FIELD NOTES / DATA QUALITY

Before a TABC filing becomes a research lead, verify the record.

The official TABC pending-applications dataset is public. A filing indicates an application record, not an issued license, opening date, active buyer or verified sales opportunity.

01 / Check the time window

Distinguish a source-reported filing date from the date you first discovered the record. Do not call a seven-day filing window “newly opened this week.” Record extraction and publication times separately when comparing releases.

02 / Confirm status at the source

Application status may change. A record in a historical export cannot certify that an application is still pending today, let alone that a license was approved or an establishment opened.

03 / Verify premises and identity

Check the premises address, applicant name, DBA (if present), and city/county fields. Missing fields are unknown—not evidence that a business lacks a name, address, or ZIP code.

04 / Avoid inflated counts

Multiple source applications may share a premises. Count application records, premises and businesses separately, and state exactly which unit your analysis uses. Do not silently treat every CSV row as a unique new business.

05 / Respect geographic boundaries

A selected-county export cannot support statewide claims. Report covered counties and excluded geographies explicitly. Use the official source if statewide completeness is essential.

06 / Decide whether paid preparation is useful

Choose the free government source for custom windows, live checks or full control over filters. Cavrynt's optional $29 CSV provides a consistent 15-field, dated, selected-county export; it does not include phone or email enrichment, coordinates or predicted opening dates.

Practical next step

Read the field dictionary and methods, compare the free portal with the paid export, or inspect the fictional sample before buying.