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See what’s opening.
Find prospective customers while they are still choosing their vendors.
Explore before you subscribe
Opening checklists and the economics calculator are free. Creating an account does not start billing.
Saved territories & updates
Save a private territory to see what’s new when you return. Territory-update emails are not available yet. Healthcare subscribers can separately enable new-match emails in Healthcare email-alert settings.
Your research shortlist
Keep the prospects you choose, your reason and the next check. Review changes without rebuilding your list.
Private to your account · Up to 25 per category · Includes your selected category across territories. Selections are research candidates, not qualified leads.
Opening signals
Evidence you can inspect. Opportunities you can follow.
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Healthcare verification links
Official lookup links for the selected state. These are places to research, not additional opening signals.
Start your opening plan
For any US state. Restaurants in 11 cities and counties, including Washington, DC, New York City, Los Angeles and Chicago, get a detailed local checklist.
Your starting checklist is below and updates as you choose. Saving a plan is free.
Your plans
Sign in to save a private plan, track progress and add notes.
Explore the starting checklist
A free preview with links to the official agency pages. The order is OpeningIQ’s suggestion.
OPENING SIGNALS
Recent opening activity
Possible new openings, separate from the existing licensed locations above.
Activity by opening stage
How far along the tracked openings are
OPENING ACTIVITY COVERAGE
Dates and coverage
Counts represent opening records; multiple records can refer to the same business.
COMPARE LOCATIONS
Compare the market context
Compare licensed competition, resident characteristics and opening activity where each is available.
DC ZIP suggestions come from the loaded restaurant inventory. Both sides use the same category. Differences describe the data, not a location ranking; use your concept, lease costs and site visits to decide.
START WITH A NAME
Look for potentially similar businesses.
Search opening-record names, plus legal and trade names in the DC restaurant-license inventory where loaded. Each result explains why it matched; coverage is shown with your results.
This compares name text, not legal conflicts. It is not a trademark or full business-registry search or legal clearance; no matches does not establish availability. Your search isn’t saved.
Your territory’s change feed
Newest changes first.
Make your assumptions explicit.
Explore a monthly operating scenario. Values are USD. These are example numbers; replace them with yours.
Your inputs are sent to OpeningIQ for calculation, not saved to your account. Keep a baseline, then change your inputs and calculate again to compare. The comparison disappears when you leave or reload this page.
Model scope
A simple operating scenario, not financial advice or a full cash-flow forecast. Taxes, debt service, capital replacements and owner distributions are excluded unless included in your inputs. Sales ramp-up, seasonal changes and payment timing are not modeled.
YOUR SCENARIO
What would it take to break even?
Adjust the inputs and calculate to explore your operating model.
Keep this scenario in your private plan
Calculate a result, then choose where to save it.