market where you want every filing, including the small trade permits that tell you the job has started. The two are complements for a firm that works nationally and sells hardest in one Sunbelt market.
- How much does BuildCentral (ConstructionWire) cost?
- As published on https://www.buildcentral.com/ on 2026-10-05: No published price. Free 7-day trial without a card.
- How much does Groundbreak Pro cost?
- Free account (three files to start, then one a week). Pro $99 a month for one market or $199 for all 7, 7 days free. Team $299 a month, five seats.
- Where does Groundbreak get its data?
- From the public record in each market: city and county permit feeds, the county clerk and register of deeds indexes, the appraisal rolls, and the planning commission and council agendas, read daily. Every row on the site links to the source document.
- Which markets does Groundbreak cover that BuildCentral (ConstructionWire) does not?
- Groundbreak covers Austin, Atlanta, Miami, Nashville, Tampa Bay, Charlotte, Dallas-Fort Worth, each from its own county sources. BuildCentral (ConstructionWire) covers planning, bidding, pre-construction in its own footprint; the difference is depth per record, not the map.
Other comparisons
Vendor facts are from the vendor's own site on 2026-10-05. Product names belong to their owners. If something here is out of date, write to max@groundbreak.city and it will be corrected.