New Business Leads: Newly Licensed Delaware Businesses

Every business that just got its first Delaware state business license: service firms, shops, restaurants, contractors, caregivers and online sellers across Wilmington, Dover, Newark, Lewes and the rest of the state. About 1¢ a lead.

The Actor pulls from the Delaware Division of Revenue's official business license records. A Delaware license number starts with the year the business was first licensed (for example 2026714705). The Actor keeps only licenses whose number matches the year their current term began, so the 40,000+ annual renewals drop out. That leaves about 1,000 genuinely new businesses a month. Each lead has the trade name, legal or owner name, every DBA on the license, business activity, full address and license term.

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Real sample leads (pulled October 2026)

Business	Owner / legal name	Activity	City	Valid from
Radiant Rituals LLC	Rackelle Lynch	General Services	Wilmington	2026-10-12
First Call Handyman Services	Sher A Alizai	General Services	Newark	2026-10-10
Riley's Roll-Offs	RS Waste Solutions LLC	General Services	Bear	2026-10-06
Vintage and Sand LLC	Vintage and Sand LLC	Retailer General	Wilmington	2026-10-06
Golden Bridge 1725 Inc	Golden Bridge 1725 Inc	Retailer Restaurant	Bear	2026-10-01

ROI: 1,000 new Delaware businesses cost $10. One bookkeeping, insurance, payroll or web client pays for years of runs.

Who uses it

Accountants, bookkeepers & payroll · business insurance · banks and merchant services · local marketing/SEO/web agencies · registered agents and business-formation services · suppliers and B2B SaaS for small businesses.

Filters

• States: DE for in-state businesses (default). Leave empty to include out-of-state firms newly licensed in Delaware.
• Cities (Wilmington, Dover, Newark) and ZIP codes (19801)
• Business activities (contains): Restaurant, Retailer, Contractor, General Services, Direct Care
• Exclude trade-name-only registrations (off by default)
• License-start date range

Set it up as a daily lead feed

1. Set your filters (or leave them empty for everything).
2. Keep Only new since last run on. Each run returns only leads you haven't seen.
3. Click Schedule → Daily and connect Google Sheets, HubSpot, Salesforce, Slack, Zapier or Make.

The state posts some licenses a few weeks after their start date. For daily feeds, use "dateFrom": "60 days"; Only new since last run makes sure you never pay twice for the same lead.

Input

{ "states": ["DE"], "cities": ["Wilmington", "Newark"], "dateFrom": "60 days", "onlyNew": true }

Output fields

licenseNumber, businessName, legalName, tradeNames, category, address, city, state, zip, country, validFrom, validTo, firstLicensedYear, latitude, longitude, source. Export as CSV, Excel or JSON, or pull it through the API.

Pricing

Pay per result: $0.01 per lead ($10 per 1,000). No subscription.

FAQ

Where does the data come from? The "Delaware Business Licenses" dataset on data.delaware.gov, published by the Department of Finance, Division of Revenue, and updated daily. How do you know a license is new and not a renewal? Delaware license numbers begin with the year the business was first licensed. The Actor only returns licenses whose first-licensed year equals the year their current term started. Why one lead per license when there are several DBAs? Multiple trade names on the same license are merged into tradeNames, so you pay once per business. Does it include phone numbers? The state doesn't publish them. Enrich with your usual tool.

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Last updated: October 14, 2026 · Built by LeadSignal: public-record lead feeds for B2B sales. Not affiliated with the State of Delaware or the Delaware Division of Revenue.