Live transit data
Real MTA ridership and mobility patterns show how many people actually pass the door — by hour, weekday vs weekend.
MTA · live ridership
AI-Powered Business Decision Intelligence
Know if your business will succeed — before you open.
Tell SpotVest what you want to open and where. Get a clear verdict on your odds of success — with the risks, and what to do next.
50K+ locations analyzed · 200+ business categories · 10-sec verdicts
SAMPLE REPORT · WHAT YOU GET
OPEN WITH CONDITIONS
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/100
EVIDENCE
91/100 · HIGH
Cost side: strong
Your quoted rent ≈ 3% of estimated sales (healthy: 6–10%) — a real advantage here.
Market side: weak
14 direct competitors — 2 on this block. Saturation is what's capping the score.
Every report: score · risks · revenue & break-even · competitors mapped · PDF & live link
Business Decision Intelligence
What is SpotVest?
SpotVest evaluates demand, competition, demographics, foot traffic, and market signals to determine whether a business can succeed at a specific location — turning hundreds of live data points into one clear verdict: open here, or don't.
The evidence behind every verdict
Live competitor data
Every competitor inside your radius — density, review momentum, and who already wins nearby.
Google Places · Yelp
Census demographics
Income, density, and household data reveal the customers a block can really support — and what they can spend.
U.S. Census ACS
City records & permits
Rents, construction filings, 311 activity, and the licensing road ahead — surfaced before you sign anything.
NYC Open Data
50K+locations analyzed
200+business categories
5NYC boroughs covered
10sto a verdict
We built SpotVest because nobody should sign a multi-year lease on a guess. Every report shows its evidence — what's verified, what's estimated, and what still needs a site visit.
Live demo
See a real analysis.
No signup required. Pick a scope — a ZIP reads the whole area, an address reads a single block. Runs the live SpotVest engine.
Business type
Analysis scope
Pick a business and scope, then run a live analysis.
Live area map
Explore any area in real time.
Manhattan, NY · interactive
LIVE
Click the map to begin
Competitors
All
Coffee
Gym
Pizza
Salon
Click the map to move the pin · filter competitors by business type.
Inside a report
What you get for every location.
One search produces a complete decision file — scored, mapped, and explained in plain English.
Viability score & verdict
A 0–100 success probability with a clear call — Open, Open with conditions, or High risk — plus an evidence meter showing how much live data backs it.
Cost side vs market side
The report names what's helping and what's capping the score. Enter your actual rent quote and the score uses your deal, not the area average.
Competition, mapped
Every direct competitor pinned on a live map — tap one for its name, rating, and exact distance. Same-block rivals weigh hardest, like real site selection.
Revenue & break-even
Projected monthly revenue range, rent-to-sales check against healthy category benchmarks, and a break-even window for your concept at this spot.
Risks & conditions
The specific threats ranked — saturation, cost pressure, weak signals — and the conditions to verify before you sign anything.
Better alternatives
If another concept scores higher on your exact block, the report says so with both numbers — plus PDF export and a shareable live link for partners.
Nearest trains & transit
The closest subway stations with their lines, walking distance, and real MTA ridership — so you know exactly how customers reach the door.
What's around the block
Cafés, gyms, groceries, offices, and bus stops surrounding the exact spot — the daily-life picture of the street, not just statistics.
What's being built nearby
New buildings and major renovations filed with the city around your block — an early signal of a street that's rising (or about to be a construction zone).
The space itself
For address searches: the building's own record — size, floors, year built, units, assessed value, and zoning headroom — pulled from NYC property data.
How it works
Not a dataset. A decision.
Powered by AI — SpotVest synthesizes hundreds of signals into one clear answer.
Understand the location
Demographics, foot traffic, spending behavior, and economic indicators — in context for your business type.
Assess the risk
Competitive density, saturation, lease cost index, and churn signals — scored against your category benchmarks.
Act with confidence
A clear Viability Score, comparable alternatives, and a recommended next action — not a report. A verdict.
Solutions
Built for every location decision.
The same engine, pointed at different questions.
Owners & operators
Opening your first spot or your fifth — screen a block before you tour it, and test your real rent quote against what the location can actually sell.
Franchise buyers
Validate a territory with data instead of the franchisor's pitch deck. Compare three candidate areas side by side before committing the fee.
Brokers & CRE teams
Walk into a pitch with a scored, client-ready report for the listing — export the PDF or send a live link your client can open on their phone.
Investors & lenders
A consistent, deterministic screen across every deal — same inputs, same score — so location risk is comparable across your whole pipeline.
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What customers say.
Real reviews from verified SpotVest accounts.
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Pricing
Try everything free for 3 days.
One simple plan — up to 5 reports every day, every section unlocked, PDF export, compare. Cancel anytime.
SpotVest Pro
Up to 5 location reports every day — market, risk, money, method, PDF export, and compare. Free for 3 days, then $29/month. Cancel anytime.
Team / Enterprise
Bulk reports, broker workflows, saved reports, and support for teams.
Paid report request
Get a location report prepared for a real decision
Send the business, location, and timeline. SpotVest stores the request and sends it to our team for follow-up.
Request consultation
Join the consultation waitlist
SpotVest is collecting consultation requests now. This is a lead capture flow for future follow-up.
Tell us the business, location, and decision you are trying to make.
Strong requests become follow-up opportunities for SpotVest support and sales.
Consultation demand helps decide which expert workflows to build first.
Contact
Talk to SpotVest
Use this for broker packs, franchise review, landlord repositioning, partnerships, or support.
Business Decision Intelligence
SpotVest
Know before you open.
NYC Edition — SpotVest currently supports New York City locations. Additional cities coming soon.
Answer first: should this business open here? SpotVest returns the decision, then the evidence behind it.
1 Business type
2 Location
ZIP analyzes the whole area — good for scouting a neighborhood.
3 Exact address
An exact address analyzes that block — most accurate for a specific storefront. Scores can differ from the ZIP result: a busy area can contain quiet blocks, and the other way around.
Got a real rent quote? Enter it and the score uses your deal instead of the area's average rent — a below-market rent raises the score, an expensive one lowers it.
Enter a business and a NYC location, then analyze.
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Powered by the live SpotVest decision engine
AREA · ZIP
Live SpotVest output
Should this business open here?
MODERATE
Building
/100
CHECKING
Why it works
SpotVest is checking demand, customer fit, competition, and site conditions.
Risk factors
SpotVest is checking cost pressure, saturation, and missing proof points.
Next action
Run the analysis to get the recommendation and supporting evidence.
Powered by the live SpotVest decision engine
Executive report
ZIP 10003
Predict whether this business can succeed here using market intelligence, demand signals, competition, and decision analysis.
SpotVest is checking business success signals and market risk.
Probability that this business can work in the selected area.
Market signal coverage will appear here.
Choose the business type, then verify the exact location economics.
Investment memo
Recommendation is building
SpotVest is turning market, competition, risk, and site signals into a decision-first executive report.
01
Why this works
Investment thesis
02
Risks
Risk register
03
Next best actions
Move from screen to decision
Evidence summary
What SpotVest used for this decision
Why
Good area for premium daily-use concepts
Analyzing…
Decision tier
Business fit
How this business screens in this area
SpotVest compares category demand, competitive intensity, customer fit, cost pressure, and local activity signals.
Food concept intelligence
Which cuisines may have room in this market?
For food businesses, SpotVest compares cuisine-level activity and competitive visibility, then flags concepts worth deeper validation.
Best nearby matches
Strong nearby operators for this search
Decision analysis
Why SpotVest reached this call
SpotVest is validating market signals.
Why this score?
Success probability is building
Needs verification
Assumptions & Data Quality
SpotVest shows which market signals were available for this report and which items still need real-world verification.
Signal coverage
Market map
Location, competition, local activity, and saved options
Address
Competitors
Density
Local activity
Saved options
Business fit ranking
Highest-probability uses for this area
SpotVest separates verified signals, model insights, and estimated factors. Rankings are screening decisions, not promises; weak evidence lowers confidence.
Customer profile
Local vs chain fit
Local brands can win if differentiated.
Local boutique
National chain
Decision talking points
Market pulse
Foot traffic proxy
Strong
Customer spend
High
Cost pressure
Elevated
Before recommending the location
- Compare location cost against realistic monthly sales.
- Walk the block at lunch, evening, and weekend hours.
- Check signage, visibility, delivery access, and frontage.
- Verify licenses, venting, ADA access, and permitted use.
Foot traffic intelligence
Projected customer movement and commercial activity
Projected activity will load after analysis.
Projected daily range, based on SpotVest's location intelligence model.
Weekday/weekend split needs more data.
Transit proximity will load with mobility signals.
Why this score
SpotVest models customer movement from density, transit, office activity, nightlife, tourism, commercial mix, mobility, and category concentration.
Optional ground-truthing: pair this model with on-site counts at peak hours or a mobility dataset for the block.
Revenue estimator
Projected sales pressure and break-even screen
Enter rent and size to estimate revenue pressure. Results are estimated ranges — Due Diligence Required on operator financials.
To verify: compare against real operator P&Ls, broker rent comps, and a CPA review before committing.
Government risk signals
Quality-of-life and development activity
Local Market Activity
Government risk signals
Quality-of-life and development activity
Loading recent quality-of-life signals.
Loading development activity.
Site intelligence
Street activity, mobility, and commercial mix
Public data
Site intelligence
Street activity, mobility, and commercial mix
Loading outdoor dining activity.
Loading license activity.
Enter an address to calculate nearby station ridership.
Loading tax-lot land-use mix.
Ranked categories
Area model, waiting for live checkDecision insight
High confidenceStrong demand, but cost pressure punishes weak operators.
Decision Report
Generate a client-ready decision report after selecting an area and business type.
Research signals
Appendix: advanced location economics
Location options
Find location options
Run an AI-assisted search for public listings, or use the named platform searches below (each opens an external search in a new tab). Save promising options for cost-fit analysis.
Manual platform fallback
Unit economics calculator
Compare location cost against expected sales
Enter a location option to calculate sales needed, cost-to-sales ratio, and financial risk.
Saved options
Compare saved options and keep the best ones
Live availability feed — coming soon
For now, add locations manually or import a CSV to compare options side by side here.
Headers supported: address, zip, rent, sf, use, concept, sales, buildout, frontage, link, notes