Data Axle

Esri extracts Business Locations for the United States and Canada from a comprehensive list of businesses licensed from Data Axle. This list contains over 13 million U.S. businesses and over 1 million Canadian businesses. Esri uses this data to also create Business Summary data for the United States.

Data Axle Business Locations datasets are one part of a comprehensive portfolio of ArcGIS Places data—also known as points of interest (POI)—offered by Esri. Places data from Data Axle is focused specifically on business information, containing the following:

  • Business name and location.
  • Primary and secondary industrial classification codes (NAICS-based and SIC-based).
  • Business type designation: independent, branch, headquarters, or kiosk.
  • Estimated annual sales volume and employee counts.
  • Shopping center name, brands, affiliations, and business headquarter information, when available.

Vintage

Vintage for the data is as follows:

NAICS and SIC

A key differentiator of Data Axle business data is the addition of two proprietary digits onto the standard government-provided industrial classification codes. These extra two digits, which produce an eight-digit NAICS code and a six-digit SIC code, provide additional rich detail about the business type.

For standard government NAICS and SIC code definitions, see the NAICS website and the SIC Manual.

Available geographies

Business Location datasets are available for all 50 states in the United States and all provinces and territories of Canada.

Update frequency

Update frequency for datasets is as follows:

  • Three times per year—licensed ArcGIS products using an ArcGIS Online access method
  • Annually—licensed ArcGIS products with locally installed data

Reports and infographics

Data Axle Business Locations can be used in standard infographics and classic reports. For more information about licensed ArcGIS products with infographic templates, see Introduction to Places data.

  • Classic report—Tabular, spreadsheet-style data reports that can be downloaded as PDFs or Excel documents. See sample reports Business Summary (PDF) and Business Locator (PDF).
  • Infographics—Interactive data reports featuring compelling data visualizations, charts, and map graphics. See sample Eating Places infographic (PDF).

Note:
It is important to take note of the number of credits required to access Business Locations. For more information, see the ArcGIS Online Credits by capability topic or the ArcGIS Location Platform Pricing topic (scroll to Business Search, Infographics, and Reports).

Attributes

Details available for Data Axle Business Locations include the following:

AttributeDescriptionCanadaU.S.Example

Company or Business Name

Name by which the business is known or conducts business.

Yes

Yes

Lake Centre Dental Group

Street

The street name of the primary business address, typically without number.

Yes

Yes

Jasper Ave NW

Address

Physical address of the location (cannot be used for direct mailing purposes).

Yes

Yes

123 Jasper Ave NW

City

Town or municipality for the business (mailing or physical address).

Yes

Yes

Fort McMurray

State or province name

Full name of the state or province.

Yes

Yes

Saskatchewan

State or province abbreviation

2-letter abbreviation of the state or province.

Yes

Yes

SK

Forward sortation area (FSA)

3-digit FSA postal code assigned to the business address.

Yes

T9H

Postal or ZIP code

FSA, Local Delivery Unit (LDU), or USPS 5-digit ZIP code.

Yes

Yes

T9H 1L2

ZIP +4 extension

USPS ZIP + 4 code.

Yes

34229 5101

Primary NAICS

North American Industry Classification System code. Standard codes are 6 digits; Data Axle adds 2 characters to create a proprietary 8-character code. This field is associated with the primary SIC code only.

Yes

Yes

54194009

All NAICS Codes

Lines of business represented by NAICS codes.

Yes

Yes

81211206,81211202

Primary SIC

Standard Industrial Classification code. Standard codes are 4 digits; Data Axle adds 2 characters to create a proprietary 6-character code.

Yes

Yes

641112

All SIC Codes

Lines of business represented by SIC codes.

Yes

Yes

811103,654102

Affiliated Orgs

Organizations with which the company is registered or affiliated.

Yes

Yes

IDA

Brands

A list of brands sold by the business. The brand can be an independent, licensed seller of a certain brand, owned directly by the manufacturer.

Yes

Yes

Bryant

Headquarters Name

The direct headquarters of this business within its corporate family.

Yes

Yes

Canada Diagnostic Centres

Landmark Name

Name of location (such as a complex, building, mall, and so on) in which business is located.

Yes

Yes

Midtown Medical Park

Location Parent

Primary business at a location with multiple places.

Yes

Yes

International Stone and Tile

Location Parent Relationship

Relationship to the primary business at a location.

Yes

Yes

Primary business

Location Confidence

Esri-created value that ranks the accuracy of the business location address. Addresses that can be placed to a site level, such as a parcel centroid or sub-address, have a Very High location confidence. Addresses that can be placed only to a general location, such as a Zip code, have a Low location confidence.

  • Very High
  • High
  • Medium
  • Low

Yes

Yes

High

Business Category

  • Branch—Business belongs to a headquarters; is not the headquarters of other places.
  • Headquarters—Headquarters of other places; may belong to another headquarters.
  • Independent—Business does not report to a headquarters, no branch locations.
  • Kiosk—An unmanned location, such as an ATM.

Yes

Yes

Branch

Specialty

Esri-created value. Additional information about the business location derived from a combination of other data. For example, could include professional specialty or religious affiliation; can contain multiple values.

Yes

Yes

Residential & Commercial

Square Footage

The estimated square footage of the business:

  • 1–1,499 sf
  • 1,500-2,499 sf
  • 2,500-4,999 sf
  • 5,000-9,999 sf
  • 10,000-19,999 sf
  • 20,000-39,999 sf
  • 40,000-99,999 sf
  • 100,000+ sf

Yes

2,500-4,999 sf

Square Foot Minimum

Estimated minimum square footage of the business (shown as an integer).

Yes

2,000

Square Foot Maximum

Estimated maximum square footage of the business (shown as an integer).

Yes

19,999

Employee Count

Number of employees for the business location. Actual numbers are used where available. Where actual values are not available, estimated values based on Data Axle modeling are used.

Yes

Yes

20

Sales Volume

Estimated sales revenue or assets in dollars based on a Data Axle model that estimates sales volume for the company. Location sales volume is available for most records that have a location employment figure; verifiable sales volume figures are difficult to obtain from private businesses.

Yes

Yes

$347,000

Source

The primary data source from which the record is derived, always Data Axle.

Yes

Yes

Data Axle

Esri PID

32-character unique identifier of the place, assigned by Esri. It is perpetual over time.

Yes

Yes

41b3ec3348a2315f-7e41a93af2efeabb

Locator Name / Locator Precision Level

The name or category of the locator from which the geocode information is derived.

Yes

Yes

SubAddress

Locator Match Status

Match status:

  • M—The record was matched to a locator file.
  • T—The record was matched to a locator file and multiple match candidates had the same score.

Yes

M

Locator Match Rating

The precision level of the latitude and longitude. The score can be in a range of 0 to 100, where 100 indicates that the candidate is a perfect match.

Yes

98.8

Reference documents

Refer to the reference documents for the correct data vintage. For variable lists, see the data catalogs.

2024

2023

Data availability

See Introduction to ArcGIS Places data for a full list of licensed ArcGIS products in which Data Axle Places data is available.

For information about purchasing Esri Demographics and Places data as stand-alone datasets, contact datasales@esri.com.