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The core signal · pre-open restaurants

Restaurant leads from the week they file — not the week they open.

The best time to reach a restaurant is while it's being built — before it's chosen its vendors. DineTracer turns the earliest public filings into callable pre-opening leads, so you're first in line, not last.

Public records in. Callable leads out. Start free.

The window

By the time a restaurant opens, the deals are done.

An open restaurant has already picked its POS, its insurer, its suppliers, its bank. Every vendor who sells to restaurants is fighting over the same signed accounts. The leads worth having are the ones that haven't opened yet — and they're invisible on Google, Yelp, and every bought list.

A restaurant leaves a paper trail long before the doors unlock: a liquor-license application, a build-out permit, a new food-service license. DineTracer reads those public filings the day they land and turns them into leads you can actually call — weeks to months of head start.

What you get

Everything you need to reach them first.

The earliest signal

Liquor-license filings, build-out permits, and new food-service licenses — the first public record a restaurant leaves, often months before opening.

Callable records

Business name, address, filing type and date, license/permit status, map location, and posted hours — not just a name on a list.

8-state coverage

California, New York, Texas, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Virginia, Georgia, and Massachusetts, expanding — filter to your territory.

POS detection

See which POS a restaurant runs, where detectable — useful whether you sell POS or just want to gauge how far along a build-out is.

New-filing alerts

Set your filters once; new pre-opening restaurants are emailed to you the day they file.

De-duplicated & mapped

Every location is verified and geocoded, de-duplicated across sources — no list-hygiene busywork.

How it works

Public filings in, callable leads out.

STEP 1

We read the filings

Every day we pull the newest public records — liquor, permit, and license filings — across our coverage states.

STEP 2

You filter to your lane

Narrow by state, metro, signal type, and freshness to the pre-opening restaurants that fit your business.

STEP 3

You reach them first

Export the leads or set an alert, and contact owners during build-out — before anyone else knows they're coming.

How we source

Clean enough to hand to compliance.

Public records onlyEvery lead comes from public government records — liquor-license filings, building and health permits, and business registrations. Nothing is scraped from social profiles or people-search sites.
A business, not a personDineTracer tracks establishments and their public filings — the restaurant, its address, its license. You reach the business, on the record.
Questions

Frequently asked.

What is a pre-opening restaurant lead?
A restaurant that has filed a public record signalling it's about to open — a liquor-license application, a build-out permit, or a new food-service license — but hasn't opened yet. It's the earliest, highest-value moment to reach a new restaurant.
How early do you find them?
At the first public signal — usually weeks to months before the doors open, depending on the filing type and jurisdiction.
Which states do you cover?
California, New York, Texas, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Virginia, Georgia, and Massachusetts, with more rolling out.
Is this just big chains?
No — the pipeline is overwhelmingly independent restaurants, which are the accounts most worth reaching before they open.
Where does the data come from?
Public government records only — liquor-license filings, building and health permits, and business registrations. No people-search, no scraped personal contacts.
How do I get the leads?
Sign up, filter to your territory, and export the leads you want or set an alert for new filings. Exports are credit-based.
Get started

Reach the next restaurant before it opens.

Start free and see the restaurants filing to open in your states this week.