Consumer Spending

ESRI Data—Consumer Spending provides you with detailed information about consumer spending in your area. Updated annually, the database contains more than 730 items in 15 categories such as

• Automotive aftermarket
• Financial
• House and home
• Household budget
• Medical
• Recreation
• Retail goods and services

Data variables include total expenditures, average spending per household, and a Spending Potential Index (SPI), which compares the average local expenditures for a product to the average spent nationally.

Read the consumer expenditure methodology statement [PDF].

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With Consumer Spending data, you can

• Analyze your customers' purchasing habits and spending behaviors against consumer trends to determine if you need to adjust your product and service offerings.
• Benchmark local spending against national demand to see if a new product would be successful in your area.
• Segment your most profitable customers by their spending habits, and develop promotions to attract those customers to your stores.
• Evaluate your merchandise to see if it matches the consumer demand in each area and tailor promotions to fit each consumer segment.

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: United States, state, county, census tract, block group, place, ZIP Code, CSD, CBSA, DMA, congressional district

This data is also used in Business Analyst Online to generate the following reports:

• Automotive Aftermarket Expenditures [PDF]
• Financial Expenditures [PDF]
• House and Home Expenditures [PDF]
• Household Budget Expenditures [PDF]
• Market Profile [PDF]
• Medical Expenditures [PDF]
• Recreation Expenditures [PDF]
• Retail Goods and Services Expenditures [PDF]