Why choose Local Data Company?
Using a network of locally based field researchers, we survey 500,000 retail premises twice a year. Every record is then double-checked by our office research team, to ensure the highest quality, and to append additional data to each record. We commit to having 75% of our workforce deployed in the field, living locally to their work, either collecting data or servicing clients.
Field Based Research
In addition to our office research team, we have over 50 field-based researchers who update our data to ensure it is accurate and up-to-date. We also provide 3rd party bespoke data collection.
Interactive Analysis
We provide a visual, factual and current analysis that is a must for any retailer, property adviser, owner, planner, developer or local authority.
Unparalleled Insight
Our online web apps and reports provide a birds-eye view of a retail centre, including digital image, classification mix, floorspace, historical occupier and much more.
Data Visualisation
We use data visualisation software to bring our data to life - no need to spend hours staring at spreadsheets - we bring our data to life with awe-inspiring results.
UK-Wide Data
Our coverage extends to over 93% of the UK population, which includes 2,000 town centres, of which we carry out detailed analysis on 850 centres.
The Most Up-To-Date Data
Using a network of locally based field researchers, we literally walk every street in every town across the UK, twice a year, updating a total of 530,000 retail premises.
Put a Face To a Place
We have literally hundreds of thousands of images in our image library (485,492 and growing to be precise), giving you a unique view into the UK retail streetscape, both now and historically.
Seamless Wireless Transfer
We update every town centre across the UK using the latest wireless devices, enabling our field researchers to link seamlessly to our office database.
Bespoke Data Collection
As well as updating our own database, we carry out additional work for a number of partners, who are able to take advantage of our 26 week update cycle.
3rd Party Data
By combining our unique data with additional datasets, we can provide huge value-add to other databases, be it sales data, floorspace data or rents data, to name only a few.
The Gold Standard
We take huge pride in the quality of our data - we have a team who QC every piece of data from the field - and we then QC the QC work to achieve our gold standard!
Green Credentials
We commit to having c.75% of our workforce deployed in the field, either collecting data, or servicing clients, and living locally to where they carry this out.
