Reach Metro Detroit businesses before they choose their service vendors.
Metro Detroit Opening Radar tracks permits, licenses, planning activity, renovations, and business-opening signals to identify restaurants and commercial locations preparing to open. Subscribers receive verified opportunities, decision-maker research, and suggested outreach angles before many competitors know the project exists.
By the time a new location shows up on Google Maps, it has already hired a pest control company, an HVAC contractor, and a cleaning crew. Opening Radar finds it months earlier.
Covering Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb counties: new restaurant openings, commercial build-outs, tenant improvements, change-of-ownership filings, and pre-opening inspections.
Build-out permit filed
Health plan review submitted
Lease signed, tenant improvement
Vendor decisions are made before the doors open
A new restaurant chooses its pest control company during health department plan review. It picks a hood-cleaning and grease-trap vendor before the first inspection. It signs a commercial cleaning contract during the week of final punch-list work. It calls an HVAC contractor when the kitchen equipment is set, not after opening night.
Every one of those decisions happens while the location is still invisible to businesses that prospect from Google searches, review sites, and purchased lists. Opening Radar exists to close that gap.
A sample opening opportunity
This is the format of a single record inside a weekly report. Each subscriber receives several of these per week, filtered to their service category and territory.
Full-service restaurant, ~4,200 sq ft
Example record formatted for a pest control subscriber covering western Wayne County.
Former quick-service tenant, vacant 14 months
Health inspections for new food service establishments look for a documented pest control program before the license is issued. Lead the conversation with the pre-opening inspection, not with a monthly service quote: "I work with new restaurants in western Wayne on getting the pest control documentation ready before your first health inspection — would it help if I sent over what the inspector will be looking for?" Best contact window is the two to four weeks after plan review approval, while equipment is being installed and the owner is on site daily.
Permit and license reference numbers so your team can verify every record independently, plus the date the signal was detected and the date it was verified.
How the information is found
Opening Radar is built from public and openly published records. Nothing is scraped from private systems, and every opportunity is reviewed by a person before it is sent.
Commercial build-outs, tenant improvements, mechanical, electrical, and plumbing permits filed with Metro Detroit municipalities.
Health department plan review and food establishment license activity — the earliest reliable signal that a restaurant is real and funded.
New business registrations, certificates of occupancy, change-of-ownership filings, and entity records naming the actual owner.
Site plan approvals, special land use requests, and variance hearings — often the very first public mention of a project.
New and transferred licenses, which reliably precede bar and full-service restaurant openings by several months.
Newly leased retail and commercial space, listing status changes, and sign permits indicating an incoming tenant.
From raw filing to usable opportunity
Monitor
Public filings across Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb are reviewed on a weekly cycle for new commercial and food service activity.
Verify
Each signal is confirmed against a second source before it becomes a record. Duplicates, renewals, and dead projects are removed.
Research
The named owner or manager is identified from public records, along with the project stage, likely timeline, and useful context.
Deliver
Records are formatted for your specific service category with a suggested outreach angle and a recommended contact window.
Who this is built for
Any business that sells a recurring or high-value service to a commercial location — where being first in the door usually wins the contract.
Pest Control
New food service establishments need a documented pest program before the health inspection. Reach them during plan review, not after opening.
HVAC & Refrigeration
Kitchen ventilation, rooftop units, walk-in coolers, and the service contract that follows the install.
Plumbing
Grease trap service, backflow testing and certification, and the drain maintenance contract for a brand-new kitchen.
Commercial Cleaning
Post-construction cleans, floor care programs, and nightly janitorial contracts signed in the final weeks before opening.
Electrical
Equipment hookups, sign and lighting work, panel upgrades, and ongoing maintenance for a new commercial tenant.
Towing & Automotive
Parking enforcement and towing agreements for new retail and restaurant lots, plus fleet accounts for new commercial operators.
Landscaping & Snow
Grounds maintenance and seasonal snow contracts are awarded before the first winter, not during it.
Security & Fire Safety
Alarm monitoring, camera systems, hood suppression, and extinguisher inspection programs required prior to opening.
Waste & Grease Hauling
Dumpster placement and grease collection agreements that need to be in place before the doors open.
What arrives every week
Delivered by email as a formatted PDF and a spreadsheet your team can work directly. Time-sensitive opportunities are sent as soon as they are verified rather than held for the weekly send.
- ✓Verified new opening opportunities in your territory
- ✓Opening stage and estimated opening window
- ✓Named decision maker research from public records
- ✓Business contact information where publicly available
- ✓A suggested outreach angle written for your service
- ✓Recommended contact window for each opportunity
- ✓Permit and license reference numbers for verification
- ✓Spreadsheet export for your CRM or call list
What this is not
Being direct about this up front saves everyone a wasted conversation.
- ✓Not a purchased lead list. These are timing signals on locations that do not have vendors yet, not a database of businesses that already do.
- ✓Not shared with your competitors. One company per service category, per territory.
- ✓Not a guarantee of a sale. You still have to make the call. Opening Radar decides who you call and when.
- ✓Not scraped from private data. Everything comes from public filings and openly published sources, with reference numbers so you can verify it.
One company per category, per territory
The same restaurant opening is never sold to five competing pest control companies. When you reserve a service category in a territory, that category is closed to other subscribers in that territory for as long as your subscription is active.
Territories are defined by county or by a group of municipalities, depending on how your business actually covers Metro Detroit. Reserve early — once a category is taken in a territory, the next company in that category has to wait for it to open up.
Tell us your service and the area you cover. If the category is open, we will hold it while you review a free sample report.
No obligation
Check Category AvailabilityPricing
One flat monthly subscription. No per-lead charges, no contracts, cancel with 30 days' notice.
Opening Radar
New-opening intelligence for one service category in one territory.
- Weekly verified opening opportunities
- Decision-maker research from public records
- Suggested outreach angle per opportunity
- PDF report and spreadsheet export
- Time-sensitive alerts sent immediately
- Category exclusivity in your territory
Growth Intelligence Bundle
Opening Radar plus the AI Front Desk — find the opportunity, then never miss the call that comes back.
- Everything in Opening Radar
- AI front desk for missed and overflow calls
- Industry-specific caller intake
- Approved-answer handling
- Clean follow-up-ready lead summaries
- Owner notifications and lead review dashboard
The two products cover opposite ends of the same problem. Opening Radar finds the opportunity before your competitors know it exists. The AI Front Desk makes sure that when the prospect finally calls you back, somebody answers.
AI front desk voice usage is billed the following month at approximately $0.07 per minute. The average call is usually under two minutes.
Common questions
Public and openly published sources: municipal building and trade permits, business and occupancy licensing, planning and zoning agendas, health department plan reviews, liquor license activity, commercial real estate listings and lease activity, and sign permits. Every record includes a permit or license reference number so your team can verify it independently.
A lead list is a database of businesses that already exist — and already have a pest control company, an HVAC contractor, and a cleaning crew. Opening Radar is a timing signal. It identifies locations still in build-out, licensing, or pre-opening, which is the narrow window when service vendors are actually being chosen.
Volume depends on your service category and territory, and it moves with the season and the local commercial market. Rather than promising a number we cannot control, we send you a free sample report for your actual category and territory so you can judge the volume and quality yourself before subscribing.
Yes. One company per service category, per territory. If a pest control company reserves Wayne County, no other pest control company receives that territory's report while the subscription is active. A commercial cleaning company can still hold Wayne County, because it is a different category and you are not competing for the same contract.
Weekly, by email, as a formatted PDF and a spreadsheet. Time-sensitive opportunities — a location with an imminent inspection or a confirmed opening date — are sent as soon as they are verified instead of waiting for the weekly send.
No. It is month to month with 30 days' notice to cancel. Your founding subscriber rate is locked for as long as you stay subscribed. If you cancel, your service category becomes available to other companies in that territory.
No. Opening Radar is sold on its own at $350 per month. The bundle exists because the two products solve consecutive problems — finding the opportunity, then capturing the call when it comes back — but either one works independently.
Metro Detroit: Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb counties. Territories can be scoped to a full county or to a custom group of municipalities that matches how your crews actually travel. If you cover a smaller footprint, a tighter territory usually produces a more useful report.
Your free sample report
Tell us your service category and the area you cover. We will put together a sample report using real opening signals from your territory so you can judge the quality before paying anything.
- ✓Built for your actual service category
- ✓Scoped to the territory you cover
- ✓Shows the real report format, not a brochure
- ✓Confirms whether your category is still open
- ✓No payment details, no obligation
Opening Radar on its own
$350/month
Bundled with the AI Front Desk: $497/month
Request your sample report
We will reply with your sample report and confirm whether your service category is still available in your territory.
Metro Detroit Opening Radar is a research and lead-intelligence service compiled from public and openly published records. Opportunity records, opening windows, and outreach recommendations are research estimates provided for prospecting purposes and are not legal, licensing, or compliance advice. The sample opportunity shown on this page is an illustrative example and does not describe a real business. Recover Missed Call does not guarantee any specific volume of opportunities, appointments, contracts, or revenue.
Find the opportunity first. Then answer the phone.
Opening Radar tells you which Metro Detroit locations are about to open and who is choosing the vendors. The AI Front Desk makes sure the callback never goes to voicemail.
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