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The week’s new names, from the public record
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Monday morning
That Gacha Girl just landed on the Kent County list.
Shop & retail in Clayton. Status: new business license. A new place needs a POS, insurance, signs, supplies and staff. If you sell any of that, this is the name you want on your desk on Monday, with the week still ahead of you.
That’s a real row from Delaware Division of Revenue business licenses, not a sample. The free email gives you the names. Pro gives you the address and more.
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Shop & retail · Clayton
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- Greenway Diaz Landscaping Contractor · Dover
- Entrepawneur Chess Club Shop & retail · Dover
From the public records, updated daily
New in all three Delaware counties, by the numbers
New openings per day
Last 21 days, by source
See the numbers
| Day | New business licenses |
|---|---|
| Oct 15 | 16 |
| Oct 16 | 11 |
| Oct 17 | 11 |
| Oct 18 | 1 |
| Oct 19 | 22 |
| Oct 20 | 26 |
| Oct 21 | 8 |
| Oct 22 | 10 |
| Oct 23 | 5 |
| Oct 24 | 2 |
| Oct 25 | 1 |
| Oct 26 | 6 |
| Oct 27 | 5 |
| Oct 28 | 4 |
| Oct 29 | 3 |
| Oct 30 | 4 |
| Oct 31 | 5 |
| Nov 1 | 48 |
| Nov 2 | 33 |
| Nov 3 | 26 |
| Nov 4 | 0 |
“Last 7 days” above is the newest 7 days of this chart added up (see the numbers). Dates are the source date for rows from our first read, then the day a row first appeared in the file we read. Files update on their own schedules, so some rows arrive in batches.
By county
Last 14 days
By category
Last 14 days
The pipeline
Last 14 days, by what the state shows
- 160 New license. A license number from this year, at a Delaware address. A new location for an existing company counts too.
Top cities
Last 14 days
- Wilmington 31
- Dover 18
- Newark 16
- Middletown 10
- Milford 8
- Millsboro 7
- New Castle 7
- Lewes 6
- Bear 5
- Rehoboth Beach 4
- Selbyville 4
- Townsend 4
- Felton 3
- Milton 3
- Bethany Beach 2
Newest places to watch
Newest storefront-style listings, chains left out
- Amiyas Gifts Newark · New Castle CountyNov 3
- Kitsune Tsuki Newark · New Castle CountyNov 3
- Entrepawneur Chess Club Dover · Kent CountyNov 3
- Defiance Athletic Association Wilmington · New Castle CountyNov 3
- That Gacha Girl Clayton · Kent CountyNov 3
- Aekrous Rehoboth Beach · Sussex CountyNov 2
- Glen R. Brown Sr Greenwood · Sussex CountyNov 2
- We Are Still Human Newark · New Castle CountyNov 2
Busiest ZIP codes
Last 14 days
| ZIP | City | New |
|---|---|---|
| 19901 | Dover | 13 |
| 19709 | Middletown | 10 |
| 19720 | New Castle | 9 |
| 19702 | Newark | 8 |
| 19801 | Wilmington | 8 |
| 19963 | Milford | 8 |
| 19966 | Millsboro | 8 |
| 19802 | Wilmington | 6 |
| 19958 | Lewes | 6 |
| 19701 | Bear | 5 |
Latest named openings
Newest first. Tap one for its filing.
- That Gacha Girl Shop & retail · Clayton · Nov 3
- Defiance Athletic Association Gym & fitness · Wilmington · Nov 3
- Entrepawneur Chess Club Shop & retail · Dover · Nov 3
- Kitsune Tsuki Shop & retail · Newark · Nov 3
- Amiyas Gifts Shop & retail · Newark · Nov 3
- Sparks Construction Cleaning Services · New Castle · Nov 3
- Nich Services · Milford · Nov 3
- Elevate & Services · Rehoboth Beach · Nov 3
- Min-Next Cleaning Services New Castle · Nov 3
- Above & Beyond Services · Middletown · Nov 3
- Bryans General Contracting Contractor · Wilmington · Nov 3
- Pearson-Carmody Counseling Services · Selbyville · Nov 3
- Kindness 4 Kidz Official Services · Dover · Nov 3
- Coastal Beneficiary Group Services · Milford · Nov 3
- Smile Studio Of Rehoboth Services · Rehoboth Beach · Nov 3
- Greenway Diaz Landscaping Contractor · Dover · Nov 3
- Ltc Helping Hands Services · Wilmington · Nov 3
- Vincent Difatta Services · Millville · Nov 3
- Ltc Helping Hands, LLC. Services · Wilmington · Nov 3
- Memory Lane Digitizing Services Newark · Nov 3
- Wildflower Cleaning Services Dover · Nov 3
- Shazam Cleaning Company Services · Camden · Nov 3
- D's The Odd Job Specialists Services · Newark · Nov 3
- On Point Land Co Services · Milton · Nov 3
Three counties, live now
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We cover these three counties today. Each one has its own list, category pages and week-by-week archive.
By category
New openings by category
By city
New businesses by city
How it works
The paperwork shows up first
A new business leaves a public paper trail. That trail is how we see openings coming.
The record gets published
Delaware's Division of Revenue publishes the state's business licenses, for retail, restaurants, contractors and services alike.
We read and sort it
The state doesn't mark a license as new. License numbers start with a year, so we treat this year's numbers as new. We tested that on long-running firms, and they carry old years, but it's our reading and not a state definition.
You see it, with its limits
We leave out out-of-state addresses, trade-name-only registrations, movers, sales reps and non-resident contractors. Dates fall on the first of a month more often than not, so we show when a row first appeared in the file.
Who it’s for
Built for people who sell to new businesses
- POS and paymentsReach a new restaurant or shop before it has chosen a terminal.
- Food and beverage distributorsNew licenses show you who’s setting up a kitchen or a bar.
- Insurance agentsEvery new storefront needs liability, property and workers’ comp.
- Commercial cleaners, linens and pestA new license means contracts nobody has signed yet.
- Sign shops and build-outA new place usually needs a sign, a wrap and some finishing work.
- Payroll, HR and staffingThe first hires come soon after the license.
- Web and local marketingNew businesses need a site, a Google profile and their first reviews.
- Curious localsKnow what’s coming to your neighborhood.
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Guides
How openings show up in public records
Plain-English explainers on the state sources behind every list, and how we turn them into openings.
How we spot Delaware openings
The public records behind Delaware New Openings, how we decide what's new, and what we can't see.
How to read Delaware's business license file
License categories, valid-from dates, and why the year in the license number is the useful clue.
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