Permit Services

What Permit Services does

Permit Services Inc. is a privately held, full-service permit expediting company founded in 1991 and headquartered in Santa Rosa, California. The company pulls, tracks, and delivers building, mechanical, plumbing, electrical, roofing, solar, siding, kitchen/bath, and related construction permits on behalf of licensed contractors, homeowners, architects, and mobile home dealers. Its stated coverage spans 58+ California counties plus ten additional states (Arizona, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, Colorado, Oregon, Idaho, Washington, Wyoming, Texas), with an authorized partnership with the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) for state-level mobile home permits. The company reports processing over 100,000 permits cumulatively and serving more than 1,500 companies across these geographies.

The core product is a Salesforce-based Permit Request Portal that allows registered customers to submit, track, and manage permits 24/7 via web or mobile, supplemented by in-house CAD drafting services, final inspection scheduling, and city business license procurement. Free contractor and homeowner self-registration flows sit alongside inside-sales qualification and toll-free phone support. The company operates under two regional DBAs (North Bay Permit Services and So Cal Permit Services), is currently hiring in Colorado and Ventura County, and accepts payment via Visa, MasterCard, American Express, and PayPal.

The business model is pay-per-transaction with no subscription fees: customers pay only when a permit is processed, receiving itemized billing that aggregates multiple jurisdictions under one fee with no mileage cost. Six named staff are visible across executive, finals management, coordination, and drafting functions. No revenue, funding, ownership, or AI/ML capabilities are publicly disclosed, and the company has no app, no API, no patents, and no public awards on record.

Name

Permit Services

Legal name

Permit Services Inc.

Website

https://permitservices.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1991

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Permit Services Inc. is a privately held, Santa Rosa-based permit expediting firm founded in 1991 that pulls and tracks building permits across 11 Western US states for licensed contractors, homeowners, architects, and mobile home dealers via a Salesforce-based self-service portal.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Construction Permit Expediting Services

NAICS

Regulation, Licensing, and Inspection of Miscellaneous Commercial Sectors (92615)

SIC

Services-Facilities Support Management Services (8744)

akta.pro primary industry

Licensing & Permitting Authorities (General) (BPAIAOAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Facility Siting, Permitting & Land-Use Regulatory Compliance (Multi-media Permitting, Zoning/Entitlements Support) (EUAHABAH)

Keywords

• Permit expediting services
• Construction permit processing
• Building permit acquisition
• Contractor permit services
• City business licensing

Headquarters

HQ city

Santa Rosa

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Per-Transaction Permit Expediting: Customers pay a per-permit fee for expediting services; no monthly subscription fees; customers only pay when they use the services; itemized billing with permit numbers and city details included
2. City Business License Services: Obtaining and renewing city business licenses for customers as an additional service

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Permit Services is a full-service permit expediting company that handles the complete permit lifecycle for licensed contractors, homeowners, architects, and mobile home dealers across more than 150 jurisdictions in California and 10 additional Western US states. Services include permit application preparation, plan submission, fee payment, and physical delivery of issued permits to job sites, supplemented by CAD drafting, city business license procurement and renewal, final inspection scheduling, and specialized State HCD mobile home permits. A Salesforce-based online portal enables free customer registration and 24/7 permit request and tracking from desktop or mobile devices, with no monthly subscription fees.

Product overview

Permit Services Inc. is a full-service permit expediting company operating under dba brands North Bay Permit Services and So Cal Permit Services. The core offering is a unified permit expediting service that handles the complete permit lifecycle—from job request preparation and application submission to fee payment and permit delivery—for contractors and homeowners across multiple Western states. The company provides several integrated service modules including CAD drawings/drafting, final inspections scheduling, city business license services, and mobile home permits (HCD/CA State). A proprietary online Permit Request Portal enables customers to request and track permits 24/7 from any device. The company operates under two regional brands (North Bay Permit Services for Northern California and So Cal Permit Services for Southern California), with free contractor and homeowner registration pathways. The business model charges no monthly subscription fees—customers pay only when using services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Permit Expediting Services (North Bay Permit Services & So Cal Permit Services) Full-service permit expediting covering application preparation, plan submission, fee payment, and delivery of issued permits for mechanical, plumbing, electrical, roofing, solar, siding, kitchen and bath, and building permits across California and 10 other states. Customers include licensed trade contractors, homeowners, architects, and companies pulling permits in multiple jurisdictions.
• Mobile Home (State HCD/MH) Permits Specialized permit service for mobile home dealers and mobile home park operators that pulls State HCD (Housing and Community Development) and MH permits in California under an authorized channel partnership with the California Department of Housing and Community Development.
• City Business License Services Service that obtains and renews city business licenses for contractors and other businesses operating across the cities Permit Services covers, allowing customers to handle license compliance through the same per-transaction channel as permit pulling.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 100,000 permits processed since launch
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPermit Services is authorized to pull State HCD and Mobile Home permits for the California Department of Housing and Community Development. This partnership allows the company to serve mobile home dealers and parks requiring state-level permits, extending their service offerings beyond local municipal permits.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Granicus: Government technology platform providing permitting, licensing, and civic engagement solutions to municipalities. Offers an alternative channel for permit submission that could erode demand for third-party expediters like Permit Services.
• OpenGov: Government management software platform that includes permitting, licensing, and inspections modules. Broader than Permit Services' niche but addresses overlapping government-side workflows that compete with the value proposition of third-party expediters.
• Tyler Technologies: Large public-sector software vendor offering permitting, planning, and regulatory solutions to municipalities through its Civic Services suite. A broader incumbent whose government-side tools could reduce reliance on expediters over time.
• Procore Technologies: Construction management platform used by contractors for project management, with growing permitting workflow features. While broader than Permit Services, Procore's embedded permitting capabilities represent a potential substitute for the contractor's permit-tracking needs.

Direct peers

• Avolve Software: Provider of ProjectDox electronic plan review and permitting software for building departments. Competes by digitizing the plan-check workflow that Permit Services' in-house CAD drafting and manual submission services are designed to manage.
• Accela: Government permitting and regulatory platform used by hundreds of municipalities for online permit submission, plan review, and inspection scheduling. Directly competes with Permit Services by enabling contractors to bypass expediters and submit permits directly through municipal portals.
• e-PlanSoft: Electronic plan review and government-permitting software vendor serving municipalities. Substitutes for the manual submission and plan-check coordination work that Permit Services performs on behalf of contractors.

Emerging players

• ServiceTitan: Field service management software for residential contractors (HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing). Increasingly includes permit management workflows that overlap with Permit Services' core contractor base and offer an embedded alternative.
• BuildFax: Construction permit data and analytics provider that aggregates permit records across jurisdictions. Tangentially adjacent — focuses on permit data rather than permitting services, but enables contractors and analysts to navigate permitting independently of an expediter.

Others

• Carlson Software: Surveying, CAD, and design software provider serving the construction and engineering industries. An enabling-tools peer rather than a direct competitor — supplies some of the underlying drafting technology used in permit preparation workflows.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Permit_Services
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/permit-services-inc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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