Thinking Of Starting A Biz?
No doubt, major companies like McDonald’s and Starbucks spend millions on finding the right locations for their stores. It’s critical to their success.
In fact, in today’s turbulent economy, location is probably even more important.
OK, but what if you don’t have a huge budget to research the location of your new business? The good news is that there is a free web-service that can help out: ZoomProspector.
“Our database covers all cities and counties in the US,” said Chad Catacchio, the marketing director at ZoomProspector. “A key part of our data comes from working with local governments over the past ten years.”
For example, you can search for an area that has 50% of the workforce that is white collar; where median income is $50,000; or where there is an airport nearby. What’s more, you can search for areas that have enterprise zones, which can provide your business with some nice incentives.
This kind of analysis can easily cost thousands of dollars and take months to put together. But with ZoomProspector, the process can take just a few minutes. And there isn’t even a sign-in requirement.
Photo by GIS Planning Inc..
Jaclyn on November 4th, 2008 2:12 pm
I think this will help business’ already established as well as it will definitely help out people looking to open up a new business. Not everyone has all the necessary resources to open up a business, and this is definitely one resource that will come in handy for them when making decisions regarding a new business start-up.
Matt on November 5th, 2008 12:11 pm
Cool idea but far from complete. I tried a couple searches in my area and the info was either missing or very marginal- and I don’t live in a small city. I found a lot more detail on wikipedia and using google in the same amount of time.
Cassy on November 5th, 2008 7:45 pm
It’s the easiest way in making a certain business, a great idea that the investor’s can have. But the investor’s should make sure that the place is really right to put up a certain business, so that there should be no mess in spending money in that certain business. Think that the place is the nice place to gain more in able to make the business grow more.
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