Trade Area Solutions

Trade Area Solutions is a consulting firm specializing in facility network planning and other market research and custom analytics to business and agri-business decision makers.  We believe that one of the most important and foundational pieces of the market research puzzle is a complete understanding of the supply and demand.  Better data leads to better profits. 

Increased consumer mobility and the growth of the big box retailers reflects the fact that people no longer make the majority of their purchases within their trade area. This creates a major data gap in virtually all agri-food and business market research projects. Read more in economics 101.
The conventional research framework can't account for consumers and producers who purchase across trade area boundaries.  These purchases can account for 50% of the market.  A new framework is clearly needed. Read more about the real life impact of the problem in case studies.
This data gap in virtually all market research threatens its accuracy and validity.  Our advantage is that we fill in these data gaps with our new economic framework.  Read more about our business and agri-business advantage.
We specialize in site selection, network planning and custom analytics.  We also offer a wide range of market research solutions and GIS related services.  Read more about our business services.
We offer supply, demand, grain handling & transportation and policy analysis, site selection, network & revenue planning and custom analytics.  Read more about our agri-business services.
Our market research framework simply provides a level of understanding and accuracy conventional market analysis simply can't match.  Read more  about us.
Better data = Better understanding = Better decisions = Better profits