Bid boards are where everyone finds out at once.
A project on Dodge or ConstructConnect has an architect, a budget, and usually a preferred GC. You are competing on price with twelve firms who saw the same listing.
Fresh leads from the live internet · for commercial construction & the companies that sell to it
Commercial construction leads from before the project hits the plan room.
Describe the owner you want to build for, or the contractor you sell to, in one sentence. Jesse searches the live internet and returns the companies showing a signal right now: an announced expansion, a site purchase, a new region, a project-manager hiring spree. With the source page and the date.
1200+ sales teams use Agent Jesse · no credit card required
› Find me companies in North Carolina that announced a new headquarters, plant, or distribution center in the last 90 days and have not named a general contractor
Piedmont Cold Storage
Charlotte · 3 facilities
22 AugAnnounced 180,000 sq ft cold-storage facility in Gastonia, $42M · county press release
6 SepPosted Director of Construction role · careers page
Halewood Medical Group
Raleigh · 11 clinics
29 AugPurchased 4-acre site in Cary for outpatient center · local business journal
4 Sep"Breaking ground Q1" · LinkedIn post by CEO
By the time a project is in the plan room, it has a shortlist.
Purchased "construction leads" are mostly homeowners.
Lead marketplaces sell kitchen remodels and roof replacements. A commercial GC or a supplier selling to GCs gets nothing from them.
Owners decide months before the RFP.
The company that bought a site in August picks its design-build partner over the following two quarters, usually from firms that reached out first.
Signal 1
Find owners who just announced a facility, before they choose a builder.
A company announcing a new plant, headquarters, distribution center, or clinic has a budget and a site and, often, no general contractor yet. State and county economic-development releases carry the size, the investment, and the timeline.
For general contractors, design-build firms, architects, and construction managers. Buyer: the owner's CFO, COO, or a newly hired Director of Construction.
› Find me companies in Texas that announced a new facility of 50,000 sq ft or more in the last 90 days
Example Facility Announcer
Manufacturer · 1,200 employees
LiveThe facility, size and investment where published, and whether a contractor was named
Signal 2
Find companies buying land or expanding into a new region.
A site purchase, a rezoning application, or a "we're opening in Phoenix" announcement lands a year before a ribbon cutting. Reaching the owner at that point puts you in the conversation about how to build, not just what to bid.
For GCs entering a new market, site-work and civil contractors, and pre-construction consultants. Buyer: VP Real Estate or Head of Facilities.
› Find me retail and healthcare companies that purchased land or announced expansion into Arizona in the last 6 months
Example Regional Expander
Healthcare system · 8 hospitals
LiveThe parcel or region, the stated use, and the announcement source
Signal 3
Find construction firms hiring project managers rapidly.
A GC posting five project-manager or superintendent roles at once has just won more work than its bench can run. That is when it buys project-management software, adds subcontractor capacity, and needs insurance and equipment for the new jobs.
For construction software, equipment rental, surety and insurance brokers, staffing firms, and subcontractors looking for GCs to work under. Buyer: VP Operations or Director of Preconstruction.
› Find me 100 construction firms hiring project managers rapidly
Example Growing GC
General contractor · 45 active projects
LiveRole count, the offices hiring, and the careers-page source
Signal 4
Find contractors managing multiple active projects or entering new regions.
A firm running eight jobs across three states, or opening its first office in a new region, has outgrown spreadsheets, local suppliers, and its old sub network. Everything that scales with project count gets rebought.
For project-management and field software, building-material distributors, equipment dealers, and regional subcontractors. Buyer: COO, CFO, or regional VP.
› Find me 100 construction companies expanding into new regions
Example Multi-Region Contractor
Commercial builder · 12 offices
LiveThe new region or office, active-project count where published, and the source
How it works
One sentence in. A short, dated list out.
01
Describe the owner or the contractor
Company type, signal, one constraint. "Food manufacturers in Georgia that announced a plant this year." That sentence is the whole input.
02
Jesse searches the live web
Every query runs against the internet now, not a plan room or a purchased list. Each company comes back with the signal, the source page, and the date. 10 credits a search.
03
Write to the signal
Enrich only the people you will email, 5 credits each. Open with the announced facility or the five PM roles. Re-run weekly and work only the new rows.
Worked example
From query to email in one screen.
› Find me companies in the Carolinas that announced a new industrial or cold-storage facility in the last 90 days and have not named a general contractor
Piedmont Cold Storage
Charlotte · 3 facilities
22 AugAnnounced 180,000 sq ft cold-storage facility in Gastonia, $42M · county press release
6 SepPosted Director of Construction role · careers page
To: COO, Piedmont Cold Storage · Subject: Gastonia, before the Director of Construction starts
Congrats on the Gastonia announcement. Posting a Director of Construction the same month usually means the delivery method is still open and the design-build shortlist is being drawn up now.
We delivered a 150,000 sq ft cold-storage build in Rock Hill last year, design-build, with the refrigeration contractor on our team from day one.
Worth 20 minutes before your new director inherits a shortlist?
Honest fit
When Jesse is the right tool for construction leads, and when it isn't.
| Choose | If you | Because |
|---|---|---|
| Jesse | want owners before the RFP, or contractors on timing: announced facilities, site purchases, PM hiring, new regions | A sentence against the live web gives a short list with a dated reason to write. Free to start; Pro $9/mo. |
| Plan rooms & project data (Dodge, ConstructConnect) | need bid documents, plans, specs, and the bidders list on projects already out to bid | Project-level documents and bid tracking Jesse does not hold. Jesse finds the owner before the project is listed; a plan room gives you the project once it is. |
| ZoomInfo | sell into national GCs and developers and need org charts by region | Depth in enterprise org charts and procurement-friendly contracts Jesse does not offer today. |
| Apollo.io | run high-volume outbound to Project Manager and VP Preconstruction titles with a sequencer | Database plus sending at the lowest per-seat cost, from $49/user/mo. Jesse has no sequencer. |
Most commercial GCs run two: Jesse for owners who announced this week, a plan room for what is already out to bid. Jesse pricing read 11 Sep 2026; Apollo.io 20 Aug 2026; Dodge and ConstructConnect described from public positioning, not re-verified.
Pricing
Search is 10 credits. Email is 5.
$0
1,000 credits, once
≈100 searches, no card
$9/mo
1,000 credits/mo
Alerts, CSV export, lookalikes
$29/mo
8,000 credits/mo
API, MCP, n8n
$100/mo
30,000 credits/mo
Priority support
As of 14 September 2026. Phone enrichment is 30 credits.
Frequently asked questions
How do I get commercial construction leads before they go to bid?
Search for owners, not projects. A company that announced a new plant, headquarters, or clinic has a budget and a site months before an RFP. In Jesse, one sentence such as "companies in Texas that announced a facility over 50,000 sq ft this quarter" returns those owners with the release and the date. Write to the COO or Director of Construction about the announced building.
How do general contractors generate leads without a plan room?
Follow the announcements. Economic-development releases, site purchases, rezoning filings, and "breaking ground" posts on LinkedIn all arrive before the plan room listing. Jesse searches those sources live and returns the owner, the project, and the date. Keep the plan room for what is already out to bid; use Jesse for what is not yet.
Are purchased construction leads worth it for a commercial contractor?
Usually not. Most construction lead marketplaces sell residential jobs: remodels, roofs, additions. A commercial GC, design-build firm, or supplier selling to GCs gets little from them. Owner-direct outreach to companies that announced a facility this month costs 10 credits a search on Jesse and returns leads nobody else has bought.
How do subcontractors find general contractors to work with?
Find the GCs winning more work than they can staff. A firm posting several project-manager or superintendent roles, or opening an office in your region, is about to need subs it does not have. In Jesse, "Find me 100 construction firms hiring project managers rapidly" returns those GCs with the roles and the source. Write to the Director of Preconstruction about capacity in your trade.
How do I sell software or equipment to construction companies?
Sell to the growth event. Contractors buy project-management software, equipment, and insurance when project count jumps, a new region opens, or PM hiring spikes. In Jesse, "Find me 100 construction companies expanding into new regions" returns those firms with the announcement. Open with the new office or the hiring, not with a product overview.
How do I find companies planning to build in my region?
Run one live search with a geographic constraint. "Companies that purchased land or announced a facility in the Phoenix metro in the last six months" returns the owners with sources. The manual version is reading county press releases, rezoning agendas, and local business journals every week; it works, and Jesse does the same reading in one query.
Is Jesse a replacement for Dodge or ConstructConnect?
No. Plan rooms hold bid documents, plans, specs, and bidder lists for projects already out to bid, and Jesse does not. Jesse finds the owner before the project reaches a plan room: the announcement, the site purchase, the construction hire. Most commercial GCs use both, one for what is bidding now and one for what will be.
When do owners choose a general contractor?
Usually within two quarters of announcing a project, and often before the design is complete when the delivery method is design-build. The announcement, the site purchase, and a Director of Construction hire are the three public markers that the choice is being made. Outreach after the plan-room listing competes on price; outreach after the announcement competes on approach.
Ten owners that announced a building this month. That's the list.
Run one of the four construction prompts, or write your own, on the free plan. 1,000 credits, no card.
Prices read from agentjesse.ai/pricing on 11 September 2026 (page dated 14 September 2026). Result cards on this page are illustrative examples.