Permit Intelligence

Learned from 243,852,165 permit records across 120 city datasets.

Headline finding

Self-certification is the cheat code

8.9%
plan exam · 39-day median
0.6%
self-certified · instant

The pain map — by job type

TypeFilingsDisapprovedMedian→approvalp90
A2 1,677,0813.1% 5d 78d
A3 471,4204.0% 1d 80d
A1 220,02113.5% 65d 341d
NB 199,8887.2% 67d 403d
DM 80,3460.0% 0d 20d
PA 33,61414.4% 48d 349d
SI 19,08912.8% 12d 175d
SC 13,8684.1% 20d 89d

Small jobs get rejected most

The Mamdani wedge: the filers who can least afford help fail most.

Job costFilingsDisapproved
<$10k1,331,712
5.4%
$10–50k803,532
4.1%
$50–250k523,163
3.8%
$250k–1M154,588
3.3%
>$1M44,255
2.8%

Expediter landscape (fragmented)

No one owns this market — room for a platform.

AE DESIGN SOLUTION INC.39,453
MUNICIPAL BUILDING CONSULTANTS25,955
A1 EXPEDITING SERVICE CORP.22,100
JENNY FLORES EXPEDITING18,207
AK CONSULTING SERVICES, INC16,592
SYNERGY BUILDING CONSULTANTS11,358
MILROSE CONSULTANTS11,148
LOUIS STRIAR INC.10,807
MILROSE CONSULTANTS LLC10,537
LEWSAN CONSULTANTS10,486

Do expediters even help?

2.71%
with a rep stuck
2.85%
no rep stuck

Nearly identical — you pay for labor, not better outcomes. FairPermit delivers the same for far less.

Geographic black holes

Highest-disapproval community boards.

Community BoardFilingsDisapproved
CB 30535,9287.6%
CB 21226,6307.1%
CB 41029,0806.8%
CB 41440,5216.8%
CB 40926,8656.7%
CB 31720,5036.5%
CB 30172,4086.5%
CB 31320,7216.5%

The black hole, quantified

SIGNED OFF61.9%
PERMIT ISSUED - ENTIRE JOB/WORK20.8%
PLAN EXAM - APPROVED4.8%
PLAN EXAM - DISAPPROVED4.5%
PERMIT ISSUED - PARTIAL JOB2.6%
COMPLETED1.8%
PLAN EXAM - IN PROCESS1.6%
APPLICATION PROCESSED - ENTIRE1.3%