Where the data comes from
- Electrical permit applications: NYC DOB NOW: Electrical Permit Applications (data.cityofnewyork.us, dataset dm9a-ab7w) — 577,418 lifetime rows; ~37,191 commercial filings/365d after excluding 1-2-3-family residential via the building_use_type occupancy field; contractor firm-name coverage 99.997%, owner name coverage 100%
Source platform: NYC Open Data (Socrata). Numbers above are measured, not estimated — see docs/audits/nyc-electrical-dm9a-ab7w.md.
Every filing is submitted by a licensed electrician, and owner names are present — but owner phone/email are not in this dataset's schema, so first outreach here leans on the contractor of record and a mailed or in-person approach to the owner.
What you get
A feed of commercial electrical opportunities in New York, NY — service and amperage upgrades, switchgear and panelboard replacements, EV charging installs, tenant fit-out power, and forced-repair leads from open electrical code violations — each with the full street address, a link back to the public record, and a plain-language reason it qualified. This feed is not exclusive: seats in New York are shared across subscribers.
Why a permit beats a shared lead
Most electrical lead services resell the same homeowner service call to several shops at once, and almost none of it is commercial. A permit filing or open code violation is a public, dated, address-specific signal that real electrical scope is in motion — filed by a licensed electrician or logged by a code inspector — so you see it early enough to reach the owner or general contractor before a bid list forms, and it carries a public source you can verify yourself.
New York, NY commercial electrical leads, common questions
What public records does Electrician Scout watch in New York, NY?
Electrical permit applications (NYC DOB NOW: Electrical Permit Applications (data.cityofnewyork.us, dataset dm9a-ab7w)).
What kinds of jobs show up in the New York, NY feed?
Service and amperage upgrades, switchgear and panelboard replacements, EV charging installs, tenant fit-out power, and forced-repair leads from open electrical code violations — the same commercial scope a licensed electrician bids on, not residential service calls.
Is New York, NY coverage live yet?
Not yet activated. The public data pipeline is verified and ready — ~37,191 commercial electrical permit filings/365d (~408/week), 100% licensed-electrician filings (verified 2026-07-10) — so once New York goes live, this feed starts surfacing opportunities the same day.
How fresh is the data?
Pulled directly from NYC Open Data (Socrata), the same public portal the city or county itself publishes to — not a resold or scraped list. Each opportunity carries the record it came from so you can verify it yourself.
Is my seat in New York, NY exclusive to me?
No — Electrician Scout coverage is shared, not exclusive. Multiple subscribers in the same county see the same feed; pricing reflects that.
Data verified against public records · non-exclusive, shared coverage · activates when New York goes live.