How to find window and siding leads in Wilmington from building permits — free
Wilmington & New Hanover County filed 77 window, door and siding permits in the last 12 months — about 1.5 a week, 11 in the last 30 days. Every one is a public record naming the address, the work and, usually, who's doing it. Here's how window, door and siding contractors find them for free, which ones are worth a call, and when it's worth paying not to.
The busiest ZIP code was 28409, with 26% of them, and the most active name on them was Renewal by Andersen LLC, with 34.
- Last 12 months
- 77
- A week, on average
- 1.5
- Last 30 days
- 11
- Busiest month
- 13
- February 2026
Step 1: Search New Hanover County's COAST portal (free)
The permit office's own records, straight from the source. Search for: residential alteration, addition and repair.
- Open the portal and choose Search (no account needed to look).
- Set the search to Permit, then filter by permit type (residential or commercial building, mechanical, electrical, plumbing) and an applied or issued date range.
- Page through the results; each permit opens to its address, work description and status.
Who's on a permit: A permit's page lists its contacts on some permits, not all.
Step 2: Keep the permits worth a call
Does the work need a permit in North Carolina? Usually not. Replacing windows, doors or siding costing $40,000 or less is exempt; new or enlarged openings aren't. So these are the window, door and siding permits on file, and what each is worth.
New homes and additions
Every new house and most additions need windows, exterior doors and siding. The builder or general contractor on the permit chooses the supplier and installer.
Storm and structural repairs
Repairs after a storm or a fallen tree often take windows and siding with them, and clusters of them mark the streets that were hit.
Remodels
A whole-house renovation usually replaces windows and doors as part of a larger job, with a general contractor to call.
Step 4: Know who's pulling them
Most like-for-like replacements are exempt from permits, so the window and siding companies here are only part of the market. The builders and remodelers are your customers. Ranked by permits in the last 12 months.
| Contractor | Last 12 months | Last 90 days |
|---|---|---|
| Renewal by Andersen LLC | 34 | 11 |
| Miles E Kath | 2 | 0 |
| jnj construction llc | 2 | 2 |
| Bass Homes Inc | 2 | 0 |
| Ingram Bros Inc | 2 | 1 |
| Fly Trap Properties LLC | 1 | 1 |
| Enzo Morales (Gc) | 1 | 0 |
| A Step Above Cleaning & Maintenance, Inc. (Gc) | 1 | 0 |
| Jayne Construction LLC | 1 | 0 |
| Gastell Group DBA Builderpro LLC | 1 | 0 |
| Forest Outdoor Living LLC | 1 | 1 |
| Balding Brothers LLC T/A Balding Design Build | 1 | 1 |
Step 5: Reach out at the right time
Call the builder or remodeler when the building permit is issued, before framing is done and the windows are ordered.
The free way, and the fast way
The permits are free either way. What costs time is finding them, one office and one search at a time.
| The office's portal | TarSignal Free | TarSignal Pro | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Where | One permit office's site at a time | 23 North Carolina offices, one search | 23 offices, one search |
| How recent | Same day, if you search every day | Permits over 30 days old | Up to today |
| Who's doing the work | Depends on the office; phone numbers rarely | Contractor and contact, on permits over 30 days old | Contractor and contact on every permit |
| New permits sent to you | No | Weekly, one ZIP code | Daily, every area |
| Export | Rarely | No | CSV |
| Cost | Free | Free | $199/month |
Window & Siding Leads in Wilmington: common questions
- How do I find window and siding leads in Wilmington for free?
- From the building permits. New Hanover County's COAST portal is free to search: Open the portal and choose Search (no account needed to look). TarSignal's free search has the same permits from 23 North Carolina offices in one place, with the contractor where the record names one, for permits more than 30 days old.
- How many window, door and siding permits are filed in Wilmington?
- 77 in the last 12 months, about 1.5 a week, and 11 in the last 30 days. The busiest ZIP codes were 28409, 28405 and 28403.
- Are building permits public record in North Carolina?
- Yes. Permits are public records under the North Carolina Public Records Act (G.S. Chapter 132), so anyone can look them up, and the contractor named on a permit is part of the record.
- Does window, door or siding replacement need a permit in Wilmington?
- Usually not. Replacing windows, doors or siding costing $40,000 or less is exempt; new or enlarged openings aren't. That's state law (G.S. 160D-1110), so it's the same at any permit office in the state.
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Source: TarSignal, from North Carolina public building permit records, data through October 26, 2026. Refreshed nightly. Counts include every permit type a jurisdiction files — trade permits (electrical, plumbing, mechanical) as well as building permits — so one project can appear more than once. Values are what the applicant declared, where the jurisdiction records one. We keep improving how we collect each office's permits, so a count that steps up suddenly usually means more complete records, not more construction.