Start-up kit: market, plan and SBA loan check
For a new or expanding business: customers and competitors by drive time, what the area spends in your category, a check of your startup budget, and how the plan measures against an SBA loan.
Built from ACS tract households by householder group, Overture business listings, BLS Consumer Expenditure spending, the 2022 Economic Census, BLS wages for your area, and SBA rules from SOP 50 10
Every number carries its source and year. The shopper-share estimate is labeled a model, plan checks are fixed arithmetic rules, and nothing here guesses an owner's race or calls a business for sale.
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Available now The market check is free with an account. Member adds 5, 10 and 15 minute drive areas, competitors by name, the spending pool, the plan check and the SBA loan check.
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Ask about the local labor market in plain language, on top of your dashboards. Answers carry their sources and point to the tools for the math. It is an AI coach, your chats are private, and they are never used to train anything.
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Built by Alex, the Hamilton County Data Hub, from BLS wage records, Census commuting and business patterns, O*NET skill profiles, and licensed Lightcast postings. Wages are set by employers. Ranges, never promises.