Places/Points of Interest

Esri offers business locations data from Data Axle and places data from SafeGraph.

Data Axle

Esri's Business Locations data is extracted from a comprehensive list of businesses licensed from Data Axle. The business list contains data for more than 13 million U.S. businesses, including name and location, franchise code, industrial classification code, number of employees, and sales.

The Business Locations database business classifications include the following:

• Location SIC and NAICS industry classifications
• Annual sales
• Employees

Vintage

Q1 2022

Available geographies

U.S. Business Locations is a point-level dataset.

Update frequency

• Locations
  • Quarterly (ArcGIS Business Analyst and ArcGIS Community Analyst web apps)
  • Annually (ArcGIS Business Analyst Desktop)
• Summary—Annually

Methodology

Esri uses the following methodology for business data:

• 2021 US Business Locations & Summary data Esri Methodology Statement
• Business Locations (Data Axle) 2020 SIC Code Re-assignment Process Data Note (PDF)
• Methodology Statement: 2020 US Business Locations and Business Summary Data (PDF)

Sample reports

The following sample business report is available: Business Locator (PDF)

For more information about reports and the products that contain them, visit ArcGIS Apps.

For information about the number of credits needed to run reports, see Credits by capability.

Variable lists

The following lists are available:

• Data Axle Business Listing File (PDF)
• Franchise Codes (PDF)
• Industry Codes (PDF)

Data availability

Business data is available in various products including the following:

• ArcGIS Business Analyst—Conduct a Business and Facilities Search or run a report.
• ArcGIS Community Analyst—Conduct a Business and Facilities Search or run a report.

For information about purchasing Esri Demographics data as stand-alone datasets, contact [e-mail].

SafeGraph

The places data from SafeGraph contains information about five million U.S. places, including name, location, industrial classification code, and brand. These places are defined as locations where consumers can spend money, time, or both and include restaurants, grocery stores, malls, parks, hospitals, museums, and more.

Vintage

January 2022

Update frequency

Locations—Quarterly (ArcGIS Business Analyst and ArcGIS Community Analyst web apps)

Methodology

The following document on the SafeGraph website includes the methodology for business data: Places Manual.

Data availability

SafeGraph data is available in the following products:

• ArcGIS Business Analyst Web App—Conduct a Business and Facilities Search.
• ArcGIS Community Analyst—Conduct a Business and Facilities Search.
• ArcGIS Marketplace