The commercial real estate industry runs on gut feel and $50K/year data subscriptions. A Starbucks opening a new location has a 30-person analytics team. A regional chain with 50 locations has one person with Excel. We built Axiom Locus to close that gap.
The Problem
A Starbucks has a 30-person analytics team. A regional chain with 50 locations has one person with Excel. The gap in location intelligence is massive — and it’s costing operators millions in bad site decisions.
Site selection today means driving to locations, counting cars in parking lots, pulling Census data that’s 4 years old, and paying $30,000–100,000+ per year for enterprise tools that lock away public data behind opaque algorithms. The process takes weeks. The data is stale. The decisions are gut-feel.
Our Approach
Axiom Locus aggregates 43 authoritative data sources across 8 signal groups into a single composite score for any location. Every sub-score traces back to a named, verifiable source — Census, BLS, FEMA, EPA, Google, Yelp, TomTom, and more. No black boxes. No proprietary algorithms hiding behind a paywall.
We use radius-based scoring: draw a 1km circle around any point and we analyze everything inside it. Not grid-locked census tracts, not arbitrary ZIP code boundaries — the actual area around your site.
The 8 Signal Groups
What Makes Us Different
| Feature | CoStar | Traditional | Axiom Locus |
|---|---|---|---|
| Data sources | Proprietary | 1–3 | 43 |
| Cost | $30–100K/yr | Free | Free–$500/mo |
| Transparency | Black box | Variable | Full |
| Coverage | National | Local | 22 metros |
| Scoring | Proprietary model | Manual | Weighted composite |
| Update frequency | Quarterly | Annual | Real-time enrichment |
Coming Soon
We’re just getting started. Here’s what’s on the roadmap:
Monthly Market Pulse newsletters with data-driven insights • Neighborhood-level scoring (currently 1km radius, exploring 500m) • Historical score trends — track how scores change over time • API access for programmatic integration • Custom scoring profiles for your specific use case • More metros — currently 22, targeting 50 by end of year