Resources to help your business succeed.
As an added value of your Chamber membership, the economic development team can help connect your company with resources to help it succeed. For more information, visit www.okcchamber.com/intel or contact Ashley Hicks at ahicks@okcchamber.com. For information about an area’s demographics, use: Data.Census.Gov www.data.census.gov City Data www.city-data.com Chamber Resources Help Your Business Succeed
Population, housing, economic and geographic information from the latest census data (provided in English and Spanish). Economic Profile System (Headwaters Economics) www.headwaterseconomics.org/ tools/economic-profile-system Allows the user to download socioeconomic reports of communities, counties and states. EPS uses federal data. OKCEDIS www.okcedis.com Interactive property database and demographic reporting tool that provides customized reports. PolicyMap www.policymap.com Web-based GIS system that captures data through custom demographic maps, tables and reports.
Profiles of U.S. and Canadian cities with information on neighborhoods, schools and property tax assessment. DataUSA www.datausa.io Demographic Data for cities, metro areas, and states. Industry, occupation, and education data is also available. Statebook www.statebook.com Regional data and narrative input by various economic development organizations, including but not limited to, climate, transportation, incentives, and lifestyle. Only Oklahoma organizations are available. Census Business Builder https://www.census.gov/data/data- tools/cbb.html Select demographics and economic data tailored to individualized uses and locations.
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For information on location analysis/real estate, use: RealMassive www.Realmassive.com LocateOK www.locateok.com
Oklahoma County Assessor Public Access System www.oklahomacounty.org/ assessor/ Allows the user to find information about any property in Oklahoma County. This includes the sale price, market value, assessed value, legal description and digital imagery. LoopNet www.loopnet.com Online resource for real estate services that allows you to buy property, search sales comps and view property records.
A real estate marketing and search tool that includes commercial real estate for sale and for lease. OKCEDIS www.okcedis.com An interactive property database that displays commercial real estate alongside a robust demographic reporting tool. Customizable local widgets are available for partnership communities upon request. Contact Ashley Hicks at 405-297-8974 for more information.
Statewide commercial property database that conducts property searches alongside demographic, consumer and business reports. Provides ESRI Business Analyst reporting capability. ZoomProspector www.zoomprospector.com Business demographic and workforce data. Community profile and demographics can be generated in the state, city, or metro area.
For more information about sales leads/business lists, use: Journal Record Book of Lists www.journalrecord.com/book-of-lists
A compilation of more than 100 industry lists detailing the top local companies in those sectors. Provides contact names, addresses and other fields. Available electronically or in hard copy (free with Journal Record subscription). Also available through local reference librarian. OESC Employer Locator www.oesc.state.ok.us/lmi/employerlocator While it is primarily designed to assist people looking for work, this website is a valuable lead source list to any salesman and provides more than 190,000 business records statewide (contact name, phone number and number of employees). OKCEDIS www.okcedis.com Allows the user to search for businesses by type, employee count within a given radius or drive-time. No contact info or phone numbers provided due to licensing agreement. ReferenceUSA www.referenceusa.com Digital database available electronically to library card holders through the Pioneer Library or Metropolitan Library systems. Search for over 20 million businesses or 220 million residential addresses. Use your library card number to log into the Pioneer or Metro Library site.
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For information on labor/employment trends, use: BLS Location Quotient Calculator www.bls.gov/cew/cewlq.htm A Better Life www.abetterlifeokc.com
Illustrates employment trends by comparing the concentration of employees in a defined area to a larger area. LEHD OnTheMap http://onthemap.ces.census.gov/ Combines federal and state data on employers and employees with census information to provide workforce indicators, reports on where employees live and identification of top industries in an area. ONET Online www.onetonline.org The nation’s primary source of occupational information, including a database with hundreds of standardized and occupation-specific descriptors.
Relocation guide and job listings intending to draw workers to the Greater Oklahoma City region. Oklahoma Employment Security Commission www.ok.gov/oesc_web/Services/Find_ Labor_Market_Statistics/OES/ Provides employment and wage data for more than 800 occupations and estimates how many people are employed within an occupation and the wages paid to them. Oklahoma Department of Commerce Data and Research www.okcommerce.gov/data-and- research/ Comprehensive source for statewide information on workforce and employer data.
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For small business assistance, use: GreaterOklahomaCity.com www.greateroklahomacity.com In-depth information on Oklahoma City with regional resources and small business assistance. i2E www.i2e.org Non-profit providing a variety of resources and services to technology-based startups in the state. Oklahoma Small Business Development Center www.oksbdc.org Research materials and resources available for small businesses in Oklahoma.
SCORE www.oklahomacity.score.org Network of volunteer business experts who mentor and provide resources to small business and entrepreneurs. U.S. Small Business Administration www.sba.gov National resources available for starting and managing a business.
For more information about business intelligence that can help your company remain competitive, contact a member of the research team.
Eric Long Research Economist 405-297-8976 elong@okcchamber.com Ashley Hicks GIS Research Analyst 405-297-8974 ahicks@okcchamber.com
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