New business leads for security guard and patrol companies in Portland & Vancouver, WA

Construction sites need watching after hours, new buildings need a lobby or patrol contract once they open, and bars need door staff from the first night. A new-building permit means a site with materials and equipment to protect for months, then a finished property to secure; a tenant-improvement permit means a new occupant deciding how its space will be watched; a new liquor license means a bar, club or restaurant that will need door and event security.

Launch Lookout pulls new-building and build-out permits from Portland Permitting & Development, Clark County and the City of Vancouver every day, plus new liquor licenses on the Oregon side from the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission, and maps them around your office.

The general contractor orders site security when the permit is filed, and the owner or property manager chooses the building's guard service before opening. Permit descriptions usually say what is being built, so apartments, retail centers and warehouses are easy to pick out. A license tells you the business name and the kind of license, so you can tell a brewpub from a bottle shop.