OpenSoon USA

Find restaurants, bars, and liquor stores before or around opening, using official US licensing records.

OpenSoon USA turns fragmented government feeds into one normalized, CRM-ready dataset. It is designed for POS and payment vendors, distributors, commercial insurers, payroll providers, signage companies, security vendors, and local marketing agencies that want to contact a business while it is still selecting suppliers.

Why this data is useful

A pending or first-time license is a stronger timing signal than an ordinary business directory listing:

• Texas records show original alcohol applications with Received or In Review status.
• California records show daily original alcohol license applications.
• Chicago records show first-time business licenses and their start dates.

The Actor does not guess whether a business is new from reviews or profile age. Every result links back to the official public source.

Supported sources

Source	Signal	Typical freshness
Texas TABC	Pending original alcohol license application	Daily
California ABC	Daily new alcohol license application	Business days
City of Chicago	First-time business license issued	Daily

Official sources:

• Texas TABC pending applications
• California ABC new applications
• Chicago business licenses

Input example

{
  "sources": [
    "texas_tabc",
    "california_abc",
    "chicago_business_licenses"
  ],
  "lookbackDays": 14,
  "businessTypes": ["restaurant", "bar", "liquor_store"],
  "cities": ["Austin", "San Diego", "Chicago"],
  "keywords": [],
  "includeTransfers": false,
  "monitorMode": false,
  "monitorKey": "default",
  "maxItems": 1000
}

Leave cities empty for all covered locations. Keywords are matched against the business name, owner, address, license description, and business activity.

Output

Each dataset item is one deduplicated business signal:

{
  "id": "texas_tabc:12345678:2026-07-15",
  "businessName": "SAMPLE KITCHEN",
  "businessType": "restaurant",
  "businessTypes": ["restaurant", "bar"],
  "owner": "SAMPLE HOSPITALITY LLC",
  "address": "100 MAIN ST, STE 200",
  "city": "AUSTIN",
  "state": "TX",
  "zip": "78701",
  "phone": "+15125550123",
  "eventDate": "2026-07-15",
  "status": "In Review",
  "signalType": "liquor_license_application",
  "openingStage": "license_in_review",
  "confidenceScore": 96,
  "licenseTypes": ["MB", "FB"],
  "source": "texas_tabc",
  "sourceUrl": "https://data.texas.gov/dataset/Pending-Original-New-Primary-and-Subordinate-Licen/mxm5-tdpj",
  "salesAngles": [
    "POS and payment processing",
    "food and beverage distribution",
    "payroll and scheduling"
  ]
}

Multiple license types belonging to the same application are combined into a single lead.

Monitor mode

Set monitorMode to true and run the Actor on an Apify Schedule. OpenSoon USA stores delivered IDs in a persistent named key-value store and returns only records it has not emitted before.

Use a separate monitorKey for each customer, territory, or workflow:

{
  "monitorMode": true,
  "monitorKey": "texas-pos-team"
}

The first monitored run returns the current matching records. Later runs return only newly discovered records.

Integrations

The default dataset can be exported as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, RSS, or HTML. Use Apify webhooks or integrations to send new leads to:

• HubSpot, Salesforce, or Pipedrive
• Clay, Make, Zapier, or n8n
• Google Sheets or a data warehouse
• Slack or email alert workflows
• AI agents through the Apify API or MCP

Reliability

• Socrata sources are queried through their official JSON APIs.
• California reports are parsed from the official server-rendered table.
• Requests use retries for rate limits and temporary server failures.
• A failed source does not discard successful results from other sources.
• The OUTPUT record reports source counts and partial failures.

Limitations and responsible use

A license application can be withdrawn, denied, transferred, or delayed. Treat each result as an early commercial signal, not proof of a future opening.

The Actor only returns public business and licensing records. Users remain responsible for lawful outreach, including applicable CAN-SPAM, TCPA, state privacy, and do-not-call requirements.

Local development

cd opensoon_usa_actor
python3 -m venv .venv
./.venv/bin/pip install -r requirements.txt
./.venv/bin/python -m opensoon_usa.local --input examples/default-input.json

Use --summary-only for a compact live-source health check.

Deploy from this directory with the Apify CLI:

apify login
apify push