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New restaurant filings in Washington, District of Columbia

New restaurant business license records every week: business name, address, filing date, a link to the government record. No District of Columbia feed publishes a phone number. For lenders: new restaurants that may need financing.

Added this week
7Nov 9, 2026 edition
Next edition
Nov 16, 2026

Updated every week

This week's District of Columbia filings

2 of 7 new filings from the Nov 9, 2026 edition. Filings, not confirmed openings.

BusinessCityWhat was filedSource dateContact in the Excel
Fire Restaurant and LoungeWashingtonNew restaurant business licenseNov 5, 2026None published yet
Puree Juice BarWashingtonNew restaurant business licenseNov 4, 2026Phone, website

The Excel adds the address, the government link and any phone, email or website the business publishes: 1 of 14 District of Columbia records in this edition have one.

What we collect in District of Columbia

New restaurant business license

Washington, District of Columbia. District table refreshed daily, checked daily.

Basic Business Licenses newly issued for the business activity "Restaurant", dated by the initial issue date, with the licensed entity and trade name. The District publishes no phone. Caterers, delicatessens, food shops, mobile and vending licenses and premises outside the District are left out. A new license can also go to an existing restaurant under a new owner; it is not a confirmed opening.

District of Columbia Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection

Franchise restaurant sold

Nationwide, a few a month. Checked daily.

When FranBizNetwork, the brokerage that runs Restaurant Intel, closes the sale of a franchise restaurant in District of Columbia, the sold location is in the report too: address, brand, close date and the business phone when the brokerage has it. It is our own sale record, not a government filing, and the row says so. Never the buyer, seller or price.

FranBizNetwork

Not covered

  • Outside Washington, District of Columbia has SBA 7(a) financing approvals as background, plus any franchise restaurant FranBizNetwork sold there.
  • Only what these registers publish, on the publisher's own schedule.
  • Phone numbers: a District of Columbia row needs a lookup before a call, from the name, address and government link.
  • Loan requests. A filing shows activity, not a need for a loan; an ownership change is not a business for sale, and a franchise or chain is labeled, not removed.