Weekly report
New businesses in Portland & Vancouver, week by week
Every Monday, a count of the commercial build-outs, sign permits, new buildings and business registrations filed in one full week, from the four public sources Launch Lookout compiles. Each report covers the week that ended eight days earlier, because the Oregon registry and Clark County publish about a week behind. RSS
Filed Oct 12–18, 2026 · 618 leads
Week of Oct 12–18, 2026
Filings for the week of October 12–18 came to 618 new business leads in the Portland–Vancouver metro, 44 more than the week before. Registrations rose from 527 to 572. Sign permits climbed from 12 to 19, while build-out permits slipped from 19 to 16 and new-building permits held at 6; there was 1 demolition permit and 1 pre-application conference. Portland led again with 360 leads, 58% of the total. Gresham nearly doubled to 34, Beaverton fell from 47 to 38, Hillsboro had 29 and Oregon City 26. Vancouver recorded 13, down from 19, all of them from county and city permit records.
Filed Oct 5–11, 2026 · 574 leads
Week of Oct 5–11, 2026
The week of October 5–11 produced 574 new business leads across the Portland–Vancouver metro. New business registrations dominated, with 527 filed with the Oregon Secretary of State. On the construction side there were 19 build-out permits, 12 sign permits, 6 new-building permits, 2 demolition permits and 2 pre-application conferences, plus 6 home businesses. Portland accounted for 341 leads, about 59% of the total, followed by Beaverton with 47, Hillsboro with 33, and Gresham and Vancouver with 19 each. This is the first complete week in Launch Lookout's records, so there is no earlier week to compare it with.