Guides · Updated November 2026
DFW building permit guides
Direct answers, official sources, and real counts from the Monday, November 9, 2026 pull (657 permits).
These guides explain how to look up building permits in Dallas-Fort Worth, what the official portals are, and how contractors use issued permits to find work. Every figure is from a dated public pull or is described as a method, not a made-up statistic.
How to find building permits in DFW
Every major city uses a different official portal. This is the map.
How to find building permits in Dallas
DallasNow Accela plus the open dataset we read each weekday.
How to find building permits in Fort Worth
Accela Citizen Access, issued-permit maps, and the ArcGIS table.
How to find building permits in Plano
eTRAKiT and the working GIS layer — not the empty dashboard table.
How contractors use permit data
The adjacent job, not the job already named on the permit.
Dallas vs Fort Worth permit lookup
Different systems, different fields, no combined official search.
DFW permit types explained
Pools, roofs, solar, HVAC, new houses, demolitions, and the rest.
FAQ
Sources, cities we cover, pricing, and what we will not invent.
Pool permit leads in DFW
Why fence and landscape companies watch pool permits.
Roofing permit leads in DFW
Reroofs as a timing signal for solar and gutters.
New construction permit leads in DFW
New houses as a signal for outdoor and trade work.
How to find building permit leads in DFW
Public records versus shared marketplace leads.
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