5 machines

Restaurant, bar, retail and salon leads from new licenses

A new restaurant, bar, boutique or salon can't take a dollar until its paperwork clears. That paper is public, and it lands weeks before the first sale. It names the place, the address and often the day the operator expects to start selling.

These five machines track it through our own pipelines, for the vendors who sell the first round of everything: distributors, POS and payments, insurance, equipment, fixtures and supplies.

The machines

No. 13The Open SignOnline

New restaurant leads before opening night

A new kitchen, bar or market is walked by the inspector or licensed by the city.

ForPOS and payments, food distributors, pest, hood cleaning, linen, insurance, equipment.

518

kitchens, bars and markets in the opening pipeline. Chicago, 90 days.

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No. 16The StationsOnline

New salon and barbershop leads

A new salon, barbershop, nail, skin or lash studio gets its establishment license.

ForBeauty distributors, salon furniture, booking and POS software, salon insurance, suite landlords.

2,626

salons, barbershops, nail, skin and lash studios licensed. Texas, 90 days.

Pulled

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No. 17The FanfoldOnline

New business leads before their first sale

A new business gets its sales tax permit, with its first-sale date still ahead.

ForPOS and payments, business insurance, bookkeepers and CPAs, signage, cleaning, equipment, landlords.

3,217

businesses whose first sale hasn't happened yet. Texas.

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