# FLGovData

> City of Orlando, Miami-Dade County and City of Miami, Florida building permits, plus Orlando code enforcement cases, joined to Florida DBPR contractor license status ("license status at permit time") and parcel IDs. Served as a free remote MCP server (https://flgovdata.com/mcp) and REST API. Independent service, not affiliated with any government agency.

Coverage: 1,111,255 Orlando permits (1907 to 2026-09-23), 259,780 code cases (1994 onward), 134,968 DBPR construction and electrical contractor licenses (as of 2026-10-11). City data refreshed every 6 hours, licenses weekly.
Contractor discipline: Florida CILB disciplinary cases and Construction Recovery Fund claims (FY2021/22 onward, DBPR public records, refreshed weekly) are attached to construction licenses in verify_contractor_license and permit contractor matches. Free. City and county of the respondent only, no street addresses.

Miami-Dade coverage: 262,001 Miami-Dade County building permits (1982 to 2026-10-08) with contractor license/certificate numbers (97% of the last 12 months' contractor permits matched to a DBPR license), and 271,380 City of Miami building permits and applications (2012 to 2026-10-12; the city does not publish contractors). Refreshed every 6 hours. Other Miami-Dade municipalities are not covered.

## Key facts (as of Oct 12, 2026)
- FLGovData holds 1,111,255 City of Orlando permit records dated 1907 through 2026-09-23.
- In the 12 months to 2026-09-23, Orlando recorded 37,627 permits; 31,368 named a contractor, and 89% of those matched a Florida DBPR license with high or medium confidence.
- 2,245 Orlando code enforcement cases were opened in the 30 days to 2026-09-23; 259,780 cases are on file since 1994.
- 134,968 Florida DBPR construction and electrical contractor licenses are on file (113,741 current and active), extract dated 2026-10-11.
- Access is free and keyless during early access, rate-limited to 60 requests per minute per IP.

## Example
- MCP: add the remote server https://flgovdata.com/mcp (Streamable HTTP, no auth) and ask "Who pulled roofing permits in Orlando last week, and are their licenses active?"
- REST: curl "https://flgovdata.com/api/v1/permits?trade=roofing&limit=5"

## Docs
- [Datasets and citable stats](https://flgovdata.com/datasets)
- [Docs: MCP setup for Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor](https://flgovdata.com/docs): copy-paste configs and tool reference
- [OpenAPI spec](https://flgovdata.com/openapi.json): REST endpoints
- [MCP server card](https://flgovdata.com/.well-known/mcp.json)
- [Full text for LLMs](https://flgovdata.com/llms-full.txt)

## Data pages
- [This week's Orlando leads](https://flgovdata.com/leads/orlando): permits by trade and code cases, last 7 days
- [This week's Miami-Dade leads](https://flgovdata.com/leads/miami-dade): Miami-Dade County and City of Miami permits by trade, last 7 days, with DBPR license check
- [Orlando distressed-property list (planned)](https://flgovdata.com/leads/orlando/distressed): weekly CSV of Orlando parcels with open code violations, stalled permits, absentee owners and long ownership; waitlist only, not for sale yet
- [New Florida businesses today](https://flgovdata.com/florida/new-businesses): daily new Florida LLCs, corporations and partnerships from the Division of Corporations daily filings (business fields only), free sample, API and MCP tool
- [Orlando Roofing permits](https://flgovdata.com/leads/orlando/roofing-permits)
- [Orlando HVAC / Mechanical permits](https://flgovdata.com/leads/orlando/hvac-permits)
- [Orlando Plumbing permits](https://flgovdata.com/leads/orlando/plumbing-permits)
- [Orlando Electrical permits](https://flgovdata.com/leads/orlando/electrical-permits)
- [Orlando Solar permits](https://flgovdata.com/leads/orlando/solar-permits)
- [Orlando EV charging permits](https://flgovdata.com/leads/orlando/ev-charging-permits)
- [Orlando Low voltage permits](https://flgovdata.com/leads/orlando/low-voltage-permits)
- [Orlando Pool permits](https://flgovdata.com/leads/orlando/pool-permits)
- [Orlando Fence permits](https://flgovdata.com/leads/orlando/fence-permits)
- [Orlando New construction permits](https://flgovdata.com/leads/orlando/new-construction-permits)
- [Orlando Remodel & additions permits](https://flgovdata.com/leads/orlando/remodel-permits)
- [Orlando Signs permits](https://flgovdata.com/leads/orlando/signs-permits)
- [Orlando Fire protection permits](https://flgovdata.com/leads/orlando/fire-protection-permits)
- [Orlando Gas permits](https://flgovdata.com/leads/orlando/gas-permits)
- [Orlando Irrigation permits](https://flgovdata.com/leads/orlando/irrigation-permits)
- [Orlando Demolition permits](https://flgovdata.com/leads/orlando/demolition-permits)

## Optional
- [Privacy](https://flgovdata.com/privacy)