Best Data Sources for Local Service Businesses to Market To

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by a searcher from University of Kentucky - Carol Martin Gatton College of Business and Economics
in Lexington, KY, USA

10mos ago

Best Data Sources for Local Service Businesses to Market To

I have a very specific geography I am looking for businesses in, Lexington, Kentucky. I have networked with brokers and gotten some decent opportunities but not enough volume. I would like to start doing some proprietary outreach through direct mail and cold calling. I am curious what data sources you all use to find lists of all of the businesses of a certain industry in a set geographic area. Specifically I am looking for blue collar home services based businesses in Lexington, KY and surrounding cities.

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reply by a searcher 10mos ago
from University of Akron in Cleveland, OH, USA

Hi Joseph! Have you already reached out to NAICS about having them pull a list of all businesses with your desired NAICS codes within a certain mile-radius of Lex? This may be a decent place to start. There is a cost to it, of course, but should be pretty reasonable so long as your list is fairly targeted. redacted

reply by an investor 10mos ago
from University of Texas at Arlington in Dallas, Texas, United States

Libraries are great resources.