See the security job before you ring: pubs, yards and new premises
A pub applies for its licence weeks before it opens, a haulier licenses its depot the week the lorries arrive, and a unit that changes hands has its keys and codes in the last owner's name. We tell you which premises are at that point, and which job each points to.
Why timing matters
Premises licence applications, operator licences, the waste carrier register, food registrations and the councils' rates lists each show a premises at the moment its security gets decided. We read them every day, grade each row for a security services desk and tag it with the work it points to: door supervision for a licensed premises, mobile patrols or a CCTV tower for a yard, site security for a unit in fit-out, a manned post for a large site, or keyholding and alarm response for the rest.
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 licensed premises and the yards first, then the units coming out of fit-out. The job column says what you'd offer before you ring; the reason column says why now.
Last week in numbers
In the daily files from 14 to 20 October 2026, businesses that took on premises, changed hands or were about to, graded A or B for a security services desk: 230 across Great Britain, 80 of them opening or about to and 150 just moved in or under a new owner. 178 came with a landline to ring. 27% of them could not have been flagged by a service working from Companies House alone: the premises isn't the registered office, or nothing new was on the register.
| Region | Rows graded A or B | Opening or about to | Moved in or new owner | With a landline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North West | 29 | 7 | 22 | 26 |
| South East | 29 | 8 | 21 | 22 |
| London | 27 | 11 | 16 | 21 |
| West Midlands | 25 | 6 | 19 | 18 |
| South West | 24 | 7 | 17 | 21 |
| Yorkshire and The Humber | 24 | 11 | 13 | 17 |
| East of England | 20 | 5 | 15 | 16 |
| East Midlands | 18 | 9 | 9 | 14 |
| Scotland | 13 | 7 | 6 | 10 |
| North East | 12 | 5 | 7 | 6 |
| Wales | 6 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
Some of last week's rows for North West, said in words (the file has the name, the address, the number and where each came from):
- A haulage or goods vehicle operator in Cumberland, not open yet, 16 October. A landline to ring.
- A caterer business in Sefton, opening or just opened, 16 October. A landline to ring.
- A takeaway in Wigan, opening or just opened, 14 October. A landline to ring.
- A manufacture of soft furnishings business in Blackburn with Darwen, moved in, 19 October. A landline to ring. A mailbox.
Counted from the daily files dated 14 to 20 October 2026, the seven days to the latest file, as they were read on 20 October 2026. Each event is counted once, on the first file it reached.
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 what security they have now?
No. That isn't public. We tell you the site, the business, what happened there and when, and the job 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.
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