Site selection software that tells you if a location will work.
Enter an address and a business type. Bifyo runs a full site selection analysis - demand, competitors, accessibility, real local rent and a revenue projection for your plan - and gives you one report to decide with.
Any address worldwide · 130 business categories · single report $49, no subscription
What is site selection software?
Site selection software analyzes a potential business location - who lives and works nearby, how many competitors already serve them, how easy the site is to reach, what rent costs and how much revenue it could produce - so you can compare sites with data instead of guesswork. Bifyo applies this to any address and 130 business categories, and returns an Opportunity Score, a Feasibility Score and a 12-month projection built from your own budget and capacity.
What a site selection analysis covers
The same six questions every good site selection decision answers - each one measured for the exact address and radius you choose.
Demand
Population, households, income, age and daytime anchors (offices, hotels, malls) inside your radius - from the U.S. Census Bureau where available.
Competition
Every competitor in the radius from Google Places, with ratings and the recurring complaints and praise in their real reviews.
Accessibility & visibility
Transit stops and parking nearby, plus a street-level frontage check from Google Street View - can people see and reach the door?
Rent & property
Retail rent from current local listings, plus home prices and rents that show what residents can spend.
Revenue & break-even
A seasonal 12-month customer and revenue projection for your budget and capacity, three scenarios and an estimated break-even month.
Risk
Natural hazard risk (FEMA), stress tests on customers, rent, ticket and labor, and a cannibalization check against your own sites.
Retail site selection and store location analysis
Retail is where location matters most - and where a generic score misleads most. Bifyo models each business type on its own terms.
A pharmacy lives on daily, nearby demand; a furniture store draws from a much wider area a few times a decade. Bifyo groups its 130 categories by how often customers come back and sizes the market accordingly, so a store location analysis for a convenience store and one for a bridal shop ask different questions of the same street.
For each candidate store it counts the real competitors of that type in the radius, reads what their customers complain about, checks the frontage you would actually get, and prices the space from current listings - the inputs a retail site selection team would gather by hand, in one report.
| Business type | What drives the site decision |
|---|---|
| Café / coffee shop | Morning foot traffic, offices and transit nearby, specialty-coffee density |
| Restaurant | Evening and weekend population, dining competition by price band, visibility |
| Convenience / grocery | Residents within walking distance, household count, car-free share |
| Salon / barber | Repeat local demand, income, competitor ratings and gaps in reviews |
| Gym / fitness | Resident population vs. membership capacity, age profile, competing gyms |
| Dental / clinic | Patients per practice, household income, accessibility and parking |
A site selection tool vs. doing it by hand
| By hand | With Bifyo | |
|---|---|---|
| Time to a first answer | Days of searching, calling and spreadsheets | Minutes per address |
| Competitors | Whatever a map search happens to show | Every competitor of that type in the radius, with review themes |
| Demographics | Looked up area by area, often citywide averages | Neighborhood (census-tract) figures in the US, labelled estimates elsewhere |
| Rent | Calls to brokers | Current listings near the address, with a range |
| Revenue | A guess in a spreadsheet | Seasonal 12-month projection for your budget and capacity |
| Comparing sites | Different notes for every site | Same scoring frame, side by side |
What it looks like on a real address
Real output for Cafeteria at 220 5th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11215, USA (800 m radius, $150,000 budget, 30 seats) - open the full sample report.
Business site selection for every stage
Founders & small businesses
Check the one site you have in mind before signing a lease - one report, no subscription.
Franchise & multi-site teams
Screen markets on the Explore map, shortlist, and compare candidate sites on one frame.
Brokers & landlords
Show a tenant why a unit suits their category, with a shareable report link.
Investors & lenders
Read a borrower's location case with every figure sourced or labelled as an estimate.
Frequently asked questions
What is site selection software?
Site selection software analyzes a potential business location - the people who live and work nearby, the competitors already serving them, accessibility, rent and the revenue the site could produce - so you can choose between sites with data instead of a drive-by. Bifyo does this for any address and 130 business categories, and returns an Opportunity Score, a Feasibility Score and a 12-month revenue projection in one report.
What is the best site selection software for a small business?
It depends on how many sites you decide on. Enterprise site selection platforms are built for chains with analyst teams and annual contracts. Bifyo is built for the owner or small team deciding on one to a few dozen locations: you pay $49 for a single report or buy a pack when you compare many sites - no subscription - and every number shows its source or is labelled as an estimate.
How does a site selection analysis work?
You enter an address, a business category and a radius (250 m to 5 km), then your budget and planned capacity. Bifyo counts demand in that radius (residents, income, households, nearby anchors), maps every competitor and mines their reviews, checks accessibility, visibility and hazard risk, researches local rent from current listings, and turns it into scores, revenue scenarios and an estimated break-even month.
Does it work for retail site selection and store location analysis?
Yes. Retail stores, restaurants, cafés, salons, gyms, clinics, auto services and more each have their own demand and competition model - a coffee shop and a furniture store are never scored the same way. See all 130 categories.
Can I compare several candidate sites?
Yes. Every analysis is saved, and Compare puts candidate locations side by side on the same scoring frame - up to 8 at once, included with every report pack.
Does Bifyo work outside the United States?
Yes, for any address worldwide. Verified government demographic and hazard data (marked REAL) is available for the US at census-tract (neighborhood) level; elsewhere the same engine runs with clearly labelled estimates, and resident income is derived from local home prices and rents.
How long does a site selection report take?
The scores, competitors and demographics are ready within a minute or two of running the analysis; the web research for local rent and prices finishes in the background shortly after and fills in on the same report.
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Run a site selection analysis on your address.
One full report for $49, or packs from $29 a report when you're comparing many sites. No subscription, every feature included.