Surrey Construction Data

8k+ building permit records from Surrey, British Columbia, plus contractor profiles, planning applications, business licences, property assessments, and zoning. One API, geocoded, normalized, and refreshed automatically.

8k
Total Permits
2k
Last 12 Months
$3.8B
Construction Value (12 mo.)
5
Permit Categories

Surrey construction leads, delivered weekly

Get every new Surrey building permit as a clean CSV in your inbox the week the project starts. Contractors, suppliers, and realtors use it to reach owners first. Pick your cities and dataset, 30-day free trial.

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Surrey construction leads, delivered weekly

Get every new Surrey building permit as a clean CSV in your inbox the week the project starts. Contractors, suppliers, and realtors use it to reach owners first. Pick your cities and dataset, 30-day free trial.

Start your Surrey lead feed →

Datasets available in Surrey

Beyond building permits, Surrey also has Contractor profiles, Planning applications, Business licences, Property assessments, and Zoning in the same API, queryable with the same parameters.

Building permits
8k records
/permit
Checked daily
Contractor profiles
6k records
/contractor
Checked daily
Planning applications
13k records
/planning_application
Checked weekly
Business licences
26k records
/licence
Checked daily
Property assessments
180k records
/assessment
Checked monthly
Zoning
4k zones
/zone
Checked monthly

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About Surrey Construction Data

Surrey building permits cover all permitted construction activity in the city: new homes and condos, commercial and industrial builds, residential renovations, additions, demolitions, and changes of use. BuildData also tracks contractor profiles, planning applications, business licences, property assessments, and zoning for Surrey, available through the same API with the same parameters. BuildData collects and normalizes these records from Surrey’s open data portals on a daily-to-weekly cadence (by dataset), making 8k+ Surrey permits searchable through a single REST API.

2k+ building permits were issued in Surrey, BC over the past 12 months, representing $3.8B in declared construction value. Other permits lead by volume. Every record is geocoded and normalized to a consistent schema, so you can query Surrey the same way you query any other Canadian city in the dataset.

Common uses

  • Proptech and real estate: track the new development pipeline, spot supply trends before listings hit market
  • Insurance: verify construction activity and renovation history at the property level
  • Urban planning and research: analyze permit trends by type, neighbourhood, and time period
  • Construction and trades: identify new project opportunities as permits are issued across British Columbia

Surrey Permits by Type

Breakdown of permit categories across all years on record.

Other
2k
New Construction
2k
Demolition
1k
Renovation
612
Addition
570

Recent Surrey Building Permits

Latest permits issued in Surrey, loaded live from the BuildData API.

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Surrey Planning Applications by Status

Breakdown of categories across all records on file.

Other
13k
Pending
87
Cancelled
3

Recent Planning Applications in Surrey

Latest planning application records, loaded live from the BuildData API.

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Surrey Business Licences by Category

Breakdown of categories across all records on file.

Construction Trade
6k
Other
4k
Professional Service
2k
Health Wellness
2k
Retail
2k
Automotive
1k

Recent Business Licences in Surrey

Latest business licence records, loaded live from the BuildData API.

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Property Assessments in Surrey

Property assessment records, loaded live from the BuildData API.

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Query Surrey Permits via API

Filter by type, date range, address, or construction value. Returns JSON.

curl --request GET --url "https://builddata-canadian-construction-data-api.p.rapidapi.com/permit?municipality=surrey&permit_type_canonical=new_construction&limit=10" --header "X-RapidAPI-Key: YOUR_KEY_HERE" --header "X-RapidAPI-Host: builddata-canadian-construction-data-api.p.rapidapi.com"

Surrey construction leads: FAQ

How do I get construction leads in Surrey?

Subscribe to a BuildData lead feed and every new Surrey building permit arrives as a CSV in your inbox each week, with the project address, type, value, and date. Pick Surrey plus any other cities you sell into. 30-day free trial.

Are Surrey building permits public?

Yes. Surrey publishes building permit records as open data. BuildData aggregates, geocodes, and normalizes them so you can search them or receive them as weekly leads.

How current is Surrey permit data?

BuildData refreshes Surrey permits automatically, so new permits show up within days and go out in the next scheduled feed.

What's included in a Surrey construction lead?

Each lead has the project address, permit type, construction value, issue date, and permit number, ready to drop straight into your CRM.

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