New business leads for general contractors in Portland & Vancouver, WA

By the time a build-out permit is filed, a general contractor has usually been chosen. The records worth watching come earlier. A pre-application conference is an owner meeting the county about a site before any permit exists; a demolition permit means a site being cleared for whatever comes next; a new liquor license or health practice means an owner who will need a space built out and may not have hired anyone yet.

Launch Lookout pulls Clark County pre-application conferences and demolition permits from Portland Permitting & Development, Clark County and the City of Vancouver every day, plus new liquor licenses from the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission and new health practices from the federal NPI registry, and maps them around your office.

Pre-apps are the best lead: the project is real, the owner is named in the public record, and the contractor has not been picked. Bars, restaurants and clinics are the second route; most need a kitchen, exam rooms or a dining room built before they open. Build-out and new-building permits are on the map too if you want to see what competitors are working on.