Built for local service businesses

Find your next contract before your competition.

We track businesses opening, expanding, relocating and renovating across Columbus—then share the best opportunities, buying windows and decision-makers before they start shopping for vendors.

Market Brief

Wednesday · 8:02 AM

5 new commercial opportunities in Columbus

New facilities, expansions and relocations worth acting on this week.

Fresh opportunities straight to your email.

Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, we track commercial activity across Columbus and surface the businesses entering a likely buying window and send them directly to your inbox.

Locating Opportunities

Run agent

We monitor the market 24/7

Commercial activity never stops. Neither does our signal tracking.

We watch every category

Openings, expansions, relocations, renovations, leases and more.

Finding Opportunities

Scanning new commercial activity

Matching signals to your service

Verifying timing and relevance

Finding the likely decision-maker

Ranking the best opportunities

We surface what matters

Opportunities, windows and decision-makers delivered before the market gets crowded.

Imagine being the first to know.

We track what’s changing across Columbus, determine which businesses are entering a buying window, and turn the strongest signals into something your team can act on.

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Market monitoring
02
Opportunity matching
03
Buyer research
04
Brief delivery
We track what’s changing.

Permits, leases, openings, expansions, relocations, renovations, hiring activity and other signals are monitored continuously across the market.

Monitoring commercial activity across Columbus

  • New permits

  • Business expansions

  • Tasks

  • Connected tool

Monitoring commercial activity across Columbus

  • New permits

  • Business expansions

  • Tasks

  • Connected tool

Monitoring commercial activity across Columbus

  • New permits

  • Business expansions

  • Tasks

  • Connected tool

We figure out who’s likely to need you.

Every signal is evaluated against your service, facility type, timing and potential value so irrelevant activity never reaches your inbox.

Matching signals to your service

Matching signals to your service

Matching signals to your service

We find the person behind the opportunity.

When possible, we identify the company, likely decision-maker and the context you need to make a relevant introduction.

Verifying buying window

  • High-fit opportunity identified New facility · 118,000 sq. ft. · Operations hiring underway · Likely vendor selection window: 30–90 days

Verifying buying window

  • High-fit opportunity identified New facility · 118,000 sq. ft. · Operations hiring underway · Likely vendor selection window: 30–90 days

Verifying buying window

  • High-fit opportunity identified New facility · 118,000 sq. ft. · Operations hiring underway · Likely vendor selection window: 30–90 days

You get the opportunities worth acting on.

The strongest signals are ranked and delivered every Monday, Wednesday and Friday—with the reason to reach out now.

Columbus Cleaning Brief

5 opportunities · Monday

Monday recap:
94 — New Albany

142,000 sq. ft. facility Buying window: Now–90 days

Verified

91 — Dublin

Medical renovation Buying window: 30–120 days

Verified

86 — Columbus

New corporate office Buying window: 60–120 days

Verified

You

Better timing creates better opportunities.

Most commercial vendors hear about an opportunity when everyone else does. We surface the signals earlier—while companies are still opening, expanding, relocating or preparing for occupancy—so your team has a reason to reach out before the market gets crowded.

  • Permits

  • Leases

  • Expansions

  • Web page

  • Relocations

  • Hiring

  • Operations

Reach out earlier

Get in front of businesses before vendor selection is already underway.

Prioritize better

Focus on the accounts showing real commercial activity instead of prospecting blindly.

Start with context

Know what changed, why it matters and who is likely responsible before you make contact.

Scanning local sources

Selecting model

Scanning local sources

Selecting model

Scanning local sources

Selecting model

Spend less time searching

Your strongest local opportunities arrive already researched, ranked and ready to act on.

We do the research. You do the outreach.

Every brief turns local commercial activity into a small set of researched opportunities your team can actually use.

3× / week

Fresh intelligence delivered

5–10

Ranked opportunities per brief

1 market

Focused local coverage

1 clear reason

To reach out now

Our leads are specific to your industry.

We monitor the same commercial activity across Columbus, then filter and interpret it around the services your business actually sells.

Security & Access Control

New locations and renovations creating installation, monitoring and service opportunities.

Security & Access Control

New locations and renovations creating installation, monitoring and service opportunities.

Security & Access Control

New locations and renovations creating installation, monitoring and service opportunities.

Commercial Cleaning

New facilities, relocations and expansions creating recurring janitorial opportunities.

Commercial Cleaning

New facilities, relocations and expansions creating recurring janitorial opportunities.

Commercial Cleaning

New facilities, relocations and expansions creating recurring janitorial opportunities.

Fire Protection

New construction and facility changes creating inspection, alarm, sprinkler and compliance needs.

Fire Protection

New construction and facility changes creating inspection, alarm, sprinkler and compliance needs.

Fire Protection

New construction and facility changes creating inspection, alarm, sprinkler and compliance needs.

Commercial HVAC & Mechanical

Growing and newly occupied facilities entering new maintenance, service and replacement cycles.

Commercial HVAC & Mechanical

Growing and newly occupied facilities entering new maintenance, service and replacement cycles.

Commercial HVAC & Mechanical

Growing and newly occupied facilities entering new maintenance, service and replacement cycles.

Commercial Landscaping & Snow

New developments and occupancies creating recurring exterior-maintenance contracts.

Commercial Landscaping & Snow

New developments and occupancies creating recurring exterior-maintenance contracts.

Commercial Landscaping & Snow

New developments and occupancies creating recurring exterior-maintenance contracts.

Commercial Pest Control

New facilities and high-risk commercial environments creating recurring service opportunities.

Commercial Pest Control

New facilities and high-risk commercial environments creating recurring service opportunities.

Commercial Pest Control

New facilities and high-risk commercial environments creating recurring service opportunities.

Choose how early you want to know.

Fresh commercial opportunities, researched and delivered to your inbox every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

Brief

/ month

Everything you need to stop prospecting blind.

INCLUDES

M/W/F opportunity brief

5–10 ranked opportunities

Buying-window context

Likely decision-makers

One service + one metro

Priority

Most popular

/ month

More intelligence for teams actively pursuing new contracts.

INCLUDES

Everything in Brief

Priority opportunity alerts

Deeper buyer research

Custom opportunity filters

Expanded signal coverage

Exclusive

/ month

Own the signal in your service category and territory.

INCLUDES

Everything in Priority

Category exclusivity

No competing subscriber in your market

Custom territory monitoring

Direct priority support

Brief

/ month

Everything you need to stop prospecting blind.

INCLUDES

M/W/F opportunity brief

5–10 ranked opportunities

Buying-window context

Likely decision-makers

One service + one metro

Priority

Most popular

/ month

More intelligence for teams actively pursuing new contracts.

INCLUDES

Everything in Brief

Priority opportunity alerts

Deeper buyer research

Custom opportunity filters

Expanded signal coverage

Exclusive

/ month

Own the signal in your service category and territory.

INCLUDES

Everything in Priority

Category exclusivity

No competing subscriber in your market

Custom territory monitoring

Direct priority support

Built on signals you can verify.

We don’t recycle lead lists. Every opportunity starts with observable commercial activity and is checked before it reaches your inbox.

Source-backed

Permits, planning records, company announcements, hiring activity and other public sources.

Cross-checked

Key details are verified across available sources before an opportunity is ranked.

Time-sensitive

Signals are prioritized by recency and the likelihood that a buying window is opening now.

Service-specific

Every opportunity is filtered around your trade, territory and the contracts you actually want.

Questions, answered.

How OpenedFirst works, what you receive, and how to get started.

What exactly do I receive?

A concise intelligence brief delivered every Monday, Wednesday and Friday with ranked commercial opportunities, the signal behind each one, timing context, and the likely person to contact.

Where do the opportunities come from?
Is this just a lead list?
Are the opportunities exclusive?
What markets do you cover?
What types of businesses is this for?
Do you contact the businesses for me?
Can I cancel anytime?

Know what’s moving before everyone else does.

Get the strongest commercial opportunities in your market—researched, ranked, and delivered every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

OpenedFirst

A smarter way to find leads.

© 2026 OpenedFirst. All rights reserved.

Know what’s moving before everyone else does.

Get the strongest commercial opportunities in your market—researched, ranked, and delivered every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

OpenedFirst

A smarter way to find leads.

© 2026 OpenedFirst. All rights reserved.

Know what’s moving before everyone else does.

Get the strongest commercial opportunities in your market—researched, ranked, and delivered every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

OpenedFirst

A smarter way to find leads.

© 2026 OpenedFirst. All rights reserved.