Dana Richard

Dana Richard founded PermitMap after spending years watching Florida contractors lose bids to competitors who found out about jobs earlier. PermitMap tracks building permit data across Florida and Texas so contractors can identify demand before the referral network catches up.

That early-signal advantage is the idea behind everything PermitMap publishes. Building permits are filed before work begins, which makes them the earliest reliable measure of construction demand. By aggregating them from county building departments and filtering by trade and location, PermitMap turns public records into a weekly working list of real, fundable projects.

Dana oversees the data pipeline and editorial analysis behind PermitMap’s market reports — the same live data, verified against the U.S. Census Building Permits Survey, that contractors use to reach homeowners before competitors do.