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Business Locations and Business Summary
Updated annually, Business Locations and Business Summary databases give you overview information about businesses by location and industry classification codes.
View Business Locations Sample [PDF]—Full-service restaurants in a seven-minute drive time around 430 North Michigan Ave., Chicago, Illinois.
The Business Summary database gives you statistics for
- Total sales
- Total number of employees
- Number of businesses by industry
The Business Locations point-level database provides business data by SIC and NAICS industry classifications and infoUSA's proprietary six-digit SIC and eight-digit NAICS industry codes.
- Company name
- City, state abbreviation, ZIP Code
- Franchise codes for selected industries
- Industry code
- Number of employees
- Estimated sales volume
- Census block group code or tract/county code
Read the methodology statement [PDF].
Request a quote for the location variables, summary variables, format, and geography you need.
With Business Locations and Business Summary, you can
- Compare sales volume, business size, and employee statistics to reveal opportunities by industry type and location.
- Analyze employee statistics of daytime and evening workers to determine hiring potential in your area by SIC or NAICS industry classification.
- Define the best types of merchandise to stock by retail industry sectors, and create effective advertising campaigns to target the most profitable consumers.
- Gain a better understanding of business opportunities in your industry by researching weaknesses in the competitive penetration.
What You Get
Get this database delivered to you via CD-ROM, DVD, or FTP. The following formats and levels of geography are available:
- Formats—ASCII fixed (TXT), ASCII comma delimited (CSV), dBASE IV (DBF), Microsoft Excel (XLS, where applicable), ESRI shapefile (SHP), ESRI Smart Data Compression (SDC), or ESRI file geodatabase (GDB)
- Geographies—Business Summary: United States, state, county, census tract, block group, place, ZIP Code, CSD, CBSA, DMA, congressional district
- Geography—Business Locations: U.S. point level
This data is also bundled with ArcGIS Business Analyst (desktop) and ArcGIS Business Analyst Server. You can use these Business Analyst products to visualize and analyze the business data together with other data.
This data is also used in Business Analyst Online to generate the following reports:
- Business Summary [PDF]
