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Command Center
What deserves your attention today.
Hill Country Tap & Tavern
MB · Travis County · Austin
Top opportunities right now
- 1Gutmann Pine Liquor & WineTravis75
- 2Kuhlman Key Liquor & WineTravis71
- 3Ratke Springs Liquor & WineHarris70
What changed
- Hill Country Tap — March receipts +18% vs Feb
- 3 new permits issued within 1.5 km of your watchlist
- El Tropicano Lounge — moved into top 5 in Travis MB
Venue lifecycle timeline
Every venue tells a story. We put it in order.
Permit issuance, first reported revenue, peaks, dips, and competitive openings nearby — all chronologically on one page. Stop reading rows in a database; start reading the venue's narrative.
- Permit issuance, revenue peaks, dips, operator changes, and competitive openings — all on one chronological stream.
- Automatic detection of revenue peaks and dips ≥25%.
- Geographic context — competitive openings within 1.5 km surfaced inline.
Lifecycle timeline
Active venueMixed Beverage Permit issued
License MB200065782 effective for Prequel LLC.
First reported receipts
$78k in mixed-beverage receipts filed.
Operator change
Master file linked Hill Country Hospitality LLC's third Texas venue.
Revenue peak
Highest reported month at $157k.
2 competitive openings nearby
New permits within 1.5 km in 30 days.
Recent revenue decline
Trailing 3-month avg down 32% vs prior 3.
Comp set
5 closest peer venues
Why these venues are comps
Same permit type (MB) · same county (Travis) · trailing-12-month receipts within ±60% of subject · active status only · 5 closest by revenue distance.
Hill Country Tap & TavernSubject
Austin · Travis
$1.42M
—
The Roosevelt Room
Austin · Travis
$1.61M
+13%
Garage Cocktail Bar
Austin · Travis
$1.38M
−3%
Whisler's
Austin · Travis
$1.29M
−9%
Half Step
Austin · Travis
$1.55M
+9%
Kitty Cohen's
Austin · Travis
$1.18M
−17%
Fair, explainable comp sets
Trust the comparison. See the methodology.
We don't dump every venue in the same county on you. Comp sets are computed by explicit rules — same permit type, same geography, similar revenue band, outliers excluded — and the methodology line is published right on the page.
- Auto-fallback to TABC region when the same-county pool is too small to be meaningful.
- Active-only, ranked by revenue proximity to the subject — not just alphabetical.
- Saved comp sets coming on Pro for reps who want to lock down their territory pool.
Scores tuned to your role
Three numbers that tell you what to do.
Each role gets a different headline score backed by two role-specific supporting scores — every factor itemized, no black-box ML. Pick a role to see the formula.
Competitive Position is the headline; supporting scores show whether your trade area is growing and whether anyone's gunning for you.
Competitive PositionPrimary
64
How am I winning the corridor?
- Top quartile of peer group+22
- Positive 3-mo trend+14
- Light nearby competition+6
- Concept saturation drag−4
Local Threat
22
Is anyone gunning for me?
- 2 new permits within 1.5 km+8
- No new full-liquor concepts+0
- Existing competitors stable+0
- Strong peer momentum−14
Area Opportunity
78
Is my market growing?
- Trade-area receipts +12% YoY+24
- 5 fresh permits in 90 days+18
- Concept demand rising+12
Opening radar
See the next account before your competitors do.
Every newly issued TABC permit, classified by concept (brewery, tavern, wine bar, sports bar...) and surfaced by county. The fastest way to find first-mover access while a venue is still forming relationships.
- Concept classifier derives the kind of venue from name + permit code (14 concept types).
- County + window filters for weekly, monthly, or quarterly cadences.
- Click-through to a full venue page with scores ready before the venue's first receipts even file.
Last 30 days · 142 new permits
Newly issued permits
- Tavern2 days ago
Caña Rum Bar
Austin · Travis
- Brewery5 days ago
Highland Brewing Co.
Houston · Harris
- Lounge1 week ago
El Vecino Cocktail Lounge
San Antonio · Bexar
- Sports Bar1 week ago
Bunker Park Tap House
Plano · Collin
How we compare
Parity on the basics. Daylight on what matters.
Generic Texas tools and boutique competitors all do search, maps, and charts. We're the only product centered on interpretation — lifecycle, scores, fair comps, and confidence.
| Feature | Generic Texas tools | Boutique competitors | The Texas Bar Tool |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venue search and lookup | |||
| Statewide map with filters | |||
| Monthly receipts charts | |||
| Compare two venues | |||
| Watchlist | |||
| CSV exports | Pro | ||
| Venue lifecycle timeline | |||
| Fair comp set with explicit methodology | |||
| Opportunity score (next-best-account) | |||
| Momentum score (directional health) | |||
| Risk score with itemized factors | Partial | ||
| Confidence layer (hotel/event flags) | |||
| Opening radar (concept-classified) | Partial | Partial | |
| Weekly digest of changes on watched venues | |||
| Data freshness + source transparency |
The signature workflow
Spot it. Score it. Compare it. Act on it.
Every other surface in The Texas Bar Tool feeds back into a single venue page that answers: what happened, how does it compare, where is it heading, and what should you do next.
One platform · four workspaces
The same data, framed for the way you work.
You pick your role at signup. Every dashboard widget, sidebar entry, recommended-action banner, and starter alert pack tunes to that role. The Map is the only surface that's identical across personas.
Map every venue · find every owner
Geocoded locations, public ownership records, real owners.
Over 103,000 Texas venues plotted on a canvas-rendered map. Filter by county, permit type, or active-only. For 83,000+ licensees we also surface the owner's name and mailing address from the public TABC license-info feed — plus a master-file ID that groups every license held by the same legal entity. See the bar; see who owns the bar.
- Operator portfolios roll up every license a single LLC holds, across counties.
- Zipcode saturation flags underserved (high $/venue) and oversaturated zips at a glance.
- Neighborhood radius search centers on a watched venue and pulls every active operator within 0.5–10 km.
Earn your trust
Explainable by default.
Numbers without methodology are vibes. We make the reasoning visible so you can defend every recommendation in front of a buyer or a boss.
Every score lists every factor
Each Opportunity / Momentum / Risk number breaks down into the inputs that produced it — visible on the venue page.
Confidence layer flags edge cases
Hotel-affiliated, event venue, airport-adjacent, multi-permit address, revenue outlier — all surfaced as a tooltip on the venue header.
Methodology lines on every comp set
We publish the rules — same permit type, same county, ±60% revenue band, active only — directly on the page.
Data freshness on every screen
Last successful sync per source is visible on the dashboard. You always know when the numbers were refreshed.
Free vs Pro
Free for curiosity. Pro for action.
Common questions
Frequently asked.
Where does the data come from?
Does the app look the same for everyone?
How are the scores computed?
What's region-scoped vs Texas-wide?
Why don't I see a chart on every venue?
Is this affiliated with TABC?
What's free vs paid?
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