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Alameda County New Business Filing Leads — Delivered by 7am Daily

Every weekday morning, get a fresh list of brand-new Alameda County fictitious business name (FBN/DBA) filings — business name, owner, and address — pulled straight from the official county source and delivered to your inbox before your competitors have made a single call.

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California's East Bay

Why Alameda County Is a Prime Territory for New-Business Sales

Alameda County is the heart of the East Bay — home to Oakland, Fremont, and Berkeley and more than 186,000 small businesses, with new ones filing with the county clerk every single business day. Each of those fictitious business name filings is a public record announcing that a brand-new business just opened its doors and needs the products and services you sell. FBN Resources turns that daily stream of official filings into a clean, ready-to-call lead list in your inbox by 7am every weekday.

Alameda County by the numbers

A Market That Keeps Producing New Customers

The scale of business activity in Alameda County makes it one of the most valuable territories in California — and every new filing is a prospect you can reach first.

186,619

Small businesses in the county

Nearly 99.94% of all Alameda County businesses are small businesses.

1.65M

Alameda County residents

California's 7th-largest county and the heart of the East Bay.

145,900+

Sole proprietors & self-employed

Nonemployer owners — exactly the people filing new DBAs with the county.

+29,000

More than a decade earlier

Alameda County added about 29,000 small businesses from 2014 to 2022 — roughly 19% growth.

~519K

New CA business applications (2024)

California filed about 519,000 new business applications in 2024 — Alameda County is a major share.

132,020

CA small-business openings

Small-business establishment openings in California in the year ending March 2024.

~59/hr

New CA business applications

Roughly 59 new business applications are filed across California every hour.

99.9%

Of CA businesses are small

Nearly every business in California — and in Alameda County — qualifies as a small business.

Sources: U.S. Small Business Administration, Office of Advocacy (2022 Small Business Profile); U.S. Census Bureau — Statistics of U.S. Businesses, Nonemployer Statistics, and Business Formation Statistics; U.S. Census Bureau population estimates. County-level small-business counts reflect 2022 Census data, the latest available; statewide figures are used where noted.

The first-mover advantage

A Brand-New Alameda Business Is Your Most Motivated Prospect

A business that just filed its fictitious business name in Alameda County has dozens of decisions still open — payment processing, insurance, payroll, banking, a phone system, a website, an accountant, a place to lease. Almost none of those vendors have been chosen yet.

That window closes fast. Within weeks, the new owner has picked their providers and stopped taking cold calls. The rep who reaches them first, while the decisions are still open, wins the account — and often keeps it for years.

FBN Resources exists to put you in that window every single morning. While your competitors are buying stale, resold lists, you are calling businesses that filed with the county days ago — from the official source, before anyone else has the data.

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What's in every Alameda filing

Everything You Need to Make the Call

Each Alameda County FBN filing in your daily digest comes straight from the official county record.

Business Name

The new fictitious business name filed

Owner Name

The registered owner of the business

Full Address

Street, city, and ZIP within the county

Filing Date

When the business officially filed

Business Type

Individual, LLC, corporation, and more

City & ZIP

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By city, ZIP, and business type

Business NameOwnerCityZIPTypeFiled
Bay Area Coffee Co.Daniel A. FisherOakland94607IndividualNew
Fremont BookkeepingRachel T. KimFremont94538LLCNew
Hayward Auto DetailMiguel R. FloresHayward94541IndividualNew
Berkeley Home ServicesAngela M. ChenBerkeley94704LLCNew
Tri-Valley LandscapingCarlos M. ReyesLivermore94550IndividualNew

Sample rows shown for illustration — subscribe to receive your actual Alameda County filings every weekday morning by 7am.

Who uses Alameda FBN data

Built for the Reps Who Sell to New Businesses

If your best customer is a business in its first 90 days, Alameda County filings are among the most valuable lists you can own.

Merchant Services & Payments

Every new Alameda business needs to accept payments. Reach them before the aggregators and the bank rep do.

Commercial Insurance

General liability, commercial auto, and workers' comp are required fast — often within the first 30 days of filing.

Payroll & HR Services

The moment a new business hires its first employee, payroll and workers' comp are purchased together.

Business Banking & Lending

A new DBA needs a business checking account and, often, early working capital. Be the first offer they see.

Accounting & Bookkeeping

New owners need books, tax setup, and an entity structure — and they are actively looking for a professional.

Commercial Real Estate

Storefronts, office suites, and warehouse space are needed within the first 30 to 90 days of filing.

From county source to your inbox

How Alameda County Filings Reach You Every Morning

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We pull Alameda filings

Our system connects to the official Alameda County FBN data source and pulls every new FBN filing it has published — cleaned, normalized, and de-duplicated automatically.

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Your digest is built

The newest filings from your Alameda territory are formatted into a clean daily digest — business name, owner, address, and filing date.

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Delivered by 7am

Your digest lands in your inbox by 7am every weekday. Search and filter in your dashboard, export a CSV, and start calling first.

Coverage across Alameda County

New Business Filings from Across the County

Filings from communities throughout Alameda County — filter your daily digest down to the exact cities and ZIP codes you work.

OaklandFremontHaywardBerkeleySan LeandroLivermorePleasantonUnion CityDublinNewarkAlamedaCastro ValleySan LorenzoEmeryvilleAlbanyPiedmontAshlandCherryland
Alameda County FBN filings — FAQ

Questions About Alameda County Filing Leads

What is a fictitious business name (FBN) filing in Alameda County?

A fictitious business name — also called a DBA ("doing business as") — is the legally required public filing a business makes with Alameda County when it operates under a name other than the owner's legal name. It lists the business name, the owner, and the business address, making it the earliest official signal that a new business has opened in the county.

Where does your Alameda County data come from?

Every filing comes directly from the official Alameda County public record — the same government source where businesses file their DBA, obtained directly from the county's official FBN records. We do not use third-party aggregators, resold lists, or data of unknown origin. You receive the freshest filings the county has published.

How fresh are the Alameda County filings I receive?

We pull the newest filings the county has published and deliver them in your digest by 7am each weekday. Counties publish on their own schedule, so your list reflects the most recent records available from the Alameda County source at the time of each morning's pull.

How many new businesses file in Alameda County?

Alameda County is home to more than 186,000 small businesses, and new fictitious business name filings are recorded with the county every business day. California overall recorded about 519,000 new business applications in 2024, with the Bay Area a significant share.

Can I filter Alameda filings to just my territory?

Yes. Your dashboard lets you filter Alameda County filings by city, ZIP code, and business type, so you can narrow the daily digest down to exactly the areas and industries you sell into — then export the list as a CSV for your CRM.

How do I get started with Alameda County data?

Choose a plan on the sign-up page, select Alameda County as your territory, and your first daily digest of fresh Alameda filings arrives in your inbox by 7am the next weekday morning. There is no long-term contract and you can cancel anytime.

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Own the East Bay's New-Business Market

Choose Alameda County and your first digest of fresh FBN filings lands in your inbox by 7am the next weekday morning — real new businesses, before any competitor has reached them.

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