New restaurant leads before opening night
A new kitchen, bar or market is walked by the inspector or licensed by the city.
518
kitchens, bars and markets in the opening pipeline. Chicago, 90 days.
New business leads before their first sale
A new business gets its sales tax permit, with its first-sale date still ahead.
3,217
businesses whose first sale hasn't happened yet
- Where
- Texas
- Same pull
- 45,482 new permits read
- Pulled
The moment
A business can't sell a taxable item without a sales tax permit. The application asks a question almost no other public record asks: what day do you expect to make your first sale?
The Fanfold keeps the permits whose first-sale date is still ahead. That's a business fitting out, hiring and choosing vendors right now. It's the one window where a new business has a budget and no vendors yet.
Who it's for
- Point of sale, payments and merchant services
- Business insurance agents and bonding
- Bookkeepers, payroll and CPAs
- Signage, print and branding shops
- Commercial cleaning, pest and waste services
- Restaurant, salon and retail equipment dealers
- Commercial landlords, brokers and buildout contractors
What you get
- New permits with a first-sale date still ahead, in first-sale order
- The trade name, the kind of business and the street address
- The county and city, and whether it sits inside city limits
- Chains, franchises and public bodies taken out, and home-based sole proprietors set aside
- A grade on every line, plus the opening kit that kind of business has to buy before it can sell
The outcome
Your rep calls three weeks before the first sale, with the kit that kind of business sets up first. You're a vendor it hasn't had the chance to turn down.
Questions buyers ask
- Where does the first-sale date come from?
- It's the operator's own answer on the permit application. It isn't our forecast, and a business can move it. We print it as their answer, dated.
- What kinds of businesses show up?
- Anything that sells a taxable item: shops, restaurants, salons, repair businesses, wholesalers and more. You pick the kinds you sell to.
- Is there a dollar figure on each business?
- No. The permit doesn't carry one, so we never attach one.
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New boutique and retail store leads for wholesale lines
A clothing, shoe, jewelry or accessories shop gets its permit to sell.
2,380
clothing, shoe, jewelry and accessories shops permitted. Texas, 90 days.
New home service business leads
A new cleaning, lawn, hauling or moving company registers with the state.
712
new cleaning, lawn, hauling and moving companies. Connecticut, 90 days.
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