Glossary
22 terms from the reports, the online lead list and the Excel workbook, each with what to confirm before you call.
22 terms · Plain-English explanations for your next call.
A government permit explicitly describes restaurant work. The business operator may not yet be named.
Read the scope, the project cost when stated and the permit conditions. Issuance does not prove work has started or that financing is still being arranged.
An initial restaurant inspection in the permit process, sometimes while the restaurant is already operating.
It is not an inspection-pass rating, an issued permit or proof of a new opening.
A license or application points to a possible new restaurant. It does not by itself confirm the doors are open.
Check the stage, location and announced opening date before you call.
A record of a change in the business operator or license holder. A Franchise resale row is a sale FranBizNetwork closed; it is not a government record.
For a government record, confirm whether the transfer is pending or issued. Either way, confirm who the new owner is and how the purchase was paid for. This is not a for-sale listing.
A filing points to a change of business location.
Confirm the new address and move date; the restaurant may still be operating at its previous address.
The filing concerns both an operator change and a location change.
Confirm both changes, timing and who handles financing.
A city, county or state license, permit or registration was recorded for a restaurant business. It does not prove an opening or that the business is trading.
Confirm that it is a restaurant and ask about operating plans.
A public SBA record of an approved loan: the borrower, and the lender and amount when the record gives them. On its own sheet, SBA approvals, as background: who funded what nearby.
It does not establish an opening, sale, funding disbursement or a current borrowing need.
The owner is marketing a business for sale. It is different from an ownership-change record.
A listing is not a completed sale. Confirm current listing status and permission before sharing owner information.
A - Call first, B - Worth a call, B - Email or website, C - Research first, D - Background. The letter comes from the row's place in a lender's order, so down the list the letters never go back up: A is a phone and the first kind of record in your order (build-outs and ownership changes for most lenders) with activity in the last 30 days; B any other row with a phone, or an email or website only; C no phone, email or website found yet; D an SBA loan approval. Company-run chains and retail brands are never A.
Priority orders your calls. It does not predict that a business will borrow.
The role published by the business, the government source or, for a FranBizNetwork sale, the brokerage. A corporate officer or property owner is not automatically the person who handles financing.
Confirm who handles financing and that the business can be reached before you pitch.
Activity describes the kind of record: a government filing, or a FranBizNetwork sale. Stage describes how far it got.
Application pending is earlier than License issued. A Franchise resale stage is a closed sale. Opening confirmed needs explicit supporting evidence.
The date on the source record, not the date we found it. Days since counts from that date to the report date.
Read the source and note to see what that date represents. Government publication can lag the event. A FranBizNetwork sale is dated the day the brokerage recorded it.
When the contact was checked against its source: the Checked column on the Sources sheet.
Published does not mean the phone was answered or an email was tested. Confirm the person and role.
Links to the original record, supporting information, restaurant website and published contact source. The Sources sheet lists each saved link separately.
Two pages from one organization are not two independent confirmations. A directory or general website may support identity without proving an event.
The information was not found or has not been established.
We do not infer a first name, guess an email or assume the business lacks a phone.
What the business name says about who owns the location. Franchise: usually a local owner who arranges their own financing. Company-run chain: financing is often decided at headquarters. Retail or lodging brand: not a restaurant borrower. Franchise resale: a location sold through FranBizNetwork; the buyer is the new owner.
These rows stay in the report. Confirm whether this location arranges its own financing before you pitch.
A stable identifier for the record, the same in every report and in your online account.
Quote it when you report a wrong or outdated record.
License type codes published by California Alcoholic Beverage Control: 41 is beer and wine at an eating place and 47 is a full liquor license at an eating place; 42 and 48 are the equivalents for a bar or public premises.
Read the filing and its stage. A license code alone is not an opening or a completed sale.
All active subscriptions receive the same available nationwide data, with no state or business-type restrictions. Existing state subscribers keep their current price.
National coverage does not mean every county has an active source or a guaranteed number of records.
Delivery history prevents the same restaurant from repeatedly being sent to the same customer. A different customer can receive that record.
New to you does not necessarily mean newly opened. Saved reports stay in your account.
Unsubscribe stops report emails; whether new reports keep arriving in your account is shown in your account settings. Cancellation is a billing action through Manage billing.
Stopping emails does not cancel payment. Check both delivery preferences and billing status.
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