Retailers such as Trader Joe’s, Whole Foods, ALDI, Starbucks, and Walmart can act as indicators of neighborhood growth due to their rigorous site selection processes. I trace where they apply for business licenses for investment opportunities.

The data used in this project is sourced from the City of Calgary.

Source: https://data.calgary.ca/Business-and-Economic-Activity/Calgary-Business-Licences/vdjc-pybd/about_data

This dashboard may display fewer records than the source due to the ETL process. The API is currently limited to 50,000 records; if the total reaches or exceeds this limit, please notify me here to update the API.

Calgary licence dashboard screenshot