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Site selection

Compare candidate locations for a new shop, office, depot or venue using data about the people, property and activity around each one.

UK Business Counts & Business Demography

For B2B businesses, pick locations by the density of your customer type nearby rather than by consumer footfall.

Updated annually · Office for National Statistics (via Nomis)

Business Rates (Non-Domestic Rating List)

Compare candidate premises on rateable value and floor area, and work out the rates bill before you sign anything.

Updated weekly · Valuation Office Agency (HMRC)

Census 2021 (England & Wales)

Match a candidate location to the population it would serve, so your format fits the neighbourhood before you sign a lease.

One-off publication · Office for National Statistics

Street-Level Crime & Outcomes

Compare candidate locations on the crime mix that matters to you — shoplifting for retail, vehicle crime for depots, anti-social behaviour for hospitality.

Updated monthly · Home Office — data.police.uk

English Indices of Deprivation (IMD)

Screen candidate locations against the profile of the surrounding population, so your format matches the neighbourhood before you sign a lease.

Updated occasionally · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

GP Practices & Registered Patients

Registered patient numbers by age are one of the better free proxies for the resident population around a location — including who they are, not just how many.

Updated monthly · NHS England (Organisation Data Service)

Population Estimates (mid-year)

Weigh candidate locations by the size and age make-up of the surrounding population — the base number every catchment estimate starts from.

Updated annually · Office for National Statistics

Postcode Lookups & Boundaries (ONS)

Place your sites and your candidate locations into the same official geography that population, deprivation and business data use, so the comparison is honest.

Updated quarterly · Office for National Statistics

Property Sales — Price Paid Data

Sold prices are the most honest signal of local affluence — use them to size and compare the areas you're considering.

Updated monthly · HM Land Registry

Public Transport Stops (NaPTAN)

Count the stops within walking distance of each candidate site and see what kind they are — a location on twelve bus routes and one two streets from a station are different propositions.

Updated daily · Department for Transport

Road Collisions & Casualties (STATS19)

Check the junction outside a candidate site before you commit: a location with a collision history is a different proposition for a depot, a forecourt or anywhere customers arrive by car.

Updated annually · Department for Transport

Road Traffic Counts (AADF)

Compare candidate sites on the traffic actually passing them — and on the right traffic, since a trade counter wants vans and lorries where a coffee shop wants cars and pedestrians.

Updated annually · Department for Transport

Schools & Pupils (School Census)

Schools are where the families are. Counting pupils within a radius tells you more about a residential catchment than population totals do — and it tells you their ages.

Updated annually · Department for Education