Our data network monitors 800+ public sources — liquor authorities, health departments, secretaries of state, county permit portals — to spot businesses that are opening, expanding, or changing. Over the last 90 days it logged 2,339,780 growth signals nationwide.
Highlights from the full state-by-state index:
- 210,651 food-service signals — new liquor licenses and health permits, the earliest public traces of a restaurant opening.
- 996,037 new business filings.
- 219,777 commercial building permits.
- California (979,912), Florida (590,539), and Colorado (174,469) led tracked activity this quarter.
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