Notes from the data
Monthly measurements of newly opened businesses, sector notes and how we measure. Every figure carries its date and scope.
- Explainer · October 28, 2026
Business data glossary: the terms behind our figures
Every figure we publish rests on a handful of defined terms. This glossary gathers them — record, arrival date, window, fill rate, complete record, website information versus own website, duplicate phones, credits, export — each defined the same way our method page defines it, so a number you quote carries its meaning with it.
Read → - Guide · October 28, 2026
Field sales route planning from an exported list
A field team does not work a list of rows; it works a sequence of stops. An exported list already carries what a route needs — an address, a district and coordinates on effectively every record — so the route can be built in a spreadsheet: group by district, cluster coordinates by rounding them to a ~100-metre grid, cut the result by how many visits a day holds, or load the CSV into whichever route planning tool you already use.
Read → - Guide · October 28, 2026
How many leads for one customer? The funnel in records
Nobody can sell you “the” conversion rate — yours come from your own history. The arithmetic, though, is fixed: records, reached, spoken, quoted, customer. With the illustrative rates in this article (reach 40 %, conversation 50 %, quote 30 %, close 20 %), one thousand records yield 12 customers — about 84 records per customer — and a target of 5 new customers a month points at roughly 420 records a month.
Read → - Explainer · October 28, 2026
How we count: no sampling behind any figure we publish
Every figure on this site is a full count over the whole database — not an estimate extrapolated from a sample, not a number carried over from a previous quarter. The example below, from our own data pages: construction companies in the United States gained 13,026 new records in the 30 days to October 27, 2026; against 537,928 records in total, that is 24.2 new per 1,000 — one count, one division, no sample anywhere in it.
Read → - Guide · October 28, 2026
Importing a business list into your CRM without duplicates
A CRM import is safe when one question is answered first: what makes two rows the same business? Our exports carry a stable per-record identifier, so a re-import updates existing rows instead of duplicating them — which is also what makes the weekly refresh cheap: a record you have opened before never costs a credit again. Match the columns, key on the identifier, and leave the merging of chain branches to your own account structure.
Read → - Explainer · October 28, 2026
New Business Index: what it measures, and what it doesn’t
The New Business Index counts new business records across 30 countries: 1,788,929 arrived September 23 – October 23, 2026, led by India (421,947), United States and Brazil. It is a full count, not a sample estimate; its dates are arrival dates, not opening dates; and it is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 with credit and a link.
Read → - Guide · October 28, 2026
New-business lead sources compared: five types
Five kinds of source can put new businesses on a list, and they fail in different places. Official registries — Companies House in the United Kingdom, the state Secretary of State offices in the United States — are exact but count legal entities, not places. Directories are broad but uneven; marketplaces sell slices of unclear age; data feeds refresh daily under one definition; hand-collected lists are perfect and tiny. The table compares what each is worth before you spend anything.
Read → - Guide · October 28, 2026
Sizing a sales territory with monthly new-business counts
Size a sales territory from its monthly arrivals of new businesses: between September 27 – October 27, 2026, Ohio recorded 7,678 new business records — rank 6 of 51 regions of its country. Multiply by your category's share, your reach rate and your win rate, divide by what one rep can work in a month — and the territory tells you how many people it supports.
Read → - Explainer · October 28, 2026
What counts as a new business? Three dates, one definition
“New business” means three different things depending on who is counting: a registration (a legal entity comes into existence), an opening (a place starts serving customers), or a first appearance in data (a record shows up). Our feed uses the third: a record enters the newly opened businesses section carrying a sign of recent opening, dated by the day it reached us — never by an opening or registration date.
Read → - Explainer · October 27, 2026
Census business applications vs. businesses that open
The U.S. Census Bureau counted 534,947 business applications in September 2026 (seasonally adjusted) — applications for an Employer Identification Number, not businesses that opened. Between September 27 and October 27, 2026, 337,207 U.S. business records entered our newly opened businesses section; the two series count different things, so we set them side by side instead of subtracting one from the other.
Read → - Data · October 27, 2026
New businesses in Ohio — October 2026
Between September 27 and October 27, 2026, 7,678 Ohio business records entered our newly opened businesses section — sixth among U.S. states, just ahead of New Jersey. Cleveland received the most of any Ohio city (881), edging out Columbus (869), although we hold almost twice as many Columbus records.
Read → - Data · October 27, 2026
New businesses in New Jersey — October 2026
Between September 27 and October 27, 2026, 7,630 New Jersey business records entered our newly opened businesses section, seventh among U.S. states. Relative to the records we already hold, that is 12.4 new per 1,000, higher than in any state with a larger database; Newark led the state’s cities with 376.
Read → - Explainer · October 27, 2026
UK company incorporations vs real business openings
Companies House recorded 192,287 company incorporations in the UK from April to June 2026 — new legal entities on the register, whether or not they ever trade. Between September 27 and October 27, 2026, 59,187 UK business records entered our newly opened businesses section; the two series count different things, so we set them side by side instead of subtracting one from the other.
Read → - Data · October 27, 2026
New businesses in California — October 2026
Between September 27 and October 27, 2026, 29,850 California business records entered our newly opened businesses section — more than any other U.S. state. Los Angeles received 3,807 of them, more than San Diego, San Francisco and San Jose combined, and 61.8% of all new California records carried a phone number.
Read → - Data · October 27, 2026
New businesses in Georgia — October 2026
Between September 27 and October 27, 2026, 7,023 business records in the state of Georgia entered our newly opened businesses section, eighth among U.S. states. Atlanta received 871 of them, more than four times as many as Savannah, the second city (201).
Read → - Data · October 27, 2026
New businesses in New York — October 2026
Between September 27 and October 27, 2026, 12,413 New York State business records entered our newly opened businesses section, fourth among U.S. states, after California, Texas and Florida. New York City received 5,059 of them (40.8%), the largest share but not a majority, and Rochester led upstate with 282.
Read → - Data · October 27, 2026
New businesses in Pennsylvania — October 2026
Between September 27 and October 27, 2026, 6,518 Pennsylvania business records entered our newly opened businesses section, ninth among U.S. states. Philadelphia received 1,070 of them, almost three times as many as Pittsburgh (367).
Read → - Data · October 27, 2026
New businesses in Illinois — October 2026
Between September 27 and October 27, 2026, 8,040 Illinois business records entered our newly opened businesses section, fifth among U.S. states. Chicago received 2,071 of them (25.8%), and Springfield was second with 157, ahead of Rockford and Naperville.
Read → - Data · October 27, 2026
New businesses in North Carolina — October 2026
Between September 27 and October 27, 2026, 5,617 North Carolina business records entered our newly opened businesses section, tenth among U.S. states. Charlotte had the most of any city (697), but Raleigh, Durham, Cary and Chapel Hill — the Research Triangle — received 852 together.
Read → - Data · October 27, 2026
New businesses in Michigan — October 2026
Between September 27 and October 27, 2026, 5,284 Michigan business records entered our newly opened businesses section, 11th among U.S. states. Detroit received 525 — more than Grand Rapids (201) and Ann Arbor (154) combined — and had the highest rate of new records among Michigan’s 15 largest places in our database.
Read → - Data · October 27, 2026
New businesses in New York, Los Angeles, Houston, Chicago
Between September 27 and October 27, 2026, 4,967 business records in New York, 3,807 in Los Angeles, 2,465 in Houston and 2,071 in Chicago entered our newly opened businesses section. Los Angeles received the most relative to its size in our database, and Los Angeles, Houston and Chicago each had more new dentists and dental clinics than New York.
Read → - Data · October 27, 2026
New businesses in London, Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow
Between September 27 and October 27, 2026, 4,973 business records in London, 588 in Manchester, 550 in Birmingham and 314 in Glasgow entered our newly opened businesses section. London alone received more than three times as many as the other three combined; relative to its size in our database, Manchester received the most.
Read → - Data · October 27, 2026
New businesses in Virginia — October 2026
Between September 27 and October 27, 2026, 5,138 Virginia business records entered our newly opened businesses section — 12th among U.S. states, just 4 ahead of Colorado. No single city leads: Richmond (340) and Virginia Beach (335) received almost the same number.
Read → - Data · October 27, 2026
New businesses in Colorado — October 2026
Between September 27 and October 27, 2026, 5,134 Colorado business records entered our newly opened businesses section, 13th among U.S. states and just 4 behind Virginia. Denver received the most (908), Colorado Springs 495, and all but one of the 15 largest cities in our Colorado database lie on the Front Range.
Read → - Guide · October 27, 2026
U.S. business lists: registries, directories and feeds
No single source lists every business in the United States. State registries hold legal entities rather than storefronts, the Census Bureau publishes counts rather than names, and directories and new-opening feeds list places with very different fill rates and freshness — our own U.S. database holds 24,346,376 records, and 337,207 new ones entered our newly opened businesses section between September 27 and October 27, 2026.
Read → - Data · October 27, 2026
New businesses in Washington State — October 2026
Between September 27 and October 27, 2026, 5,038 Washington State business records entered our newly opened businesses section, 14th among U.S. states. Seattle received 765, about four times as many as Bellevue, the next city, and construction companies — not restaurants — were the largest of the 14 sectors we track.
Read → - Data · October 27, 2026
New businesses in Massachusetts — October 2026
Between September 27 and October 27, 2026, 5,031 Massachusetts business records entered our newly opened businesses section, 15th among U.S. states. Boston received 978 of them, about four times as many as Worcester, the second city.
Read → - Data · October 27, 2026
New businesses in Arizona — October 2026
Between September 27 and October 27, 2026, 4,984 Arizona business records entered our newly opened businesses section, 16th among U.S. states. Phoenix received 1,242, about three times as many as Tucson, and dentists and dental clinics (173) outnumbered every other sector, restaurants included.
Read → - Data · October 27, 2026
New businesses in Minnesota — October 2026
Between September 27 and October 27, 2026, 4,040 Minnesota business records entered our newly opened businesses section — 17th among U.S. states by count, but 10th of the 50 states and D.C. relative to its size in our database (10.9 new per 1,000 records). Minneapolis received the most (598), more than two and a half times as many as Saint Paul.
Read → - Data · October 27, 2026
New businesses in London — October 2026
Between September 27 and October 27, 2026, 7,463 business records in Greater London entered our newly opened businesses section — the most of the UK’s 150 counties, more than three times Greater Manchester (2,249). The town of London itself received 4,969; Ilford (130) and Edgware (122) led the outer-London towns.
Read → - Data · October 27, 2026
New businesses in Greater Manchester — October 2026
Between September 27 and October 27, 2026, 2,249 business records in Greater Manchester entered our newly opened businesses section — second among the UK’s 150 counties, after Greater London, and the most of any county relative to its size: 13.7 new records per 1,000. Manchester itself received 588, followed by Bolton (139).
Read → - Data · October 27, 2026
New grocery stores and supermarkets: a list for distributors
In the 30 days to October 27, 2026, 1,530 new supermarket and grocery store records entered our newly opened businesses section in the United States and 385 in the United Kingdom, out of 177,150 and 64,186 grocery records in all. Across all US grocery records, 82.3% carry a phone number and 44.4% website information.
Read → - Data · October 27, 2026
New businesses in the West Midlands — October 2026
Between September 27 and October 27, 2026, 1,408 business records in the West Midlands county entered our newly opened businesses section — third among the UK’s 150 counties, after Greater London and Greater Manchester. Birmingham received 550, Coventry 183 and Wolverhampton 104.
Read → - Data · October 27, 2026
New construction companies: a lead list for suppliers
From September 27 to October 27, 2026, 13,026 new construction company records entered our newly opened businesses section in the United States and 2,318 in the United Kingdom — in both countries, more than in any other of the 14 sectors we measure. Across all construction records, 94.5% in the US and 89.3% in the UK carry a phone number.
Read → - Data · October 27, 2026
New auto repair shops: how many open and who sells to them
In the 30 days to October 27, 2026, 34,709 new auto repair shop records entered our newly opened businesses section across the 35 countries we measure — 5,362 in the United States and 1,399 in the United Kingdom. Of all US auto repair records, 91.4% carry a phone number and 43.9% website information; in the UK, 89.4% and 42.6%.
Read → - Data · October 27, 2026
New businesses in West Yorkshire — October 2026
Between September 27 and October 27, 2026, 1,130 business records in West Yorkshire entered our newly opened businesses section — fourth among the UK’s 150 counties and the most in Yorkshire and the Humber. Leeds received 281, more than Bradford (116) and Huddersfield (80) combined.
Read → - Data · October 27, 2026
New businesses in Essex — October 2026
Between September 27 and October 27, 2026, 926 business records in Essex entered our newly opened businesses section — fifth among the UK’s 150 counties, ahead of Kent, which has more records. Colchester received the most of any Essex town (88), followed by Chelmsford (72) and Harlow (62).
Read → - Data · October 27, 2026
New coffee shops and cafés: where they are opening
Between September 27 and October 27, 2026, 1,862 new café and coffee shop records entered our newly opened businesses section in the United States and 672 in the United Kingdom — 29,365 across the 35 countries we measure. Among each country’s 12 largest café cities, New York (35) and London (54) received the most.
Read → - Data · October 27, 2026
New businesses in Kent — October 2026
Between September 27 and October 27, 2026, 877 business records in Kent entered our newly opened businesses section — sixth among the UK’s 150 counties. Dartford received the most of any Kent town (61), ahead of Ashford (54) and Maidstone (53), Kent’s largest town in our database.
Read → - Guide · October 27, 2026
Accountants: how to find new clients among new businesses
For an accountant looking for new clients, the most concrete starting point is the businesses that have just opened nearby: in the weeks around an opening, the owner also decides who keeps the books, runs payroll and files the first returns. Between September 27 and October 27, 2026, 337,207 U.S. and 59,187 UK business records entered our newly opened businesses section; 73.7% and 74.9% of them, respectively, carry a phone number.
Read → - Data · October 27, 2026
New real estate agencies: where they open, who sells to them
Between September 27 and October 27, 2026, 8,004 new real estate agent and agency records entered our newly opened businesses section in the United States and 226 in the United Kingdom — 20,575 across the 35 countries we measure. Of all US real estate records, 97.0% carry a phone number, against 83.1% across all businesses.
Read → - Guide · October 27, 2026
Telecom sales to new businesses: who to call, who to visit
Telecom reps reach new businesses with a daily list split by channel: records with a phone number go to the call team, the rest to the field team. Between September 27 and October 27, 2026, 337,207 business records entered our newly opened businesses section in the United States and 59,187 in the United Kingdom; 26.3% and 25.1% of them have no phone number on record — a gap in the record, not proof that the business has no line.
Read → - Guide · October 27, 2026
Food and coffee suppliers: winning new restaurant accounts
Between September 27 and October 27, 2026, 6,101 restaurant, 1,863 café, 1,003 bar and pub, 2,154 bakery and 1,530 grocery records entered our newly opened businesses section in the United States, and 2,727 in the same five sectors in the United Kingdom. For a food wholesaler, coffee roaster, drinks distributor or packaging supplier, the list answers two questions: which of these businesses buys your product, and how far along each one is.
Read → - Guide · October 27, 2026
When to contact a new business: timing by what you sell
Reach a new business while the decision you sell is still open: payments, insurance and phone lines are settled before or at opening, suppliers in the first weeks, web and marketing once the opening rush is over. We cannot see the opening day, only the day a record reaches us — and in the 30 days to October 27, 2026, 73.7% of new US records and 74.9% of new UK records already carried a phone number, so the clock you control is how fast you act.
Read → - Guide · October 27, 2026
Business banking leads: businesses in their first weeks
A business opens its first account in the weeks around opening — which makes newly opened businesses a banking lead source, provided you know what you are looking at: a newly registered company is not the same as a business opening its doors. Between September 27 and October 27, 2026, 337,207 records entered our newly opened businesses section in the United States and 59,187 in the United Kingdom; 73.7% of the new US records carry a phone number. The workable unit is the branch catchment, not the whole city.
Read → - Guide · October 27, 2026
Commercial cleaning leads: find businesses that just opened
In the 30 days to October 27, 2026, 26,294 records in eleven sectors that run premises of their own — restaurants, cafés, bars, bakeries, grocery stores, hair and beauty salons, dental practices, pharmacies, gyms, clothing stores and car dealers — entered our newly opened businesses section in the United States, and 5,993 in the United Kingdom. A cleaning company’s prospect list is a daily one: those sectors, your service area, the last 30 days, sorted into a route.
Read → - Guide · October 27, 2026
Equipment leasing leads: businesses at fit-out
The fit-out is the largest single bill of an opening — kitchen line, dental chairs, workshop lifts, gym machines, bread ovens — and the decision on how to pay for it is taken while the shop is still bare. Between September 27 and October 27, 2026, 31,332 records arrived in our newly opened businesses section in the United States across six equipment-heavy sectors (5,494 in the UK). For a leasing company, the list is the schedule of openings; the window is weeks long, and it is daily.
Read → - Data · October 27, 2026
New bakeries and pastry shops: where they are opening
Between September 27 and October 27, 2026, 2,154 new bakery and pastry shop records entered our newly opened businesses section in the United States and 369 in the United Kingdom — 19,480 across the 35 countries we measure. Relative to the bakery records already there, that is 22.8 new per 1,000 in the US and 19.3 in the UK, well above the 13.8 and 11.5 across all sectors.
Read → - Data · October 27, 2026
New bars and pubs: where they open and who supplies them
Between September 27 and October 27, 2026, 1,003 new bar and pub records entered our newly opened businesses section in the United States and 304 in the United Kingdom — 14,057 across the 35 countries we measure. Among each country’s bar cities, New York (16) and London (24) received the most.
Read → - Data · October 27, 2026
New businesses in Germany by city
Between September 27 and October 27, 2026, 1,661 records entered our newly opened businesses section in Berlin — more than Hamburg (882) and Munich (610) combined — and 6,536 across the fifteen largest German cities by records. Relative to its size, though, Dortmund received the most: 8.5 new records per 1,000.
Read → - Data · October 27, 2026
New car dealerships: where they open, who sells to them
Between September 27 and October 27, 2026, 991 new car dealership records entered our newly opened businesses section in the United States and 351 in the United Kingdom — 7,379 across the 35 countries we measure. Relative to the dealers already listed, arrivals ran ahead of the all-sector rate in the UK, Germany, France and Spain, and behind it in the US; among US cities, Houston (11) and London (19) top their countries.
Read → - Data · October 27, 2026
New clothing stores: where they open and who supplies them
Between September 27 and October 27, 2026, 1,488 new clothing store records entered our newly opened businesses section in the United States and 201 in the United Kingdom — 28,009 across the 35 countries we measure. Clothing turns over more slowly than the average business in all six of our focus markets; among US cities, New York (20) received the most.
Read → - Data · October 27, 2026
New dental practices: openings and who sells to them
Between September 27 and October 27, 2026, 3,738 new dentist and dental clinic records entered our newly opened businesses section in the United States and 73 in the United Kingdom — 10,137 across the 35 countries we measure. A record is not a practice: 13.5% of new dental records with a phone number share it with another new record, the highest of the eight sectors we measured the same way.
Read → - Data · October 27, 2026
New gyms and fitness studios: openings and suppliers
Between September 27 and October 27, 2026, 949 new records of gyms and fitness studios, yoga and pilates studios included, entered our newly opened businesses section in the United States and 338 in the United Kingdom — 9,812 across the 35 countries we measure. New York (18) and Los Angeles (17) received the most among US cities; in the UK, London (34).
Read → - Data · October 27, 2026
New pharmacies: where they open and who supplies them
Between September 27 and October 27, 2026, 230 new pharmacy records entered our newly opened businesses section in the United States and 85 in the United Kingdom — a slow-turnover sector: in all six markets we measure, new pharmacies arrived at a fraction of the all-sector rate, because a pharmacy opens on a licence. Each opening is therefore a rare, well-timed sales window.
Read → - Guide · October 27, 2026
Selling software to small businesses: opening weeks
The natural moment to sell software to a small business is its opening weeks: the till, the order pad, the booking list and the stock sheet are all set up then, and once data has been entered, changing systems means migrating it. Between September 27 and October 27, 2026, 19,575 records arrived in our newly opened businesses section in the United States across restaurants, cafés, salons and auto repair shops (5,286 in the UK) — about 653 a day, each one a counter being organised for the first time.
Read → - Guide · October 27, 2026
Signage and print leads: businesses in their first weeks
A business with premises orders its sign, its window graphics and its opening banner before opening day — which is why new openings are the natural lead source for sign and print shops. Between September 27 and October 27, 2026, 22,556 records arrived in our newly opened businesses section in the United States in ten venue sectors alone — 5,920 in the United Kingdom — and 50.0% of all new US records carried no web address at all: for many new businesses the sign on the street is the storefront.
Read → - Data · October 24, 2026
How many new businesses open every day? Our daily count
By 21:55 CEST on October 23, 2026, 58,686 new business records had entered our newly opened businesses section that day, and 2,183,676 in the 30 days to that date. That counts records reaching us, not businesses opening — over the last 30 complete days, single days ranged from 40,951 to 130,094, so a 7-day or 30-day total is the figure to quote.
Read → - Data · October 24, 2026
Small business statistics 2026: 246 territories in numbers
Our database holds 222,352,264 business records — places, not companies — in 246 territories and 4,976 categories, measured on October 23, 2026. 65.6% carry a phone number and 31.7% website information; 2,183,676 new records arrived in the 30 days to that date.
Read → - Data · October 24, 2026
What share of businesses have a website? 246 territories
31.7% of the 222,352,264 business records in our database carry website information — the business’s own site or a booking, appointment or other platform page; social profiles do not count (measured October 23, 2026). Among the 107 comparable territories (at least 100,000 records each), the rate runs from 73.4% (Netherlands) to 1.5% (Syria).
Read → - Guide · October 24, 2026
New business leads: where they come from, how they’re priced
New business leads are businesses that have just started, with a way to reach them. They come from four kinds of source — company registry filings, licences and permits, compiled lists and opening feeds — which differ in what one record is, which address and date it carries and whether it has a phone number. In the 30 days to October 23, 2026, 2,183,676 new records entered our newly opened businesses section, 315,607 of them in the United States.
Read → - Data · October 24, 2026
New hair and beauty salons: how many open, who sells to them
In the 30 days to October 23, 2026, 55,249 new hair and beauty salon records entered our newly opened businesses section across the 30 countries we measure — 6,282 in the United States and 2,039 in the United Kingdom. Across all US salon records, 89.6% carry a phone number and 48.3% website information.
Read → - Data · October 24, 2026
New businesses in Texas — October 2026
Between September 24 and October 23, 2026, 22,325 Texas business records entered our newly opened businesses section — second among U.S. states, after California (29,891). Houston had the most new records of any Texas city (2,442), and 70.3% of all new Texas records carried a phone number.
Read → - Data · October 24, 2026
New businesses in Florida — October 2026
Between September 24 and October 23, 2026, 20,868 Florida business records entered our newly opened businesses section, third among U.S. states, after California and Texas. No single city dominates: Miami had the most (1,178), only 5.6% of the state’s new records, and hair and beauty salons — not restaurants — were the largest of the six sectors we track.
Read → - Guide · October 24, 2026
POS leads: reach new businesses before they pick a terminal
To reach new businesses while their payment setup is still open, work a daily list: card-taking categories, your territory, records that arrived in the last 30 days, a phone number or an address. In the 30 days to October 23, 2026, 6,338 new restaurant records and 6,282 new hair and beauty salon records arrived in the United States alone.
Read → - Guide · October 24, 2026
Commercial insurance leads: businesses in their first weeks
In the 30 days to October 23, 2026, 36,753 records in six sectors with a clear insurance need — restaurants, cafés, hair and beauty salons, real estate agencies, auto repair shops and construction companies — entered our newly opened businesses section in the United States, and 7,027 in the United Kingdom. Of all new US records, 71.6% carry a phone number. The workable list is a daily one: sector, area, last 30 days, phone on record.
Read → - Guide · October 24, 2026
How to get web design clients: businesses with no website
In the 30 days to October 24, 2026, 148,618 of the 308,281 new business records in the United States carried no web address at all, 5,550 only a social media profile and 15,862 only a booking or platform page; in the United Kingdom the figures were 25,099, 1,827 and 574 of 56,553. Those are three different pools, and each needs a different offer.
Read → - Explainer · October 24, 2026
Fill rate: what to check before you buy a business list
Fill rate is the share of records in a list in which a given field is actually filled. It turns a record count into a usable count: of our 24,256,924 US records, 83.2% carry a phone number — 20,182,528 records with one — while the share “with a website” in the same market runs from 57.2% to 63.3% depending on what you count as a website.
Read → - Guide · October 24, 2026
Can ChatGPT find new businesses? What AI can and can’t do
Partly: with web search, ChatGPT can find new businesses that were written about somewhere its searches reach — local news, a business’s own website, an announcement — and help you research and approach them, but it does not produce a complete or dated list, gives no count, and can answer the same question differently twice. For scale: on October 23, 2026 alone, at least 58,686 records were added to our newly opened businesses section.
Read → - Guide · October 24, 2026
AI prompts for prospecting: prioritise a new-business list
An AI assistant can rank an exported list of new businesses by fit, group it into routes, draft opening lines and prepare a call — provided it works only from the columns in the file and you check every answer. Below are eight copy-paste prompts, each with what it does and what to check.
Read → - Guide · October 24, 2026
Cold call script for new businesses: POS, insurance, web
A cold call to a newly opened business should take under two minutes: mention the opening, ask for thirty seconds, ask one question, make one concrete offer and agree one next step. Below are the script, six common objections with answers, three variants (payments, insurance, website) and a follow-up schedule.
Read → - Guide · October 24, 2026
Alternatives to buying email lists for B2B prospecting
The practical alternatives to a bought email list are the channels a business can actually be reached by: its phone, its premises, the contact route on its own website, local networks and partners, and an opt-in list you build yourself. In the 30 days to October 23, 2026, 71.4% of new records across our 15 priced markets carried a phone number.
Read → - Explainer · October 24, 2026
Why we don’t sell email addresses
Auspector records have no email column and no named-person column — a deliberate line, not a gap. A record describes a place of business and how its customers reach it, and the rules for emailing businesses differ sharply between our markets. In the 30 days to October 23, 2026, 71.6% of new US records carried a phone number.
Read → - Data report · October 23, 2026
New businesses in 30 countries — October 2026
Between September 23 and October 23, 2026, 1,788,929 records entered our newly opened businesses section across the 30 countries we measure. India leads (421,947), followed by United States (315,594) and Brazil (134,405).
Read → - Data report · October 23, 2026
India: top 10 sectors for new businesses — Oct 2026
Between September 23 and October 23, 2026, 421,947 records entered our newly opened businesses section in India. The largest category is clothing store (8,583), followed by manufacturer (8,196) and farm (6,385).
Read → - Data report · October 23, 2026
United States: top 10 sectors for new businesses — Oct 2026
Between September 23 and October 23, 2026, 315,594 records entered our newly opened businesses section in the United States. The largest category is dumpster rental service (10,680), followed by drug store (8,299) and smoke shop (8,098).
Read → - Data report · October 23, 2026
Brazil: top 10 sectors for new businesses — Oct 2026
Between September 23 and October 23, 2026, 134,405 records entered our newly opened businesses section in Brazil. The largest category is beauty salon (3,189), followed by farm (2,883) and barber shop (1,842).
Read → - Data report · October 23, 2026
Mexico: top 10 sectors for new businesses — Oct 2026
Between September 23 and October 23, 2026, 77,030 records entered our newly opened businesses section in Mexico. The largest category is store (2,631), followed by money transfer service (1,863) and beauty salon (1,540).
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Indonesia: top 10 sectors for new businesses — Oct 2026
Between September 23 and October 23, 2026, 68,125 records entered our newly opened businesses section in Indonesia. The largest category is coffee shop (2,218), followed by store (1,722) and snack bar (1,494).
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France: top 10 sectors for new businesses — Oct 2026
Between September 23 and October 23, 2026, 60,157 records entered our newly opened businesses section in France. The largest category is roofing contractor (2,229), followed by electrician (1,646) and janitorial service (821).
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Germany: top 10 sectors for new businesses — Oct 2026
Between September 23 and October 23, 2026, 52,766 records entered our newly opened businesses section in Germany. The largest category is electric vehicle charging station (2,037), followed by luggage storage facility (1,191) and cleaners (1,015).
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United Kingdom: top 10 sectors for new businesses — Oct 2026
Between September 23 and October 23, 2026, 52,016 records entered our newly opened businesses section in the United Kingdom. The largest category is locksmith (2,186), followed by courier service (1,956) and construction company (1,105).
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Pakistan: top 10 sectors for new businesses — Oct 2026
Between September 23 and October 23, 2026, 49,641 records entered our newly opened businesses section in Pakistan. The largest category is farm (1,058), followed by clothing store (860) and home builder (802).
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How to find newly opened businesses: 5 ways compared
There are five practical ways to find businesses that just opened: company registry filings, local licences and permits, walking the area, searching map listings by hand, and a daily new-business data feed. They differ in what they catch — a legal company or an actual storefront — how early they catch it, and whether a phone number comes with it.
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Türkiye: top 10 sectors for new businesses — Oct 2026
Between September 23 and October 23, 2026, 48,860 records entered our newly opened businesses section in Türkiye. The largest category is electrician (1,147), followed by towing service (774) and manufacturer (750).
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Canada: top 10 sectors for new businesses — Oct 2026
Between September 23 and October 23, 2026, 47,583 records entered our newly opened businesses section in Canada. The largest category is software company (1,117), followed by construction company (943) and marketing agency (754).
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Selling to newly opened businesses: who buys and when
A newly opened business makes most of its supplier decisions around opening: how it takes payments, where it banks, who insures it, who keeps its books, which phone line and which suppliers it uses. A seller who arrives in that window competes for an open choice; a seller who arrives later often competes against an existing contract.
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Vietnam: top 10 sectors for new businesses — Oct 2026
Between September 23 and October 23, 2026, 42,580 records entered our newly opened businesses section in Vietnam. The largest category is florist (3,254), followed by coffee shop (1,163) and bakery (867).
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How many new businesses have a website? 30 countries
Across the 30 countries we measure, 25.4% of the 1,788,929 business records that arrived in the 30 days to October 23, 2026 carry their own website, while 52.6% carry a phone number. The website rate runs from 64.7% in Netherlands to 3.1% in Algeria.
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Japan: top 10 sectors for new businesses — Oct 2026
Between September 23 and October 23, 2026, 34,714 records entered our newly opened businesses section in Japan. The largest category is vending machine (4,254), followed by electric vehicle charging station (1,227) and corporate office (936).
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Newly registered vs newly opened: not the same list
A newly registered company and a newly opened business are different records. A registration says a legal entity now exists and gives its registered address; an opening says there is a place serving customers, with a category and usually a phone number. The two often happen months apart and at different addresses — and many businesses appear in only one of them.
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How to find new restaurants and cafés to sell to
In the 30 days to October 23, 2026, 71,588 restaurant records and 29,175 café records entered our newly opened businesses section across 30 countries. The practical way to reach them is a daily filtered list: category, city and district, arrived in the last 30 days, phone number on record.
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Philippines: top 10 sectors for new businesses — Oct 2026
Between September 23 and October 23, 2026, 31,466 records entered our newly opened businesses section in the Philippines. The largest category is grocery store (1,238), followed by coffee shop (1,173) and store (808).
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Building a lead list from new businesses, step by step
A lead list from newly opened businesses comes down to seven decisions: who (category), where (city and district), when (arrival window), how you reach them (phone or address), how many there are (count before you pay), how the list reaches your CRM (export with a stable ID) and how it stays current (a daily watch).
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Italy: top 10 sectors for new businesses — Oct 2026
Between September 23 and October 23, 2026, 30,548 records entered our newly opened businesses section in Italy. The largest category is electric vehicle charging station (1,044), followed by psychologist (771) and betting agency (599).
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Thailand: top 10 sectors for new businesses — Oct 2026
Between September 23 and October 23, 2026, 30,542 records entered our newly opened businesses section in Thailand. The largest category is coffee shop (1,361), followed by restaurant (1,082) and grocery store (882).
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Business databases: three kinds and what each is for
“Business database” covers three different products: company registry data (legal entities), B2B contact databases (people at companies, with job titles and work emails) and local business data (places, with category, address, phone and website). Each answers a different question, and the costly mistake is buying one when you needed another.
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Businesses without a website: where they are, in numbers
Across our 15 priced markets, 19,349,807 business records list a phone number but no website (measured October 23, 2026). The United States has the most, 7,002,815, followed by Türkiye, Italy, France and Germany. An empty website field means no website is on the record — not proof that the business has none.
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Spain: top 10 sectors for new businesses — Oct 2026
Between September 23 and October 23, 2026, 30,155 records entered our newly opened businesses section in Spain. The largest category is bar (627), followed by shipping and mailing service (509) and sports club (495).
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Nigeria: top 10 sectors for new businesses — Oct 2026
Between September 23 and October 23, 2026, 27,390 records entered our newly opened businesses section in Nigeria. The largest category is fashion designer (815), followed by clothing store (552) and construction company (453).
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Australia: top 10 sectors for new businesses — Oct 2026
Between September 23 and October 23, 2026, 27,139 records entered our newly opened businesses section in Australia. The largest category is social club (509), followed by construction company (475) and garage door supplier (448).
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Egypt: top 10 sectors for new businesses — Oct 2026
Between September 23 and October 23, 2026, 24,622 records entered our newly opened businesses section in Egypt. The largest category is coffee shop (577), followed by group home (540) and auto repair shop (390).
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Poland: top 10 sectors for new businesses — Oct 2026
Between September 23 and October 23, 2026, 23,369 records entered our newly opened businesses section in Poland. The largest category is construction company (877), followed by club (773) and firewood supplier (516).
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Argentina: top 10 sectors for new businesses — Oct 2026
Between September 23 and October 23, 2026, 22,609 records entered our newly opened businesses section in Argentina. The largest category is auto repair shop (412), followed by store (382) and barber shop (371).
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Colombia: top 10 sectors for new businesses — Oct 2026
Between September 23 and October 23, 2026, 20,370 records entered our newly opened businesses section in Colombia. The largest category is money transfer service (474), followed by restaurant (439) and bar (393).
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Malaysia: top 10 sectors for new businesses — Oct 2026
Between September 23 and October 23, 2026, 19,444 records entered our newly opened businesses section in Malaysia. The largest category is coffee shop (633), followed by housing Estate (551) and construction company (450).
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South Africa: top 10 sectors for new businesses — Oct 2026
Between September 23 and October 23, 2026, 18,455 records entered our newly opened businesses section in South Africa. The largest category is construction company (645), followed by clothing store (419) and beauty salon (288).
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Bangladesh: top 10 sectors for new businesses — Oct 2026
Between September 23 and October 23, 2026, 17,936 records entered our newly opened businesses section in Bangladesh. The largest category is clothing store (367), followed by bakery (323) and coffee shop (301).
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Algeria: top 10 sectors for new businesses — Oct 2026
Between September 23 and October 23, 2026, 16,031 records entered our newly opened businesses section in Algeria. The largest category is store (626), followed by hair salon (451) and auto repair shop (429).
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Morocco: top 10 sectors for new businesses — Oct 2026
Between September 23 and October 23, 2026, 15,867 records entered our newly opened businesses section in Morocco. The largest category is store (469), followed by coffee shop (364) and car rental agency (312).
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Netherlands: top 10 sectors for new businesses — Oct 2026
Between September 23 and October 23, 2026, 15,533 records entered our newly opened businesses section in the Netherlands. The largest category is electric vehicle charging station (1,086), followed by recycling center (789) and plumber (290).
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Peru: top 10 sectors for new businesses — Oct 2026
Between September 23 and October 23, 2026, 12,035 records entered our newly opened businesses section in Peru. The largest category is restaurant (375), followed by store (281) and hotel (259).
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