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Leads for Chicago contractors from city violations, permits, inspections and hearings

Buildings the City of Chicago has cited for problems your trade fixes, grouped by address, with the owner's mailing address for direct mail, upcoming city hearing dates and the owner's track record. One service covering five trades: pick the ones you do.

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How it works

  1. Step 1

    The city cites a building

    Chicago's building inspectors, permit desk and health inspectors publish every violation, permit and food inspection as open data, updated daily.

  2. Step 2

    We match it to your trade

    Each record is sorted into trades by the violation it names or the inspector's notes, so a cracked parapet reaches masons and a rodent citation reaches pest control.

  3. Step 3

    One lead per building

    Everything open at an address is grouped into one lead, with the newest date first, so you never mail the same building twice.

  4. Step 4

    Who to mail

    We match the address to Cook County property records to find the owner's mailing address, which is often somewhere other than the building, and tell you how sure the match is.

Five trades, one service

Pick the trades you do in your settings; your lead list and weekly email cover just those.

Masonry and exterior

Exterior walls, parapets, chimneys, lintels, sills and cornices

545 open leads from the last 90 days, 45 with a city hearing coming up

Masonry and exterior: detailsSample leads

Porches and stairs

Porch systems and exterior and interior stairs

403 open leads from the last 90 days, 44 with a city hearing coming up

Porches and stairs: detailsSample leads

Fire and life safety

Smoke and CO detectors, extinguishers, alarms and sprinklers

306 open leads from the last 90 days, 30 with a city hearing coming up

Fire and life safety: detailsSample leads

Roofing

Roof and eave violations, plus new roofing permits

659 open leads from the last 90 days, 23 with a city hearing coming up

Roofing: detailsSample leads

Pest control

Rodent and roach violations, plus restaurants failing inspection for pests

234 open leads from the last 90 days, 25 with a city hearing coming up

Pest control: detailsSample leads

Built for direct mail

Leads come with the owner's mailing address, and the taxpayer's when it differs, ready for a mail merge. Rootstone does not offer phone numbers or automated calling or texting.