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:
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 datasales@esri.com.
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