I finally completed my annualish store survey several weeks ago, but still haven’t fully crunched all the numbers. I posted a preview of the closings I recorded, and sharp eyed readers pointed out several stores that I misidentified. That turned out to be a useful exercise, so I’m trying it again with the stores I counted as opening.
This is a bit tougher to fact check, because you’d have to remember specifically that the store was actually open the last time I did the survey (September 2023). Also, there are still one or two shops that get newly counted that didn’t really open recently, I just simply missed them in the past.
With all that said, here is the preliminary list of all the openings I detected since September 2023, let me know if something doesn’t look right!:
| Baku Caviar |
| Stretch Lab |
| Aqua Nails |
| Caspian Crust |
| Pi Kitchen and Bath |
| Sugared and Bronzed |
| Han Palace |
| NEKA |
| Hunter and Huntress |
| Hitched |
| Matt Camron Rugs |
| Capital Connect |
| Jack Howard |
| Paris Antiques |
| Yen Mai Hair and Nails |
| Koryouri Urara |
| Tatte |
| Glowlab |
| Generation Tux |
| Georgetown Pantry |
| Framebridge |
| Bespoke and Aesthetics and Wellness |
| 7th Street Burger |
| Dolce Vita |
| Peter Manning |
| Tillies Pet Supplies |
| M La Fluer |
| Wingos |
| Meow Maison |
| It’s a Secret |
| Saints Valley |
| Closed Caption |
| Alara |
| Citibank |
| Argent |
| Outerknown |
| Clare V |
| Malbon |
| Definition Studio |
| Greater Goods |
| Georgetown Vet Hospital |
| Amomola Hagerman |
| La Bonne Vache |
| Brompton |
| Zaig and Voltaire |
| Sezane |
| Regan Billingsley |
| Baker’s Daughter |
| Doca Georgetown |
| Andreu World |
| Lashiskin Beauty Spa |
| My Little chamomile |
| Reverie |
| Spot of Tea |
| Georgetown Sushi |
| River Club |
| Ice Cream Jubilee |
| Tesla |
| Ornare |
| Max Alto |
| Molteni and Co |
| Poliform |
| Skims |
| Billy Hicks |
| Rimtang |
| Sweaty Betty |
| Rails |
| Away |
| Osteria Mozza |
| Olefactory |
| Vuori |
| Arcteryx |
| Smoothie King |
| Kiehl’s |
| New Balance |
| Frame |
| Cabada Contemporary |
| Camlai Salon |
| Farm Rio |
| Catbird |
| Barnes and Noble |
| Staud |
| Grown Brilliance |
| Loveweld |
| Rose Salon |
| La Boheme |
| Barber Shop |
| Monstera |
| Pure Sweat and Float |
The Georgetown Metropolitan 
I have one possible addition to your list of new businesses in G’town: Afghania restaurant at 2811 M St. I’m not sure they had opened by the time of your previous survey in late 2023.