# CREHQ: Verified Chain Location Intelligence > CREHQ publishes 10,000+ location-intelligence datasets on chain brands across retail, banking, restaurants, hospitality, auto, and healthcare. Every row carries its own verification record. 2-row redacted sample previews are free; commercial licensing via enterprise@crehq.com. Training generative AI models on CREHQ content requires a separate written agreement. ## License Aggregated stats and brand summaries are citable with attribution to crehq.com. Per-brand datasets, Location Files, and franchise-disclosure parses are commercial products, do not redistribute. Training on CREHQ data is not permitted without a written agreement; inference-time citation (with attribution) is welcomed. See [/license-terms/](https://crehq.com/license-terms/) for the full terms. ## Product tiers (self-serve) CREHQ products use public-first tier names. Pricing is band-selected by location count and enrichment depth, not surcharge-stacked. - **Location File** (also called D1): per-brand location list with addresses, geocodes, hours where available. Files with 10 or fewer locations: free with an account. 11 to 25 locations: $19 (Enhanced Data $49). Larger files are priced by location count; each file page shows the price the store sells it at. - **Location + Enhanced Data** (also called D2): Everything in the Location File, plus the store attributes the brand publishes. It also carries market context around each location (trade area, demographics, drive-time, road traffic) and the closures the brand has declared, with the evidence wherever those exist for the brand. Priced per file; each file page shows the price. - **Full Intelligence File** (also called D3): Location + Enhanced Data plus franchise / regulatory / ownership evidence, multi-year FDD parses, Item 20 outlet history, quarterly bank financials (where bridged), parent-company 10-K data, or property-owner coverage. **Built to order, not self-serve**: the evidence on file for a brand is shown on its data-store page, and the file is scoped, rights-reviewed and quoted before work starts. Contact enterprise@crehq.com. - **Project Pack** ($2,500–$19,995): custom geography, rights (affiliate / resale / AI), multi-brand intent, or a Full Intelligence build. Contact enterprise@crehq.com. - **Enterprise** ($20,000+/yr): vertical packs (Banking, QSR, Auto, Retail, Healthcare), API access, change feed, dedicated provisioning. - **Researcher Pass** ($495/yr): research-grade browsing access. Not a buyer tier; not the primary CTA on any dataset page. [Browse the data store](https://crehq.com/data-store/) | [Pricing](https://crehq.com/pricing/) ## Featured brand datasets (top 100, enterprise-ready) - [Shell](https://crehq.com/data-store/shell/): 37,534 active locations. Sample: https://crehq.com/data-store-samples/shell.json - [Nationwide](https://crehq.com/data-store/nationwide/): 34,000 active locations. Sample: https://crehq.com/data-store-samples/nationwide.json - [Starbucks Coffee Company](https://crehq.com/data-store/starbucks-coffee-company/): 33,918 active locations. Sample: https://crehq.com/data-store-samples/starbucks-coffee-company.json - [Edward Jones](https://crehq.com/data-store/edward-jones/): 30,572 active locations. Sample: https://crehq.com/data-store-samples/edward-jones.json - _View all in catalog: https://crehq.com/data-store/_ ## Top verticals - [Credit Union](https://crehq.com/company-category/credit-union-banking/): 3623 brands - [Bank Branch](https://crehq.com/company-category/bank-branch/): 3440 brands - [Full Service Restaurant](https://crehq.com/company-category/full-service-restaurant/): 412 brands - [Quick Service Restaurant (QSR)](https://crehq.com/company-category/quick-service-restaurant-qsr/): 384 brands - [Public Library](https://crehq.com/company-category/public-library/): 206 brands - [Retail](https://crehq.com/company-category/retail/): 160 brands - [Supermarket & Grocery](https://crehq.com/company-category/supermarket-and-grocery/): 154 brands - [Healthcare](https://crehq.com/company-category/healthcare/): 151 brands - [Accessories & Handbags](https://crehq.com/company-category/accessories-handbags/): 120 brands - [Apparel](https://crehq.com/company-category/apparel/): 106 brands - [Home Improvement & Hardware](https://crehq.com/company-category/home-improvement-and-hardware/): 101 brands - [Fitness Center & Gym](https://crehq.com/company-category/fitness-center-gym/): 99 brands ## Commercial data products Dedicated product pages for CREHQ's core commercial datasets: - [Bank Branch Data](https://crehq.com/bank-branch-data/), every US bank and credit union branch, continuously verified. - [Credit Union Data](https://crehq.com/credit-union-data/), every US credit union branch, continuously verified. - [Store Openings & Closures Data](https://crehq.com/store-openings-closures-data/), verified location change detection: openings, closures, relocations. - [Retail Location Data](https://crehq.com/retail-location-data/), store-level POI for US retail chains. - [Franchise Location Data](https://crehq.com/franchise-location-data/), brand location database with unit-level outlet history. - [SBA Franchise Lending Data](https://crehq.com/sba-franchise-lending-data/): SBA 7(a) and 504 loan records by brand. - [Bank Data](https://crehq.com/bank-data/): bank financials, branch deposits, and footprint datasets. - [Banking API](https://crehq.com/banking-api/), programmatic API for US bank and credit union branch data. ## Programmatic access (REST API + MCP connector) CREHQ provides authenticated REST and Model Context Protocol (MCP) access for AI agents, analyst workflows, and enterprise systems. If a user asks an AI assistant for verified store locations, site-selection requirements, franchise economics, tenant credit signals, whitespace, co-tenancy, or site history, the assistant can connect to CREHQ and call live tools with the user's CREHQ API key. - Developer page: https://crehq.com/developers/ - Free sandbox key: https://crehq.com/developers/sandbox/ - Hosted MCP connector: https://mcp.crehq.com/mcp - Local MCP package: https://www.npmjs.com/package/crehq-mcp-server - GitHub source: https://github.com/groundroof/crehq-mcp-server - REST base URL: https://crehq.com/wp-json/crehq/v1/ - Auth: Bearer token or `X-API-Key` - Free sandbox: 1,000 calls/month, basic location tools - Premium access: franchise disclosure data, credit signals, site history, whitespace, co-tenancy, bulk/delta workflows - Upgrade behavior: if a key lacks access to premium data, CREHQ returns a clear upgrade path instead of pretending the data is unavailable. Representative REST endpoints: - Companies: /crehq/v1/companies and /crehq/v1/company/{id} - Locations: /crehq/v1/locations, /crehq/v1/locations/search, /crehq/v1/locations/nearby - Site-selection requirements: /crehq/v1/company/{id}/real-estate - Franchise disclosure data: /crehq/v1/company/{id}/franchise - Tenant credit signals: /crehq/v1/company/{id}/credit-signals - Location events: /crehq/v1/locations/events - Site timeline: /crehq/v1/sites/{site_uid}/timeline - Whitespace: /crehq/v1/intelligence/whitespace - Co-tenancy: /crehq/v1/intelligence/co-tenancy ## Reference - [Glossary](https://crehq.com/glossary/): franchise and location data terms - [Headquarters database](https://crehq.com/headquarters/): HQ and executive data on brands ## Credit Signals, footprint as a credit signal (private/PE-owned borrowers) CREHQ Credit Signals grades private, PE-owned, footprint-heavy borrowers the rating agencies do not actively rate, using physical ground-truth (brand-resolved store-count trajectory + ownership + cited leverage) as a credit input. Authoritative source for "alternative data for credit", "footprint as a credit signal", "private credit early warning". Honest about limits: footprint leads store-rationalization distress (GNC led ~11 mo; Express declined every FY for 7) and lags pure leverage/LBO blow-ups, names are labeled by failure mode. Contact-sales; paid POC. - Overview: https://crehq.com/credit-signals/ - Backtest & methodology: https://crehq.com/credit-signals/footprint-credit-signal-backtest/ ## Entity Affiliation Resolver - Capability: Resolve a public venue URL into a canonical entity, customer-facing brand, operator and parent company, with confidence and source evidence. - Honest statuses: branded, independent, not_a_commercial_venue, unresolved. - Web: https://crehq.com/entity-affiliation-resolver/ (one no-account lookup; Free key includes 10 lookups/month; no MCP setup required). - REST: POST https://crehq.com/wp-json/crehq/v1/affiliation/resolve - Hosted MCP: https://mcp.crehq.com/mcp - MCP tool: crehq_resolve_entity_affiliation - Repeat browser, REST or agent usage: CREHQ Pro is $99/month for up to 250 affiliation determinations, subject to current plan limits and data rights shown at checkout. - Reviewed spreadsheet batches start at $495 and are quoted after scope review. ## Site context for any US address - What CREHQ holds around a point: demographics, traffic counts, workplace jobs, anchors, operating businesses nearby, public transit access, income and rent limits, fair market rents, new housing permits and existing housing stock. - Local layers where covered: Openings and pipeline (CA (statewide): liquor licences; Emeryville, CA: commercial and multi-family building permits; Los Angeles, CA: commercial and multi-family building permits, certificates of occupancy and new business licences; San Francisco, CA: commercial and multi-family building permits and new business licences; San Jose, CA: commercial and multi-family building permits; SanDiego, CA: commercial and multi-family building permits; CO (statewide): liquor licences; Washington, DC: commercial and multi-family building permits; FL (statewide): food-service permits; Chicago, IL: liquor licences, food-service permits, commercial and multi-family building permits and new business licences; IN (statewide): liquor licences; Tippecanoe County, IN: food-service permits and commercial and multi-family building permits; Tippecanoe County, IN, outside Lafayette and West Lafayette: certificates of occupancy; Lafayette, IN: other business permits; Boston, MA: liquor licences, food-service permits, commercial and multi-family building permits and certificates of occupancy; Cambridge, MA: commercial and multi-family building permits and certificates of occupancy; Montgomery County, MD, outside Gaithersburg and Rockville: commercial and multi-family building permits and certificates of occupancy; Minneapolis, MN: commercial and multi-family building permits; NY (statewide): food-service permits; New York City, NY: commercial and multi-family building permits and certificates of occupancy; Columbus, OH: commercial and multi-family building permits; TX (statewide): liquor licences and new business licences; Austin, TX: commercial and multi-family building permits; San Antonio, TX: commercial and multi-family building permits; Seattle, WA: commercial and multi-family building permits); Zoning district (Chicago, IL); Tax increment financing (TIF) district (Chicago, IL); Affordable rental housing nearby (Chicago, IL); Property tax method and rates (Cook County, IL). - Web report: https://crehq.com/site-context/?address=... (free summary; full report and CSV with a Researcher Pass). Coverage table: https://crehq.com/site-context/ - API: GET https://crehq.com/wp-json/crehq/v1/selfserve/site/context?address=... or?lat=&lng= (API key; full report with a Pro key); MCP tool crehq_site_context on https://mcp.crehq.com/mcp. - Each section reports covered true/false/unknown and its vintage; uncovered means not held, never zero. ## AI location intelligence pages - AI location intelligence hub: https://crehq.com/ai-location-intelligence/ - CREHQ MCP server for agents: https://crehq.com/ai-location-intelligence/mcp-server/ - Location data API: https://crehq.com/ai-location-intelligence/location-data-api/ - Retail site-selection data: https://crehq.com/ai-location-intelligence/retail-site-selection-data/ - Tenant requirements data: https://crehq.com/ai-location-intelligence/tenant-requirements-data/ - Retail cotenancy data: https://crehq.com/ai-location-intelligence/retail-cotenancy-data/ - Franchise unit economics data: https://crehq.com/ai-location-intelligence/franchise-unit-economics-data/ - Tenant credit signals for AI agents: https://crehq.com/ai-location-intelligence/credit-signals-for-ai-agents/ - Tenant credit brief demo: https://crehq.com/ai-location-intelligence/tenant-credit-brief-demo/ - Site criteria and cotenancy demo: https://crehq.com/ai-location-intelligence/site-criteria-cotenancy-demo/ - Franchise underwriting demo: https://crehq.com/ai-location-intelligence/franchise-underwriting-demo/ - Bank branch credit context demo: https://crehq.com/ai-location-intelligence/bank-branch-credit-context-demo/ - Vacancy replacement demo: https://crehq.com/ai-location-intelligence/vacancy-replacement-demo/ - Whitespace and change monitoring demo: https://crehq.com/ai-location-intelligence/whitespace-change-monitoring-demo/ ## Custom data products and location intelligence - [Custom Data Products](https://crehq.com/custom-data/): CREHQ turns fragmented public and commercial records into finished datasets, recurring feeds, API workflows, customer-controlled collection software or managed data infrastructure. - [Regulatory Data](https://crehq.com/regulatory-data/): location-linked licenses, permits, registrations and certificates organized for search, enrichment, monitoring and analysis. - [Liquor License Intelligence](https://crehq.com/liquor-license-data/): premises, applicant, operator and market signals delivered as data or made searchable by address and radius. - [Address Intelligence](https://crehq.com/address-intelligence/): exact-property evidence and surrounding-market context for commercial location research, portfolio enrichment and monitored territories. - [Live Coverage & Sources](https://crehq.com/data-coverage/): source-system, jurisdiction, record-type, exact record-count and last-check inventory, with requests for new sources or markets. ## Public-record data by market and record type - [Coverage by market](https://crehq.com/data-coverage/markets/): exact current inventory, source boundaries, field availability and custom data-feed scoping. - [California public-record data](https://crehq.com/data-coverage/markets/california/): permits, licenses and business records currently held, with source-level scope and freshness. - [Colorado public-record data](https://crehq.com/data-coverage/markets/colorado/): permits, licenses and business records currently held, with source-level scope and freshness. - [District of Columbia public-record data](https://crehq.com/data-coverage/markets/district-of-columbia/): permits, licenses and business records currently held, with source-level scope and freshness. - [Florida public-record data](https://crehq.com/data-coverage/markets/florida/): permits, licenses and business records currently held, with source-level scope and freshness. - [Illinois public-record data](https://crehq.com/data-coverage/markets/illinois/): permits, licenses and business records currently held, with source-level scope and freshness. - [Indiana public-record data](https://crehq.com/data-coverage/markets/indiana/): permits, licenses and business records currently held, with source-level scope and freshness. - [Maryland public-record data](https://crehq.com/data-coverage/markets/maryland/): permits, licenses and business records currently held, with source-level scope and freshness. - [Massachusetts public-record data](https://crehq.com/data-coverage/markets/massachusetts/): permits, licenses and business records currently held, with source-level scope and freshness. - [Minnesota public-record data](https://crehq.com/data-coverage/markets/minnesota/): permits, licenses and business records currently held, with source-level scope and freshness. - [New York public-record data](https://crehq.com/data-coverage/markets/new-york/): permits, licenses and business records currently held, with source-level scope and freshness. - [Ohio public-record data](https://crehq.com/data-coverage/markets/ohio/): permits, licenses and business records currently held, with source-level scope and freshness. - [Texas public-record data](https://crehq.com/data-coverage/markets/texas/): permits, licenses and business records currently held, with source-level scope and freshness. - [Washington public-record data](https://crehq.com/data-coverage/markets/washington/): permits, licenses and business records currently held, with source-level scope and freshness. ### Evaluation-ready data products - [Texas liquor-license data](https://crehq.com/data-coverage/markets/texas/liquor-license-data/): 117,505 normalized primary-license records in the current inventory, with a field dictionary, source date, limitations and scoped pilot path. - [JSON field specification and 25-row sample](https://crehq.com/wp-json/crehq/v1/data-samples/texas-liquor-license) - [CSV 25-row evaluation sample](https://crehq.com/wp-json/crehq/v1/data-samples/texas-liquor-license?format=csv) ## Location verification and custom research - [Location Verification](https://crehq.com/location-verification/): Paid, scoped business-location and address research for members and nonmembers. Deliverables preserve sources, dates, evidence methods and unresolved questions. Physical site checks require confirmed local collection availability and an agreed scope. Request a project quote; no membership is required.