Net business openings, category diversity, rating trajectories, and business license activity — the pulse of commercial activity.
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Source
Category
Cadence
Coverage
Confidence
Business directory and reviews
Commercial
Continuous
National
Medium confidence
Open business place data
Crowdsourced
Monthly
National
Low confidence
Municipal business licenses
Municipal
Weekly
City
Medium confidence
Health inspections
Municipal
Weekly
City
Medium confidence
GLEIF Legal Entity Identifier registry
Federal
Continuous
National
High confidence
Secretary of State business registrations
Federal
Weekly
National
High confidence
Court dockets
Federal
Weekly
National
High confidence
Who's On First Gazetteer
Crowdsourced
Quarterly
National
Low confidence
Federal Agency FOIA Logs
Federal
Continuous
National
High confidence
State & Local Public Records
Municipal
Weekly
National
Medium confidence
MuckRock Completed Requests
Crowdsourced
Weekly
National
Low confidence
Migration flows, vacancy trends, and residential demand signals that lead economic growth by 6-12 months.
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Source
Category
Cadence
Coverage
Confidence
U.S. Census Bureau — Population Estimates
Federal
Annual
National
High confidence
IRS County-to-County Migration
Federal
Annual
National
High confidence
USPS / HUD Address Vacancy
Federal
Quarterly
National
High confidence
USPS Delivery Points
Federal
Quarterly
National
High confidence
USPS / HUD Migration Crosswalk
Federal
Quarterly
National
High confidence
Eviction Lab
Federal
Annual
National
High confidence
HUD Housing Data
Federal
Quarterly
National
High confidence
Income levels, population density, daytime population, age distribution, and household composition.
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Source
Category
Cadence
Coverage
Confidence
U.S. Census Bureau — American Community Survey
Federal
Annual
National
High confidence
CDC PLACES Health Indicators
Federal
Annual
National
High confidence
NCES School Enrollment
Federal
Annual
National
High confidence
Employment growth, wages, GDP, banking activity, and small business lending.
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Category
Cadence
Coverage
Confidence
BLS Quarterly Census of Employment & Wages
Federal
Quarterly
National
High confidence
BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
Federal
Monthly
National
High confidence
BEA Regional GDP
Federal
Annual
National
High confidence
U.S. Census Bureau — County Business Patterns
Federal
Annual
National
High confidence
U.S. Census Bureau — Business Dynamics Statistics
Federal
Annual
National
High confidence
FDIC Branch Deposits
Federal
Annual
National
High confidence
SBA 7(a) & 504 Lending
Federal
Quarterly
National
High confidence
CDFI Fund NMTC Awards
Federal
Annual
National
High confidence
HMDA Loan Application Register
Federal
Annual
National
High confidence
HMDA Bulk Records
Federal
Annual
National
High confidence
FHFA House Price Index
Federal
Quarterly
National
High confidence
H-1B Employer Filings
Federal
Quarterly
National
High confidence
USASpending Federal Awards
Federal
Monthly
National
High confidence
SAM.gov Government Procurement
Federal
Daily
National
High confidence
SAM.gov Veteran-Owned Businesses
Federal
Monthly
National
High confidence
IRS Exempt Organizations Master File
Federal
Quarterly
National
High confidence
FEC Campaign Contributions
Federal
Monthly
National
High confidence
LEHD Workplace Area Characteristics
Federal
Annual
National
High confidence
Building permits, satellite-detected construction, land cover change, and opportunity zones.
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Category
Cadence
Coverage
Confidence
Municipal building permits
Municipal
Weekly
City
Medium confidence
U.S. Census Bureau — Building Permits Survey
Federal
Monthly
National
High confidence
Open building footprints
Crowdsourced
Quarterly
National
Low confidence
Building inspections
Municipal
Weekly
City
Medium confidence
Code enforcement violations
Municipal
Weekly
City
Medium confidence
Capital improvement programs
Municipal
Quarterly
City
Medium confidence
Environmental impact reviews
Federal
Weekly
National
High confidence
Opportunity Zone designations
Federal
Annual
National
High confidence
MPO Transportation Improvement Programs
Federal
Quarterly
Metro
High confidence
Army Corps Section 404 Permits
Federal
Monthly
National
High confidence
Tax assessments
Municipal
Annual
City
Medium confidence
BLS QCEW Construction Employment
Federal
Quarterly
National
High confidence
Socrata Dataset Discovery
Municipal
Continuous
National
Medium confidence
Transit access, walkability, traffic flow, broadband coverage, EV infrastructure, and 5G cell tower density.
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Category
Cadence
Coverage
Confidence
FCC Broadband Data Collection
Federal
Annual
National
High confidence
FCC Antenna Structure Registry
Federal
Quarterly
National
High confidence
NTD Transit Ridership
Federal
Monthly
National
High confidence
Public transit feeds
Crowdsourced
Quarterly
National
Low confidence
Real-time traffic feed
Commercial
Continuous
National
Medium confidence
Walkability scoring
Crowdsourced
Continuous
National
Low confidence
HIFLD Infrastructure Layers
Federal
Quarterly
National
High confidence
OpenSky Flight Activity
Crowdsourced
Continuous
National
Low confidence
Crime rates, natural disaster risk, air quality, flood risk, and environmental quality indicators. Municipal 311 requests remain pending benchmark data and are excluded from scoring.
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Category
Cadence
Coverage
Confidence
Municipal crime incidents
Municipal
Weekly
City
Medium confidence
311 service requests
Municipal
Weekly
City
Medium confidence
NFIRS Fire Incidents
Federal
Annual
National
High confidence
FEMA Disaster Declarations
Federal
Monthly
National
High confidence
FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer
Federal
Annual
National
High confidence
FEMA National Risk Index
Federal
Annual
National
High confidence
EPA EJScreen
Federal
Annual
National
High confidence
EPA Toxics Release Inventory (TRI)
Federal
Annual
National
High confidence
EPA ECHO / FRS Facilities
Federal
Monthly
National
High confidence
NASA FIRMS Active Fire
Federal
Daily
National
High confidence
NOAA Storm Events
Federal
Monthly
National
High confidence
USGS Earthquake Catalog
Federal
Daily
National
High confidence
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Federal
Quarterly
National
High confidence
ACLED Conflict Events
Federal
Weekly
National
High confidence
NLCD Land Cover
Federal
Annual
National
High confidence
CCTV Camera Registries
Municipal
Quarterly
Metro
Medium confidence
Weather Station Feed
Commercial
Continuous
National
Medium confidence
Job market density, events, school quality, food access, unemployment, and Google Trends search intent.
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Category
Cadence
Coverage
Confidence
NCES School Quality
Federal
Annual
National
High confidence
USDA Food Access Atlas
Federal
Annual
National
High confidence
USDA NASS Quick Stats
Federal
Annual
National
High confidence
NPI Healthcare Providers
Federal
Monthly
National
High confidence
Liquor licenses
Municipal
Quarterly
City
Medium confidence
Google Trends search intent
Commercial
Weekly
National
Medium confidence
GDELT-derived news article velocity
Commercial
Daily
National
Medium confidence
GDELT Global Events
Federal
Continuous
National
High confidence
Job postings aggregator
Commercial
Continuous
National
Medium confidence
