More Market Data (Sources)

EWHotSpots.com has combined several sources of critical Electrical distribution industry information into on easy-to-use tool. With EWHotSpots.com, you’ll find:

Electrical Product Sales Data: Through an exclusive relationship, EWHotSpots.com is proud to offer MetroCast from DISC Corp. The new MetroCast™ annual long range forecast contains actual CBSA industry data by customer type including 2004 and forecasts from 2005 through 2009. This data is available for the top 150 electrical markets only. Click here for more information on MetroCast. Click here to see a list of CBSA Markets covered by MetroCast. (NEW FILE:  EWHS Updated Market Defs.xls)

MetroCast^TM Database used under license from DISC Corp.©

Distributor Information Services Corp. (DISC Corp.) 2006 All Rights Reserved.

Building Permits: EWHotSpots.com offers statistics on housing units authorized by building permits from the US Census Bureau. This data is available at the State and metropolitan area level and is updated monthly. Through EWHotSpots.com you will be able to access current month, prior year, and comparisons of current year to date versus the prior year. The prior month’s data will be available in EWHotSpots.com within the first 10 days of the new month (i.e. May data will be updated by June 10^th.) The US Census Bureau provides it’s Building permits data according to the OMB Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Area definitions adopted in 2003. Click here for more information on the metropolitan area descriptions for Building Permit data.

U.S. Census Bureau; Manufacturing, Mining and Construction Statistics; 2005 and 2006 Building Permits Survey. http://www.census.gov/const/www/index.htmlU.S. Census Bureau; Manufacturing, Mining and Construction Statistics; METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREAS AND COMPONENTS, November 2004, WITH CODES

http://www.census.gov/population/estimates/metro-city/List4.txt

Population, Household and Employment Demographic Statistics:   Population, household characteristics, and employment trends are always shifting, particularly at the market level. EWHotSpots.com provides a wide variety of critical statistics at the State, Core Based Statistical Area (CBSA), and National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) trade area levels. EWHotSpots.com provides counts for 2000, current full year, and a five-year projection from the current full year. Along with raw counts for the individual market areas, growth/decline percentages are also calculated. This information is made available through a unique partnership with the Claritas, Inc., a premier business information provider. Claritas’ Demographic Update uses US Census Bureau statistics and additional sourcing and models to provide current year and forecasted demographic information.  Click here for more information on the specific demographics available from EWHotSpots.com.

Claritas, Inc., Pop-Facts^®, 2006.

Critical Contacts: Part of strategic planning involved understanding the size of your market. Along with the important statistical information included in EWHotSpots.com, are the critical contacts that represent the entire electrical distribution chain. EWHotSpots.com includes the premier lists from throughout the electrical industry to provide the critical contacts you need. This includes:

• Wholesale Distributors (from Electrical Wholesaling magazine)
• Industrial/Commercial/Institutional Customers (from EC&M magazine)
• Engineering/Consulting Firms (From EC&M magazine)
• Electrical Contractors (From EC&M magazine)
• Independent Manufacturers Representatives (Electrical Wholesaling & National Electrical Manufacturers Representatives Association - NEMRA)

Click here to see the specific information available for each type of critical contact.

Electrical Wholesaling Magazine, Penton Media, Inc..

Electrical Construction and Maintenance, Penton Media, Inc.