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APPENDIX B: LOCAL ECONOMIC DATA SOURCES Taxable Sales Data. The State Board of Equalization reports taxable sales figures to local Jurisdictions. These data are updated quarterl}, and provide information on individual stores. This information can prove useful in monitoring the performance of the local retail and "business -to -business" sales sectors and in identifying under -performing local shopping centers. In addition to obtaining raw data from the State. many local iurisdictions contract with vendors who obtain the confidential information on behalf of contracting jurisdictions and perform additional anal vsis of the data. San Leandro currently contracts with MRC for these services. Economic Development staff should periodicall\ reviex\ with MRC the types and formats of reports that MRC can produce to best support the City's data needs. Dun and Bradstreet Data. This is the data set that City consultants analyzed when reviewing potential impacts of changes in the City business license tax structure. Dun and Bradstreet is a private information vendor and collects data in a manner that does not require the company to preserve company confidentiality: therefore, this database contains information on individual companies, including estimated sales and employment. contact names and addresses. etc. This information is updated continuously: however, given the volume of information collected. the average age of records on individual companies is estimated to be at least 12 to 18 months. This information is available in digital form. updated information can be purchased at any time of the vear. and can be selected at the ZIP code level. Because this database contains business addresses, this source could be useful if the City identified a need to geographically track the locations of individual companies throughout the Cite, for example, to track the locations of remaining industrial companies. or to search for clusters of similar types of businesses. One limitation with this data series is that because the data are continuously updated, it is not possible to purchase a time -series of data: however, if the Cite were to purchase updated data over a period of time, it could maintain its own time -series of data. County Business Patterns ZIP Code Level Data. County Business Patterns data can be obtained from the Bureau of the Census in digital form and selected at the ZIP code level. This curve\ information is updated annually: however. publication times Ian b� approximately 12 to 18 months. An advantage of this data series is that historic data (with certain limitations) are available for comparison with current data. This is the information series used to analyze employment trends in San Leandro in the Baseline Stud\. Unlike Dun and Bradstreet. this information holds data on individual companies confidenti I Sector al. and therefore, reports information about companies in specific sectors by size class (e.g., firms 3100 with between 10 and 19 employees). This makes it impractical to track the performance of individual companies using this data set. California Development Employment Department Development Department Data, The Employment survevs California businesses monthly in order to determine 286 80