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01 / Site Grader

Any address. Any concept. One honest read.

Drop a pin, tell us what you plan to open, and MapWorthy grades the site on the five factors that actually decide whether a location earns its lease. Built for owners weighing one shop and franchisees running their tenth deal.

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How it grades

Five factors. One composite. Zero guessing.

Every grade is built the same way — so a café in Edmonton and a drive-thru in Calgary are readable on the same axis. The factors flex to your concept; the format never changes.

  • Demand signal — daytime, residential, and visit-mix density calibrated to your concept.
  • Competitive room — category saturation, direct rivals, and share-of-attention within 800m.
  • Access & visibility — walk score, corner premium, parking, transit reach, sight lines.
  • Category fit — the traits your concept actually needs (morning rush? referral adjacency? tow-truck reach?).
  • Deal-breakers — zoning flags, road-network cuts, and any factor that vetoes an otherwise-good read.
Example
Whyte Avenue, Edmonton
Fast casual / Edmonton / corner
84
StrongDemand signal
SolidCompetitive room
StrongAccess & visibility
ModerateCategory fit
Verdict — GO with a watch-out. Corner premium and lunchtime density carry the read; keep an eye on the parking exit onto Whyte at PM peak.
Concept-aware

The grade knows what you're opening.

A café wants dense mornings. A dental clinic wants referral adjacency. A dog groomer wants households with big backyards. MapWorthy grades the address against the traits your concept actually needs — not a generic "trade area" average.

  • Concept library covers coffee, QSR, fast casual, health care, pet, service, retail, fitness, home services, auto care — and growing.
  • Franchise operators can add their own store DNA to bias the grade toward proven traits.
  • New categories are a data addition. No rebuild, no wait.
Concept traits used in the read
Daytime density Walk score ≥ 78 Morning peak trade Corner premium Coffee saturation < 4/800m Transit within 3 min Office share ≥ 40% Sightline to entrance
Deal-breaker checks
● Zoning — flagged for verification
● Road network cut — clear
● Delivery access — clear
● Same-brand cannibalization — clear
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Change the concept, keep the address, and watch the read shift. Same site, different question, different answer.

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Candidate read / café

Whyte Avenue, Edmonton

Worth a closer look
82
Promising morning trade.A dense daytime catchment and visible corner help the concept.
StrongDemand signal
SolidCompetitive room
StrongAccess & visibility
5 lenses consideredSample / not a final decision
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