InstaPermit started with a simple observation: California's best solar and electrical contractors were spending hours every week doing something a computer should do — checking government portals for permit status updates.
California has more light construction permit activity than any other state in the country. Solar, electrical, HVAC, and plumbing contractors across California collectively submit hundreds of thousands of permits every year — each one requiring ongoing monitoring across dozens of different government portals.
For most contractors, that monitoring happens manually. Someone logs into LADBS, checks a list of permit numbers, updates a spreadsheet, logs into the next city's portal, and repeats. It's time-consuming, error-prone, and entirely unnecessary — because the information is already there. It just needs to be pulled automatically.
That's what InstaPermit does. We log into the portals on your behalf, pull your permits automatically, and surface every status change to your dashboard the moment it happens. No manual checking. No missed approvals. No finding out a permit was suspended three days after it happened.
California is the highest-volume residential permit market in the country. Los Angeles, San Diego, Orange County, Riverside, and San Bernardino together represent more solar, electrical, HVAC, and plumbing permit activity than most states combined. It's also one of the most fragmented markets — LA County alone has 88 incorporated cities, each with its own building department and portal.
That fragmentation is exactly why automatic tracking matters most here. The contractors running jobs across multiple LA jurisdictions, or splitting work between San Diego and Orange County, are the ones spending the most time on manual portal checking. InstaPermit is built for them first.
If a computer can do it reliably, a person shouldn't have to. We automate every part of the permit tracking process that doesn't require human judgment.
A permit dashboard that's 24 hours out of date is dangerous. We monitor continuously — not in daily batches — so your information is always current.
We talk to solar installers, electricians, HVAC, and plumbing contractors constantly. Every feature we build starts with a real operational problem contractors face.
InstaPermit is currently in early access program with a small group of California contractors. We're accepting new contractors now — Free until July 1, 2026, no credit card required. Pilot participants get locked-in launch pricing and direct access to our team during onboarding.
If you're a solar, electrical, HVAC, or plumbing contractor running jobs in California and you're tired of checking portals, InstaPermit was built for you.
InstaPermit launches across California — with coverage expanding to all 58 California counties in 2026 and beyond.
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