Acquisition
Nov 2025Block Renovation announced it acquired BuildZoom Marketplace, ending BuildZoom’s independence as a standalone marketplace.
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Company research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Overview
BuildZoom is a construction marketplace and data platform that helps property owners find and hire licensed contractors using permit/license data; it also sells permit and contractor-data products. Public records show it was acquired by Block Renovation in 2025.
Primary product
Online contractor matching marketplace
Founded
2013
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA 94104 (public contact/notice address; LinkedIn also lists Scottsdale, AZ)
Team size
30-40
Industry
Construction
Sub-industry
Contractor marketplace and construction data/analytics
Offices
Scottsdale, AZ
San Francisco, CA
Business model
consumer contractor marketplace / referral fees
pre-construction consulting service
enterprise data licensing / API / bulk data
Funding
Stage
acquired (formerly Series B)
Total raised
$37.4M
Latest round
Series B · Dec 2021
People & investors
Leadership
CEO & Co-Founder
Head of Finance
Director of Product Engineering
Founders
Co-founder
Work & culture
The company describes a curiosity-driven, experimental culture that values constant learning, collaboration, mentorship, and working hard while having fun.
Compensation
Public careers copy advertises competitive compensation and a world-class training program, plus company-paid health, dental, and vision premiums; no public salary bands were found.
Benefits
competitive compensation
world-class training program
company-paid health insurance premiums
company-paid dental insurance premiums
company-paid vision insurance premiums
generous time off
snacks and beverages
fun offsite events
Product & market
Pricing
Homeowner matching is free; contractors pay referral/lead fees only when they are hired, and data products are sold via bulk/API/explorer arrangements.
Differentiators
- —matches projects using licensed-contractor, building-permit, and license data
- —large normalized permit/licensure database
- —dedicated project consultants for homeowners
- —contractor vetting and pre-construction support
- —data products for enterprise users
- —performance-based contractor monetization instead of simple directory listings
Technology
Ruby on Rails
Ruby
Python
JavaScript
ReactJS
GraphQL
Elasticsearch
Redis
MySQL
Postgres
Aurora
AWS
Salesforce
Slack
Google Workspace
Customers
homeowners
property owners
general contractors
remodelers
builders
architects
designers
enterprise data customers such as manufacturers and distributors
insurance and real-estate users of permit data
private equity and M&A teams
Competitors
Thumbtack
Angi
Houzz
Realm
Sweeten
Porch
Shovels
HomeAdvisor
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
$20M-$30M
Estimated monthly visits
915.2K
Traffic estimate as of Jun 2026
Signals & risks
Latest news
PR Newswire · Nov 2025
Block Renovation announced it acquired BuildZoom Marketplace and said the combined platform would expand nationwide across residential and small commercial projects.
citybiz · Nov 2025
Republished coverage of the acquisition, reiterating the nationwide expansion and the combination of Block's product experience with BuildZoom's contractor network.
BuildZoom blog · May 2025
BuildZoom argues that permit intelligence helps private equity firms map markets and acquisition targets and positions BuildZoom as a leading provider of permit data.
BuildZoom blog · May 2025
BuildZoom describes its permit-data product as a strategic sales intelligence layer and says it aggregates and normalizes millions of building permits monthly.
BuildZoom blog · Apr 2025
BuildZoom announced upgrades to its Data Explorer tool for browsing contractors, projects, and custom reports.
Jobs and careers at BuildZoom
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