What is Business Analyst Online?
Business Analyst Online is a Web-based solution that applies GIS technology to extensive demographic, consumer spending, and business data to deliver on-demand analysis, presentation-ready reports and maps. Select from a wide variety of existing reports, or create custom reports to meet your marketing needs.
Analyze current-year estimates and five-year projections of demographic data and extensive consumer spending and business data for the entire United States. and generate reports and maps for your study area as granular as block groups, census tracts, or ZIP Codes.
Esri updates the data annually so that you have access to the most current and accurate data. Because Business Analyst Online is hosted by Esri, you don't have to worry about managing data or technology updates.
With Business Analyst Online, you can
- Analyze trade areas.
- Identify new store locations.
- Find new customers.
- Refine marketing messages.
- Evaluate sites.
- Reveal untapped markets.
How does Esri Business Analyst Online compare to other Esri Business Analyst products?
Esri Business Analyst Online is a Web-based application that gives you the flexibility of different subscription levels to match your needs and the ability to purchase individual reports. Because the application and the data are hosted and maintained by Esri, you do not need to purchase additional software or data to get the market information your business needs.
Esri Business Analyst Desktop software provides advanced analysis tools and lets you combine your customer and sales data with the demographic and consumer data packaged with the software.
Esri Business Analyst Server combines GIS server technology with extensive business, demographic, and consumer spending data and provides a complete business GeoIntelligence solution. It includes out-of-the-box Web applications and services to help you solve complex business problems, including business continuity planning, site selection analysis, and customer analytics.
Esri Business Analyst Online APIs provide access to the functionality of the Business Analyst Online Web-based application via a number of Web APIs. Use of these APIs enables rapid development of custom Web applications and mashups for applications such as site screening, market analysis, economic development, and more.