ESRI's data development team has a long history of excellence in market intelligence. The combined expertise of the team's economists, statisticians, demographers, and analysts total nearly a century of data and segmentation development experience. Led by chief demographer Lynn Wombold, the team has crafted data methodologies such as the demographic update, segmentation, the diversity index, and the Retail MarketPlace database that are now industry benchmarks.
To learn more about ESRI data and update methodologies, visit the ESRI.com data pages, where you'll find a collection of white papers, brochures, and links to online articles.
ESRI's business, consumer spending, and demographic data encompasses a wide variety of datasets that are updated quarterly, semiannually, annually, and decennially in the case of U.S. Census data. The chart below details data included with your Business Analyst Online subscription and when it is updated. For more details, see the ESRI Data Fact Sheet.
ESRI has just released the 2009/2014 Demographic Trends that are now part of Business Analyst Online. Learn about the trends and changes for this update.
| Data Name | Source | Vintage | Update Schedule |
Updated Demographics |
ESRI |
2009/2014 |
Annually |
Census Data |
U.S. Census Bureau and ESRI |
2000 |
Decennially |
Tapestry Segmentation |
ESRI |
2009 |
Annually |
Retail Marketplace |
ESRI |
2009 |
Annually |
Business Locations |
infoUSA and ESRI |
July 2009 |
Annually |
Business Summary |
infoUSA and ESRI |
January 2009 |
Annually |
Consumer Spending |
Bureau of Labor Statistics and ESRI |
2009 |
Annually |
Market Potential |
Mediamark Research & Intelligence LLC and ESRI |
2009 |
Annually |
1990 Data in 2000 Geography |
ESRI |
1990 |
Annually |
Traffic Counts |
Market Planning Solutions, Inc. |
Q3, 2009 |
Quarterly |
Major Shopping Centers |
Directory of Major Malls, Inc. |
January 2009 |
Semiannually |
Satellite Imagery |
i-cubed |
2009 |
Quarterly |