Hailey, Iowa

What Hailey is made of: the communities whose institutions are here, the sectors its 865 businesses sit in, the franchises already on the ground, and the services a newcomer could start.

865 businesses on file · 105 trades · 32 sectors · · built from geonet.boise on 2026-10-07

Businesses865
0% carry coordinates
Specialised in12
trades above the national pattern
Places of worship12
Franchise brands12
already operating here

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The local economy

What the business base is made of, what it is specialised in against the national pattern, and what that mix implies. This is the part a development office would read first.

Composition, not health. geonet records what trades exist and where; it does not record formation, closure, employment or revenue, so none of those appear here. What makes this economics rather than a directory is the NAICS coding: it lets the local mix be read against the BLS survival curves and against the 323 industry groups this research has screened.

The two biggest markets here

Every industry group on this page links through to its NAICS page, and to the screened market report where this research has one — that is what the trait-to-NAICS coding buys.

Business density—
Breadth of the base349
broad — 77 industry groups, top three 21.5%
Survival the mix implies56.2%
at five years, against 51.4% for all private establishments
Coded to NAICS55%
of which 71% unambiguous

What this city is specialised in

Location quotient is this city's share of a trade divided by the same share across 10 US metro tables. Above 1.25 is the conventional threshold for a local specialisation.

The base against the entry screen

Businesses by the entry signal of the industry group they sit in, from the /markets screen. A large "structure decides" share means most local trades are ones where being better than the incumbent does not by itself win. A trade is matched to the screened record at whatever level the research wrote it — the same code, a broader one, or a narrower one. Where a group holds several screened sub-markets the count is shown, because no single one of them speaks for the whole group.

Enter
26.7%
127 businesses
Caution
46.2%
220 businesses
Structure decides
27.1%
129 businesses
Not screened
0%
0 businesses

How to read the survival figure

Each sector's five-year establishment survival rate, weighted by how many of this city's businesses sit in that sector. It is a property of the MIX, not of these businesses — it says what survival this composition would imply at US private-sector rates, because no Canadian equivalent series exists.

Weighted over 94.1% of the coded base — public administration carries no curve. Source: Business Employment Dynamics — Table 7, Survival of private sector establishments by opening year, US Bureau of Labor Statistics.

And what it does not measure

A "mixed" trait is one that genuinely spans codes — "computers" covers systems design, repair and supply. The clear share is how much of this reading rests on unambiguous coding. Business density also reflects how completely the directory covers a place, not only how many businesses are in it — so it compares poorly between a city the register knows well and one it does not.

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Who lives here, and who the city is for

The census: the only figures on this page that count people rather than businesses, and the three cohort readings they make possible.

No census place is mapped for us-hailey in local/census-map-us.json, so this page carries no demographics. The mapping is explicit because the United States has dozens of Springfields and Troys, and attaching the wrong one would put another city's figures on this page.

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The communities the register shows

A community appears in the business register before it appears in prose — a national church, a society, a credit union, a newspaper. Those are counted as institutions, and they are what suggests residents. A restaurant serving a cuisine is counted separately as trade, because every city has those and they say nothing about who lives nearby. The ranking is by institutions.

CommunityInstitutions WorshipTrade Where it shows
Polish 1 — —
Polished Apple Tutoring
Spanish-speaking — — 2
Japanese — — 1
Thai — — 1
Italian — — 1
Swiss — — 1
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Where the communities are

Streets, not neighbourhood names. The data knows that Greek institutions sit on one street and Greek restaurants on another; it does not know the word "Greektown", so it does not use it.

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What the city is made of

Every business on file, grouped by the sector it trades in. This is the economic-development view: where the 865 businesses actually are, and the specific trades inside each sector.

SectorBusinesses ShareWhat is in it
Construction 100 11.6% general contractor (26) · home builder (18) · heating and cooling (10) · painting (10) · plumbing (10) · excavating (7) · electrician (7) · roofing (3)
Business 56 6.5% government (27) · consulting (15) · accounting (8) · cemetary (2) · association (2) · foundation (1)
Living 51 5.9% place of worship (12) · cleaning (8) · apartment (7) · furniture (6) · daycare (4) · laundry (4) · veterinary (2) · fire safety (2)
Dining 29 3.4% restaurant (22) · pizza (3) · diner (1) · pubs (1) · fast food (1) · steakhouse (1)
Retail 24 2.8% photography (6) · gifts (5) · antiques (5) · department store (2) · fuel (2) · jeweler (1) · discount store (1) · convenience (1)
Health 21 2.4% physician (6) · chiro (3) · fitness club (2) · medical clinic (2) · optical (1) · pharmacy (1) · home healthcare (1)
Beauty 20 2.3% hair stylist (10) · dentist (7) · barber (1)
Finance 20 2.3% insurance (8) · bank (4) · real estate (3) · credit union (1)
Education 20 2.3% school (16) · garden (2) · library (1) · writing (1)
Automotive 20 2.3% autos (15) · auto repair (3) · motorcycle (1) · scooter (1)
Realty 20 2.3% real estate (20)
Law 19 2.2% lawyer (4) · mediator (3) · paralegal (1)
Travel 18 2.1% motel (6) · travel agent (5) · airline (3) · parking (2) · bnb (1)
Agribusiness 18 2.1% landscaping (16) · garden (1) · forestry (1)
Entertainment 16 1.8% amusement (5) · video (2) · music instruments (2) · video producer (1) · museum (1) · zoo (1)
Living & Home 16 1.8%
Construction & Realty 12 1.4%
Tech 11 1.3% computers (6) · wireless (2) · telecom (1)
Manufacturing 11 1.3% industrial supplier (5) · fabrication (3) · machinery (1) · pulp and paper (1)
Media 9 1% signs (6) · advertising (3)
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The franchises already here

Brands from a register of 2,024 franchise systems, matched into this city by name. A high count is a signal in both directions: the territory works, and it may be taken.

5 of these brands are a single common word — Metro, Avenue, Budget — so their counts include businesses that merely share the word. They are marked rather than dropped.

BrandCategory HereWorldwide
Bank of America bank 1 —
Baskin Robbins dessert 1 2,800
Blockbuster Video video 1 5,900
Budget Rent A Car car 1 1,900
Curves For Women fitness 1 10,000
Hertz Rent A Car car 1 7,000
Jackson Hewitt Tax Service tax 1 —
Progressive name only supermarket 2 150
Albertsons name only supermarket 1 564
CARQUEST name only auto 1 3,400
Roots name only retail 1 145
Sears name only inc 1 2,300
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Real estate as a local trade

Four unrelated jobs share the name: selling existing homes, owning and letting them, managing them for someone else, and building new ones. For anyone weighing a move or a licence these are the counts — and the ownership question goes to /property, which answers it building by building.

Real estate is a local job market in its own right, and four unrelated trades get the same name. Counts are businesses filed under each trade in the register, which lists a brokerage once however many agents work there — so this measures firms, not licensees.

Selling homes

5312
24 firms · LQ 0.63

Offices of agents and brokers — the resale market, and the biggest single trade in most Canadian cities.

Named in the register
  • 5 B Realty — P.O. BOX 2686
  • Appraisal Co — 16 W Croy St # R
  • Baseline Real Estate — 403 Broadford Rd
  • Brinkley Property Management — P.O. BOX 2451
  • Cornerstone Realty — 19 W Bullion St
  • Idaho Mortgage Service — 209 Apache Dr
  • Mc Cann Daech Fenton Realtors — 304 N Main St
  • Momentum Real Estate — 400 S Main St # 303
  • Nationwide Mortgage — 126 S Main St
  • Re Max Of Sun Valley Hailey — 831 N Main St
  • Residential Investment — PO Box 2181
  • Sprenger Grubb and Association — 126 S Main St # A3
  • Sun Valley Real Estate — P.O. BOX 3122
  • Windermere Real Estate — 100 N Main St

Owning and letting

5311
7 firms · LQ 1.27

Lessors of real estate: the buildings themselves, filed under the building rather than the owner.

Named in the register
  • Baldy View Apartments — 1771 Woodside Blvd
  • Balmoral Family Community — 851 Shenandoah Dr
  • Snow Mountain Apartments — 2011 Woodside Blvd
  • Summit Apartments — 155 W Galena St
  • Sun Valley Trailer Parks — 1431 Shadybrook Dr
  • Sunnyside Apartments — 620 Willow Dr
  • Valley View Apartments — 800 2nd Ave N

Managing for owners

5313
2 firms · LQ 1.35

Property managers, who run buildings the landlord does not.

Named in the register
  • Clean Sweep — P.O. BOX 1498
  • Ginas Janitorial Service — P.O. BOX 2213

Building new homes

2361
46 firms · LQ 3.39

Residential builders and the general contractors who work for them.

Named in the register
  • Buhl Mobile Estates — P.O. BOX 1105
  • Countryside Properties — 4302 Glenbrook Dr
  • Craig Johnson Construction — 110 E Carbonate St
  • Curtis Construction — 1040 1/2 Airport Way
  • Hayward Const — 1561 N 2nd Ave
  • Hayward Construction
  • High Plains Construction — 451 Mother Lode Loop
  • Housel Construction — 100 River Bend Rd
  • Ketchum Builders — 4302 Glenbrook Dr
  • Lyle Anderson Construction — 440 Whitetail Dr
  • Prosperous Path — 105 N Hiawatha Dr
  • Richmond Construction — PO Box 3049
  • Wood River Builders — 514 S 1st Ave
  • Wynn Construction — P.O. BOX 1382

On "how many doors"

How many doors a landlord holds is not in any of this. The register files an apartment building under the building, not its owner, and carries no unit count; there is no open dataset of Canadian landlords by portfolio. Where this research has established ownership it is in the /property record for the city, building by building, which is a different and much slower exercise.

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Work where you go to them

The Ultimate 411 half of local: everything where the customer does not have to come to you.

A shop needs the customer to walk in. These 157 services do the opposite — the mobile mechanic, the mobile groomer, the bookkeeper, the junk haul — and they are the ones a person can start without a lease. 0 of them already match a trait filed in this city's register.

The 157 Service=1 rows in search.local: work where the provider travels to the customer. "present" counts businesses already filed under that exact trait name; a blank is a coverage gap, not proof of absence, because the two vocabularies were built separately.

home services

Short-Term Rental TurnoverAppliance InstallationBabyproofing & Safety InstallsCarpet & Upholstery CleaningDeep CleaningDrywall RepairErrand RunningExterior PaintingFence & Deck StainingFurniture AssemblyGarden Weeding & MaintenanceGrocery Pickup & DeliveryGutter CleaningHandyman (General Repairs)Hedge & Shrub TrimmingHouse CleaningHouse SittingInterior PaintingJunk Removal & Dump RunsLandscape Design & PlantingLawn MowingFall Leaf CleanupMove-In / Move-Out CleaningMoving Help (Labour Only)Moving with TruckOffice CleaningPersonal ShopperPressure WashingMove Things Around the HouseSnow Shovelling & RemovalPacking & UnpackingTV & Picture MountingWardrobe StylingWindow Cleaning

events

BartenderDesignated Driver (Your Car)CateringTents, Tables & ChairsFloristFuneral & Celebration of Life ArrangementsGame-Day Bus or VanBook a Pub for Your GroupKaraoke Machine RentalParty Bus & Group ShuttlePub Crawl HostTaxi to the PubSports & Game PhotographyStag & Doe / Jack & Jill PlanningTailgate Party SetupTrivia Night HostVenue SourcingBig-Game Watch Party SetupWedding OfficiantWedding Planner / Coordinator

pets

Aquarium & Terrarium CleaningCatio (Cat Patio) BuildChicken Coop BuildDog House BuildDog TrainingDog WalkingHome Pet BoardingLost Pet SearchMobile Dog GroomingOvernight Pet SittingBuild & Install a Pet DoorPet Cages & EnclosuresPet Fencing & Dog RunsPet PhotographyPet-Proofing Your HomePet Sitting & Dog WalkingPet TaxiYard Poop Scooping

luxury

Chauffeur & Luxury CarDJ & Sound Gear RentalDJEvent PhotographerEvent PlannerLive MusiciansHair & Makeup ArtistMatchmakerPersonal ConciergePortrait & Headshot PhotographerPrivate ChefVideographerVIP / Social Club MembershipWedding PhotographerYacht & Boat Charter

healthcare

Wheelchair-Accessible TransportGrab Bars, Ramps & Home AccessibilityLight Housekeeping for SeniorsCooking & Meal Prep for SeniorsMedical Appointment EscortMedication & Appointment RemindersMobility Equipment RentalRespite Care for Family CaregiversSenior CompanionshipTech Help for SeniorsWalking Companion

sporting goods

Bike Tune-UpBorrow a Bike or E-BikeBorrow Camping GearBorrow Golf ClubsBorrow Hockey GearBorrow Ice SkatesBorrow a Kayak, Canoe or PaddleboardBorrow Skis, Poles & Ski BootsBorrow a Snowboard & Snow BootsSkate SharpeningSki & Snowboard Tuning

sports

Backyard Rink BuildLocal Fishing GuideGolf CaddieFind Players for a Pickup GamePrivate Sports LessonJoin or Build a Rec League TeamBook Ice, Courts & FieldsWorkout & Sports BuddyRoommates Who Also Like Sports

business

BookkeepingStart a Local BusinessCareer Coaching & RésumésFind a Local ManufacturerFind Local Work / Contract GigsLocal Advertising PlacementPrototype & Small-Batch ProductionTranslation & InterpretationWebsite & Online Presence

outdoors

Brush & Land ClearingChainsaw Rental (from a local owner)Firewood (Cut, Split & Delivered)Log Bucking & Cutting (Chainsaw)Portable SawmillingSmall-Lot Logging & Land ClearingStump GrindingTree FellingWood Splitting

construction

CarpenterElectricianHeating & Cooling (HVAC)Mobile MechanicPlumberRoof RepairSmall Engine RepairWelder / Metal Fabrication

travel

Airport Transfer & Car ServiceCorporate & Business TravelCruise BookingFamily Travel for a WeddingBereavement / Funeral TravelLeisure Travel PlanningLocal Tour Guide

tools

Camera & Lens RentalGenerator RentalLog Splitter RentalParty Equipment RentalPower Tool RentalTrailer & Truck Rental
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Schools and colleges

wander.schools is a post-secondary table — universities and colleges. K-12 public and private schools are not in it, and only 7 of its 1,686 rows carry coordinates, so these are listed and not mapped.

In the business register

Where schooling shows up as a business rather than an institution — which is where K-12, tutoring and childcare appear.

school 16daycare 4
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Health and care

What a person moving a parent here would ask first. The register files clinics and pharmacies; it has no category for a hospital at all, so hospitals are matched by name and the limit is stated rather than hidden.

Medical clinics2
Pharmacies1
Dental practices7

geonet carries no 'hospital' trait, so these are matched on the business name. A distance-to-hospital figure needs a source that states hospital locations.

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What this record cannot tell you

Named in full, because the gaps are the part most likely to be misread as an answer.

  • No census figures on this page: this region is not mapped to a census subdivision in local/census-map.json, so the community counts here are business-register institutions, which is a different measurement and cannot substitute for a population.
  • wander.schools is now readable, but it holds universities and colleges only and 1,679 of its 1,686 rows have no coordinates. K-12 public and private schools need a separate source — in Ontario the Ministry of Education school finder, in British Columbia the provincial school list. wander.citytowns, hotels and territories remain denied to the ru user.
  • No 'hospital' trait exists in geonet; distance to a hospital needs an external source such as StatCan's Open Database of Healthcare Facilities.
  • 100.0% of businesses here carry no coordinates, so a map or address lookup would miss them. Postal codes reach 100%.

Built from

  • geonet.boise — the local business register
  • wander.regions — city name, population, metro
  • search.local — trait vocabulary and the come-to-you services
  • search.cozfranchises — 2,024 franchise brands