This document summarizes Esri's methodology for its business location and summary data. It obtains business data from Dun & Bradstreet including names, locations, industries, employees and sales for over 18 million US businesses. Dun & Bradstreet collects this data from various public and private sources. Esri geocodes the addresses and assigns geographic codes. It then aggregates the data and provides reports with industry, employment and sales information to users. Esri's data development team, led by Lynn Wombold, has over 90 years of combined experience crafting segmentation and data methodologies.