Find the hotels, kitchens and care homes before the linen contract is placed
A hotel orders its bed linen and towels before the first guest, a kitchen puts its chefs in clean whites from the first day, and a care home has to control the spread of infection from the day it registers. We tell you which premises are at that point, and what each one points to.
Why timing matters
A food business registers with its council at least 28 days before it opens, and the food hygiene rules (Regulation 852/2004, Annex II, which still applies in the UK) say everyone handling food wears clean clothing, protective where it's needed. A care home in England has to assess and control the spread of infection to stay registered (regulation 12 of the 2014 regulations the Care Quality Commission inspects against), and how its linen is handled is part of that. The food and care registers, the premises licences, the operator licences, the MOT register and the councils' rates lists show a hotel, a kitchen, a care site, a gym, a salon, a garage or a depot in the weeks before it opens or just after it changes hands. We read them every day, grade each row for a laundry desk and tag it with what it points to: bed linen and towels, table linen and chef wear, care laundry, towels, or workwear.
What we tell you
The moments that matter for you:
| Coming | A business is about to open: a licence applied for, a unit being fitted out, a new company set up to trade from the address. |
| Just moved in | A business has started at premises that had nobody in them: a new ratepayer, a new food business, a newly registered care home, nursery, surgery or garage. |
| Changed hands | A new operator at premises that were already trading: a pub, shop or care home under new ownership, often keeping the old name on the door. |
How to use it
Work the hotels and care sites first, then the kitchens coming out of fit-out and the garages and depots. The job column says what you'd offer before you ring; the reason column says why now.
Coverage
The national registers cover every council in Great Britain. On top of those, 35 councils publish a business rates list we can use and 10 a licensing register (as of 25 September 2026), and we add councils as they give permission. Northern Ireland isn't in the file yet. Where the data comes from.
Built for selling within the rules: businesses not people, every row with its source and date, and nothing your team can't explain to someone who asks. How it's done.
Had your free fortnight? Subscribe here and the files carry on: a region for £250 a month, and you can stop at any month's end. You choose the region and what you sell at the checkout.
Questions
Do you know who launders for them now?
No. That isn't public. We tell you the site, the business, what happened there and when, and what it points to.
How is this different from buying a list?
A list is a snapshot of businesses that exist. This is what changed yesterday: who moved in, who took over, who left. A bought list can't tell you any of that, and it's out of date the day it arrives.
How do you find them?
From public registers, read every day and kept, so we can see when something changes at an address. The sources are on the sources page. How we put them together is ours, and we don't publish it.
Is there personal data in it?
Almost none. The file is about businesses and premises: no director names, no home addresses. Where a business publishes only a named address on its own website, the daily file carries it in a marked column, as the privacy notice says; a sample never does. Where a phone number or a mailbox is public, we say where it came from.
Can we email or ring them?
Limited companies and LLPs can be emailed without prior consent under PECR, if you say who you are and give a way to opt out. Phone numbers are yours to screen against the TPS and CTPS before you ring.
What does it cost?
£250 a month for a region, or £1,000 a month for the whole of Great Britain, monthly, and you can stop at any month's end. The first two weeks are free, so your team can try it on real rows before paying anything.
Is the file exclusive?
Not the whole file, but you can have a head start. First look sends your trade's new rows for your region to you each morning, a working day before anyone else in your trade gets them, for one firm per trade and region: £375 a month for a region, or £1,500 a month for Great Britain, on the same terms.
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