Census Mapping with MapBusinessOnline
One of the most significant advantages to business mapping with MapBusinessOnline is that it gives you access to up-to-date demographic data from the U.S. Census and other reliable sources. This allows you to create a variety of useful and insightful visualizations that will help you make informed business decisions and ultimately run a more efficient operation. Some of the things you can do with MapBusinessOnline's census data mapping features include:
- Build color-coded maps that highlight demographic data trends on a zip code, city, county or state level
- Filter census data by population, age, income and other factors to drill down on a specific demographic for sales or marketing purposes
- Compare and contrast census data with your sales records or industry-specific business intelligence from third-party sources
- Identify opportunities for expansion by locating zip codes and other territories with demographics similar to that of your current customer base
- Perform various analyses related to site selection for a new location or expansion of your business
Users can employ MapBusinessOnline to create heat maps — such as the U.S. population density map above — or custom-coded territory maps based on specific criteria. It's also a useful tool for route planning and a powerful presentation aid when making a pitch to management, investors or other stakeholders.
Benefits of Census Mapping
You may think you know your customers and the territories you serve, but in today's data-driven economy, intuitive or received wisdom is no longer enough. To make smarter, more pragmatic decisions, you need hard information from reputable sources. When it comes to demographics, official census data is the most reliable standard for information about a neighborhood. Census data lets you know what a sales territory looks like today, how it's changed over time, and what it may look like in the future.
Mapping census data onto an interactive map is one of the best ways to make use of this business-critical information. When you present information in a visual format, it's easier to spot trends and identify demographic pockets that aren't visible when dealing with customers in person. A census map is an objective format for analyzing objective data — one that can be customized and filtered to meet the needs of your business.
Working With Census Data in MapBusinessOnline
Depending on which subscription package you choose, MapBusinessOnline comes with full access to several years worth of U.S., Canadian or British census data. Some of the demographic factors you can plot onto an interactive map include:
- Population
- Income
- Ethnicity/race
- Average age
- Education level
- Employment status and occupation
- Household size
- Number of housing units in a property
- Ownership vs. rental data
- Travel time to work
Users can selectively choose and filter these categories to create custom census data maps for market analysis, strategic planning and more.
Why MapBusinessOnline?
MapBusinessOnline is one of the most affordable full-featured census data mapping software platforms available today. Several packages are available based on the needs of your business. Explore the possibilities by signing up or requesting a free 1-month trial subscription today.
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"MapBusinessOnline one of the most powerful tools I have as a Regional Channel Manager. It’s a difficult task to visually represent the vast amount of data that I have to present to my customers and team members. MBO makes it easy to represent, configure, and manipulate the data on to an effective map. A picture is worth a thousand words, and MBO allows me to create a perfect picture."
Ed Ku
Regional Channel Manager
ABB
The Alternative Board (TED), an advisory board creation service for business of all types and sizes, used MapPoint to import customer locations, create and manage territories, and for visual market analysis. When MapPoint left them high and dry, they began looking for a MapPoint replacement. This process led them to MapBusinessOnline.
Over a period of a few weeks MapBusinessOnline shared several online web demo that showed exactly how MapBusinessOnline would replace and improve upon the mapping technology TED had become used to. The Alternative Board recently renewed their Map Business Online subscription for another year.
The Alternative Board
MVP Sports Clubs is a sports and health facility management and development company with operations in Central Florida and West Michigan. MVP uses MapBusinessOnline to construct demographic map profiles of a radius surrounding each of their many sports clubs. Such market analysis helps MBO users develop a better understanding of their business which makes strategic planning more effective.
"MBO users develop a better understanding of their business which makes strategic planning more effective."
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MVP Sports
Popular MapBusinessOnline features
Display business data against demographic maps
Color code maps by ZIP code, county, or state
Easily build map visualizations of your business data
Search business data in full-featured tabular view
Print large format wall maps
Share your business maps
Create powerful reports and presentations using maps
Generate demographic reports and maps for a radius
Create state or regional map views
Use radius & demographic maps to create marketing campaigns
