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New businesses opening in Texas
A count of new business filings in the last 90 days, by city and by sector, derived from public records. Every filing is a business that will need an electricity account, and in deregulated Texas territory it will choose its own supply contract.
Texas new business filings at a glance
3,445 new businesses filed to open across 192 Texas cities in the last 90 days, by Voltcheckr LLC's derivation from public records (as of September 3, 2026). The cities with the most filings: Houston 521, San Antonio 234, Austin 224. The sectors with the most filings: Restaurants & Food Service 906, Retail & Shopping Centers 889, Professional Offices 245. Every one of those businesses will need an electricity account; in deregulated Texas territory it chooses its supply contract, and the local delivery utility carries the power either way.
Sources: Texas Comptroller sales tax, mixed beverage and tobacco permits, TABC applications and licenses, and city and county building permits, public records, counts only, derived by Voltcheckr LLC, as of September 3, 2026.
Filings by sector, statewide
| Sector | Filings, 90 days |
|---|---|
| Restaurants & Food Service | 906 |
| Retail & Shopping Centers | 889 |
| Professional Offices | 245 |
| Warehouses & Distribution | 244 |
| Gyms & Fitness Centers | 49 |
| Healthcare & Medical Clinics | 48 |
| Hotels & Hospitality | 17 |
| Churches & Houses of Worship | 6 |
| other businesses | 1,041 |
Filings by city
How the counts are made
Voltcheckr LLC reads five public feeds nightly (Texas Comptroller sales tax, mixed beverage and tobacco permits, TABC applications and licenses, and city and county building permits), keeps the filings that describe a business opening or fitting out a commercial premises, drops home-based registrations and businesses public listings already show as operating, matches each filing to a Texas city page, and counts by NAICS sector. Nothing but a city, a sector and a count is stored or published.
Questions about these counts
What counts as a new business filing?
A public record that says a business is opening or fitting out a commercial premises: a new sales tax permit with a future or recent first-sales date, a pending or newly issued TABC license, a mixed beverage or tobacco permit, or a fit-out or certificate-of-occupancy permit. Maintenance permits, home-based registrations and filings by businesses that public listings already show as operating are left out.
Why does a broker publish this?
Because a new business needs an electricity account, and in deregulated Texas territory it chooses its supplier. The counts say where the market is moving month to month, city by city, and the same public records are what Voltcheckr LLC reads to find businesses opening near its clients. No business is named here; the counts are the whole dataset.
Can I reuse the numbers?
Yes, with attribution to Voltcheckr LLC and a link to this page. The counts are Voltcheckr LLC's own derivation from public records; the Texas Comptroller, the TABC and the permit offices publish the underlying filings and are not the source of these totals.
Cite as: Voltcheckr LLC, New businesses opening in Texas (derived from public records), voltcheckr.com/business-electricity/new-businesses.
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