Commercial Opportunity Index — week of Oct 20, 2026

THREE OBSERVATIONS FROM THE DATA

1. Open city citations are 92% of the index.

   5,513 of 5,985 open opportunities come from citations an owner has to correct — apartment-building pest control (4,003 in New York City alone), commercial roofing (1,233) and fire protection (277). Openings-based pest control and signage make up the rest.

2. Fire protection is the one trade where Philadelphia leads New York.

   Philadelphia has 167 open fire-protection opportunities to New York City’s 110, and 11 of the 13 cited in the last 3 days. For roofing it is the reverse: 1,225 in New York City, 8 in Philadelphia. 46% of fire-protection opportunities are already aging (31–60 days), so the newer ones are where timing is strongest.

3. Fresh pest-control openings are concentrated in New York City.

   17 of the 22 openings found in the last 3 days are in New York City. Florida and Texas inventory is mostly 4–30 days old — Miami has 28 open and 0 new.

A caution: these counts are our researched inventory, which is still growing as we extend coverage. A higher count next week is not by itself evidence that cities issued more citations.

MARKET PAGES

• Signage — Dallas–Fort Worth · 79
• Signage — Houston · 70
• Signage — Miami–Fort Lauderdale–West Palm · 47
• Signage — Austin · 37
• Signage — San Antonio · 25
• Pest control (new openings) — New York City · 39
• Pest control (new openings) — Miami–Fort Lauderdale–West Palm · 28
• Commercial roofing — New York City · 1,225
• Fire protection — Philadelphia · 167
• Fire protection — New York City · 110
• Apartment-building pest control — New York City · 4,003

What one of these opportunities contains: three real examples, anonymized →