Fitout Intel turns permits, licensing activity, and related public records into decision-ready territory intelligence for sales teams.
Fitout Intel is designed for sales teams selling into restaurants and bars. It identifies potential on-premise accounts while they are still opening, building out, or moving through licensing — so your reps engage while buying decisions are still being made, not after the distributor of record is already set.
A maintained research system, not a search query.
We monitor relevant public-record signals across the territory — building permits, liquor-license applications, and related filings.
Signals are classified, cross-checked, deduplicated, checked for stale or abandoned projects, and enriched with operator detail where available.
Qualified opportunities are delivered with stage, confidence, operator information where available, and a recommended sales-timing call.
Every Fitout Intel opportunity ships as a decision-ready card — the signal, the stage, the operator, and the timing call, on one page.
Recommended action: Engage territory sales now.
Actual sample lead, Miami-Dade, September 2026.
September 2026. Five tracked projects from county and municipal building-permit records and Florida DBPR license records — all public records. Each record states the verified facts; where details are still being confirmed, we say so. Revalidated September 26, 2026.
Building permit filed June 25, 2026 (2,139 sq ft, ~120+ seats across indoor and patio, $127,800 buildout) · first announced ~September 15 — 82 days later · expected November 2026 · operator Salvatore Viscomi (director) · Southern Italian; first U.S. location of a 7-location Swiss brand.
DBPR license status unverified · the brand is an established Miami fast-casual (2001 Biscayne Blvd) · a possible MiamiCentral food-hall stall surfaced in our records, but the hall's official vendor roster shows no Daily and no press or public record corroborates the outpost · monitoring for confirmation before any engagement is recommended.
$225K restaurant interior remodel permit filed August 2026 — remodel now appears complete · the former Melting Pot site (closed November 2024) is actively listed for sale as a fully renovated restaurant · no operator exists — this is a for-sale vacant shell, not an active reopening · tracking for a buyer or tenant signal.
Permit on file ($1.7M) · lease first reported ~February 2025, broker announcement July 2025 · early-2026 opening target missed — still pre-opening, possible stall · tracking buildout progress.
$189K restaurant-reno permit filed July 2026 at the former MOD Pizza site · new tenant appears to be City Cigar Sports Bar (City Cigar Lounge group) — announced May 2024, launch events at the address from November 2026 · cigar sports bar/lounge — bar use with light bites and liquor · suite number per announcement (305) differs from the permit record (301) — confirming before any rep visit is recommended.
Generic lists tell you a restaurant exists, or might open. Fitout Intel is built to answer the questions a territory rep actually asks:
Historical cases showing how far in advance the public-record signal existed before any public announcement. These are evidence of detection range — not leads.
Permit filed February 5, 2025 ($350,000 buildout) · first announced ~June 11, 2026 — roughly 16 months later.
Permit filed January 15, 2025 · first announced June 13, 2025 — about 5 months later. (The city's Design Review Board application DRB25-1096, a public filing, also predated the press piece.)
Permit filed April 1, 2025 ($323,300 buildout) · first announced July 31, 2025 — about 4 months later; opened December 19, 2025.
Permit filed June 25, 2026 · first announced ~September 15, 2026 — also listed above as a current opportunity.
Honest limitations. We don't beat press on every project. We don't guarantee advance notice, and we don't guarantee a decision-maker on every record. Every lead labels what public records prove versus what we infer, and flags what we don't know. Roughly 1 in 16 permits in our validation was later abandoned. The signal advantage is strongest with lower-profile and stealth projects — exactly the ones your reps are least likely to hear about through the trade.
Sources. All examples drawn from public records. Permit dates and valuations are per portal records accessed September 2026.
Every Monday, your territory brief tells you:
Built to be worked, not skimmed — an operational input to the week's routing and call planning.
Current validation coverage: Miami-Dade. We won't imply statewide coverage until the pipeline actually supports it.
Need another Florida territory? Contact Fitout Intel — expansion demand shapes where we build next.
Early release — one metro per subscription, starting with Miami-Dade.
Interested? hello@fitoutintel.com
Straight answers, no sales talk.
Territory intelligence for beverage distributor sales teams selling into restaurants and bars. We monitor public records for opening, buildout, and licensing activity, then deliver qualified, prioritized on-premise account opportunities as a weekly briefing.
Public records — building permits, liquor-license applications, and related filings. Every signal originates in records anyone could access; what you pay for is the maintained work around them.
Every Monday. Each briefing covers new qualified signals plus significant updates to opportunities already being tracked.
ENGAGE NOW — a qualified, verified signal where timing favors immediate rep action. ENGAGE SOON — a developing opportunity worth preparing for. MONITOR — tracked but not yet actionable, e.g. operator unconfirmed or project at an early stage.
No. We verify signals and screen for stale or abandoned projects — but roughly 1 in 16 permits in our validation was later abandoned, and plans change. We identify operators where public records allow it, and say so explicitly when we can't. Every record states its confidence level.
Because the information is only valuable once someone monitors it continuously, throws out the noise, verifies what's real, and tells your rep when to act. That's a full-time research job; we run it for $199 a month.
Miami-Dade today. Other Florida territories open as demand and pipeline support them — tell us where you need coverage.
Yes. Month-to-month — cancel by email and it takes effect at the end of your current billing period. No retention calls, no dark patterns.
Email support@fitoutintel.com. Verified corrections are published in the next weekly briefing, and we flag what changed.
Fitout Intel Support
Support requests are typically answered within one business day. Email only — no phone support.