Milwaukee, Wisconsin
What Milwaukee is made of: the communities whose institutions are here, the sectors its 39,331 businesses sit in, the franchises already on the ground, and the services a newcomer could start.
39,331 businesses on file · 171 trades · 33 sectors · census population 569,756 · registry population 577,222 · built from geonet.milwaukee on 2026-10-07
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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.
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.
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.
| Industry group | LQ | Businesses | Entry signal |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6244 Child day-care services — Child Care Centre Operation | 5.32 | 874 | Caution+1 more |
| 4572 Fuel dealers — Propane & Heating Fuel Route | 2.01 | 159 | Structure decides |
| 8123 Dry cleaning and laundry services — Dry Cleaning & Commercial Laundry | 1.91 | 90 | Enter |
| 7224 Drinking places (alcoholic beverages) — Drinking Places (Bars & Pubs) | 1.85 | 156 | Caution |
| 8121 Personal care services | 1.79 | 1,382 | Caution |
| 9139 Other local, municipal and regional public administration | 1.78 | 455 | Enter |
| 8131 Religious organizations | 1.76 | 1,136 | Caution |
| 4453 Beer, wine and liquor retailers — Private Liquor Retail | 1.76 | 174 | Structure decides |
| 4593 Florists — Retail Florists | 1.66 | 140 | Caution |
| 6111 Elementary and secondary schools | 1.62 | 783 | Enter |
| 7225 Full-service restaurants and limited-service eating places — Independent Restaurant Operation | 1.51 | 1,725 | Structure decides+1 more |
| 6211 Offices of physicians | 1.48 | 603 | Caution |
Thin against the national pattern
Common trades that are under-represented here. For someone deciding what to open, this is the more useful half of the table — though a gap can mean unmet demand or a market that does not work here, and this does not tell you which.
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.
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 97.7% 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.
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.
The register says what trades exist. The census says who lives here — and it is the only thing on this page that counts people. Figures are American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates for Milwaukee city, Wisconsin, the incorporated place, which is the city proper, and every comparison is against the United States as a whole, from the same ACS tables.
Detailed language is not published for American places. B16001, the table with individual languages, has no place-level rows; C16001 is what exists, and it names six languages and groups the rest into families. A Canadian city on this site names about forty.
Who the city is for
Three readings, each built from real numbers against real benchmarks. This is not an index. Every signal is shown with its own value, its benchmark and which way it points, and the band simply counts how many point the same way — so a reader who disagrees with one signal can drop it and still use the rest.
Seniors
thinIs this a place to grow old, and is the care here?
| Residents 65 and over | 11.8% | ▼16.8% |
| Residents 85 and overthe group that needs care rather than the group that is merely retired | 1.4% | ▼1.9% |
| Median age | 32.2 years | ▼38.7 years |
| Poverty ratethe US poverty threshold — a different definition from the Canadian pages, and not comparable to them | 23.3% | ▼12.4% |
| Medical clinics per 1,000 residentsfrom the business register | 0.25 | – |
| Pharmacies per 1,000 residentsfrom the business register | 0.21 | – |
| Median rent | 1033 $/mo | ▲1348 $/mo |
A high share of over-65s says other people made this choice; it does not say the care exists. The register has no category for a hospital at all, so distance to an emergency department is still missing.
Students and young adults
strongIs there a reason to be here between 19 and 25, and can they afford it?
| Residents 20 to 24 | 8.1% | ▲6.5% |
| Residents 15 to 19the cohort arriving next | 7.7% | ▲6.5% |
| Renter householdsa rental market is what makes a place possible to move to | 58.5% | ▲35% |
| Median rent | 1033 $/mo | ▲1348 $/mo |
| Unemployment rate | 5.9% | ▼5.2% |
| Degree holders in the adult population | 26.6% | ▼35% |
| Drinking places and recreationfrom the register | 206 | – |
Post-secondary institutions in the city are listed further down this page; where there are none, a high 20-to-24 share usually means work rather than study.
Newcomers and other-language speakers
moderateIs there already a community here, and has anyone built anything for it?
| Foreign-born residents | 10.8% | ▼13.9% |
| Arrived 2010 or laterthe band the ACS publishes; the Canadian pages use 2016 to 2021, so the two are not comparable | 34.3% | ▲29.4% |
| Speak a language other than English at home | 20.3% | – |
| Language groups above the reporting floor | 12 | – |
| Median household income | 51888 $ | ▼78538 $ |
The American census does not publish individual languages for a city — only the eleven groups below, six of which are single languages. A Canadian city on this site names about forty, so the two sections are not the same depth and should not be read as if they were.
What is spoken at home, and whether anyone built for it
The register-versus-census cross-check on the Canadian pages is not possible here: the ACS publishes language in groups, so "Other Indo-European languages" cannot be matched against an institution that names a community.
| Spoken most often at home | Speakers | Share | Community in the register | Institutions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spanish | 83,525 | 14.7% | not mapped to a marker | 0 |
| Other Asian and Pacific Island languages | 13,484 | 2.4% | not mapped to a marker | 0 |
| Other and unspecified languages | 4,290 | 0.8% | not mapped to a marker | 0 |
| Other Indo-European languages | 4,170 | 0.7% | not mapped to a marker | 0 |
| Arabic | 2,286 | 0.4% | not mapped to a marker | 0 |
| German or other West Germanic languages | 2,073 | 0.4% | not mapped to a marker | 0 |
| French, Haitian, or Cajun | 1,925 | 0.3% | not mapped to a marker | 0 |
| Russian, Polish, or other Slavic languages | 1,477 | 0.3% | not mapped to a marker | 0 |
| Chinese (incl. Mandarin, Cantonese) | 951 | 0.2% | not mapped to a marker | 0 |
| Tagalog (incl. Filipino) | 660 | 0.1% | not mapped to a marker | 0 |
| Vietnamese | 435 | 0.1% | not mapped to a marker | 0 |
| Korean | 254 | 0% | not mapped to a marker | 0 |
The rest of the profile
| Characteristic | Here | Canada |
|---|---|---|
| Residents 65 and over | 11.8% | 16.8% |
| Residents 85 and over | 1.4% | 1.9% |
| Residents 20 to 24 | 8.1% | 6.5% |
| Arrived 2016 to 2021 | 34.3% | 29.4% |
| Non-permanent residents | — | — |
| Speak a non-official language at home | 20.3% | — |
| Renter households | 58.5% | 35% |
| Spending 30% or more on shelter | — | — |
| Participation rate | 64% | 63.5% |
| Unemployment rate | 5.9% | 5.2% |
| Median household income, 2020 | 51888 $ | — |
| Median after-tax household income, 2020 | — | — |
| Prevalence of low income (LIM-AT) | 23.3% | — |
| Bachelor degree or higher | 26.6% | — |
The one thing to keep in mind
Five-year estimates pooled over 2019–2023, so a figure is an average of the period rather than a single year, and every value carries a margin of error this extract does not keep. Unlike the Canadian census, which counts everyone, the ACS is a sample — a small place's figures are correspondingly uncertain. ACS five-year estimate for the incorporated place, which is the city proper. It will differ from the figure in wander.regions, which is sometimes a metropolitan population.
Source: American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates — Table-based summary file, 2023, United States Census Bureau, under the US federal government work, public domain. National comparison: The United States row of the same ACS tables, not an average of places — roughly a third of Americans live outside any incorporated place, so summing places would understate the country.
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.
| Community | Institutions | Worship | Trade | Where it shows |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spanish-speaking | 6 | 4 | 50 | trade on W National Ave (6) · West Lincoln Avenue (2) · W Burnham St (2)
Spanish Immersion Institute · North Milwaukee Spanish Chr · Spanish Seventh Day Adventist |
| Jewish | 6 | 4 | 16 | institutions on N Santa Monica Blvd (2) trade on N Prospect Ave (5) · N Green Bay Ave (2) · N Lake Dr (2)
Weinberg Jewish Center · American Jewish Committee · Jewish Mikveh |
| Islamic | 6 | 6 | 4 | trade on N Teutonia Ave (3)
Milwaukee Muslim Womens Cltn · Masjid Sultan Muhammad · Islamic Society of Milw |
| Polish | 5 | 3 | 6 |
Polish Womens Alliance America · St Marys Polish National Chr · Polish Roman Catholic Union |
| Chinese | 4 | 3 | 32 | trade on West North Avenue (4) · West Appleton Avenue (2) · W Greenfield Ave (2)
Chinese Community Baptist Chr · Indo Chinese Learning Center · Chinese Chrstn Chrch Milwaukee |
| Irish | 3 | — | 12 | trade on W Wisconsin Ave (2)
Glencastle Irish Dancers · Kinsella Academy Irish Dance · Cashel Dennehy School Irish |
| Korean | 3 | 3 | 1 |
Korean Baptist Chr Milwaukee · Korean New Life Church · Korean Church of Milw |
| Latvian | 3 | 1 | — |
Latvian Evangelical Lutheran · Wisconsin Latvian Credit Union · Latvian House of Milwaukee |
| French | 2 | — | 12 | trade on N Port Washington Rd (2) · W Brown Deer Rd (2)
Milwaukee French Immersion · Alliance Francaise De Milwauke |
| Ukrainian | 2 | 2 | — |
St Michaels Ukrainian Church · Ukrainian St Marys Orthodox |
| Italian | 1 | — | 23 | trade on E Chicago St (2)
Italian Dance Group of MI |
| German | 1 | — | 14 |
Milwaukee German Immersion |
| Russian | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox |
| Caribbean | 1 | 1 | 4 |
LA Iglesia De LA Trinidad |
| Greek | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Greek Orthodox Church |
| Serbian | 1 | — | 2 |
St Sava Serbian Orthodox Schl |
| Arabic-speaking | 1 | — | 2 |
Ancient Arabic Order |
| Swiss | 1 | — | 1 |
Swiss Singing Society |
| Filipino | 1 | — | — |
Philippine Center |
| South Asian | 1 | 1 | — |
Sikh Temple Of Wisconsin |
| Armenian | 1 | 1 | — |
St John Baptist Armenian Chr |
| Ethiopian | 1 | 1 | — |
Ethiopian Medhanialem Church |
| Dutch | — | — | 12 | trade on N 73rd St (2)
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| Thai | — | — | 10 | |
| Japanese | — | — | 6 | |
| Persian | — | — | 4 | trade on E Silver Spring Dr (2)
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| Brazilian | — | — | 2 | |
| Scottish | — | — | 2 | |
| Slovak | — | — | 1 | |
| Austrian | — | — | 1 | |
| Turkish | — | — | 1 | |
| Nigerian | — | — | 1 |
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.
Spanish-speaking
Jewish
Islamic
Chinese
Irish
French
Italian
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 39,331 businesses actually are, and the specific trades inside each sector.
| Sector | Businesses | Share | What is in it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Living | 3,396 | 8.6% | place of worship (1136) · daycare (874) · cleaning (322) · apartment (318) · furniture (216) · appliances (104) · property (95) · laundry (90) |
| Business | 1,956 | 5% | consulting (678) · government (455) · accounting (266) · association (229) · foundation (62) · cemetary (46) · vending (30) · auction (9) |
| Beauty | 1,855 | 4.7% | hair stylist (1226) · dentist (371) · barber (156) · real estate (1) |
| Dining | 1,786 | 4.5% | restaurant (1458) · pizza (121) · pubs (108) · diner (34) · steakhouse (22) · burgers (22) · fast food (9) · mexican food (7) |
| Construction | 1,782 | 4.5% | painting (351) · home builder (313) · plumbing (183) · roofing (143) · general contractor (142) · heating and cooling (114) · machinery (102) · concrete (96) |
| Finance | 1,489 | 3.8% | insurance (657) · bank (367) · real estate (168) · mortgage (55) · credit union (47) · loans (37) · stock broker (17) · bankruptcy (11) |
| Health | 1,486 | 3.8% | physician (597) · medical clinic (142) · chiro (96) · pharmacy (82) · home healthcare (65) · optical (38) · fitness club (32) · medical supplier (19) |
| Automotive | 1,142 | 2.9% | autos (421) · auto repair (306) · auto parts (50) · detailing (27) · motorcycle (18) · scooter (16) · tires (13) · orchard (1) |
| Law | 1,015 | 2.6% | lawyer (285) · mediator (42) · paralegal (4) · bankruptcy (3) · insurance (2) · real estate (1) · bank (1) · orchard (1) |
| Retail | 1,012 | 2.6% | gifts (212) · photography (159) · flowers (140) · jeweler (127) · fuel (93) · convenience (84) · toys (55) · antiques (49) |
| Realty | 970 | 2.5% | real estate (961) · realtor (9) |
| Education | 944 | 2.4% | school (783) · writing (66) · library (55) · garden (25) |
| Tech | 663 | 1.7% | computers (478) · wireless (71) · telecom (40) |
| Logistics | 594 | 1.5% | truck transportation (283) · storage (105) · packaging (47) · railroad (13) · towing (9) · forklifts (1) · insurance (1) · wholesale (1) |
| Media | 578 | 1.5% | advertising (251) · signs (167) · books (81) · printing (78) · bank (1) |
| Living & Home | 520 | 1.3% | greenhouse (6) · landscaping (3) · scooter (2) · garden (1) · orchard (1) |
| Food | 504 | 1.3% | grocer (309) · baker (101) · ice cream (47) · catering (29) · seafood (16) · fruit (1) · diner (1) |
| Food & Beverage | 504 | 1.3% | fruit (17) · orchard (1) · scooter (1) |
| Travel | 464 | 1.2% | travel agent (175) · motel (76) · parking (41) · truck rental (24) · airline (22) · hotel (20) · bnb (5) · pubs (1) |
| Entertainment | 463 | 1.2% | video producer (121) · amusement (95) · video (65) · nightclub (45) · music instruments (37) · games (31) · museum (25) · zoo (8) |
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.
64 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.
| Brand | Category | Here | Worldwide |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burger King | fastfood | 28 | 11,000 |
| Taco Bell | tacos | 22 | 5,845 |
| U-Haul | car | 22 | 13,700 |
| Pizza Hut | pizza | 19 | 10,000 |
| American Family Insurance | insurance | 18 | 4,000 |
| Enterprise Rent A Car | car | 18 | 5,400 |
| Public Storage locations | home | 15 | 2,000 |
| Dairy Queen | fastfood | 13 | 5,900 |
| ACE Hardware | hardware | 12 | 4,700 |
| Curves For Women | fitness | 12 | 10,000 |
| Advance Auto Parts | auto | 10 | 3,000 |
| Jackson Hewitt Tax Service | tax | 10 | — |
| Salvation Army | retail | 10 | — |
| St. John | retail | 10 | — |
| Wal-Mart | retail | 10 | 6,500 |
| Blockbuster Video | video | 9 | 5,900 |
| Budget Rent A Car | car | 9 | 1,900 |
| Hollywood Video | video | 8 | 2,700 |
| Jiffy Lube | auto | 8 | 2,200 |
| Qdoba Mexican Grill | food | 8 | 400 |
| 7-Eleven | convenience | 6 | 30,000 |
| Baskin Robbins | dessert | 6 | 2,800 |
| Great Clips | hair | 6 | 2,600 |
| Instant Tax Service | tax | 6 | 127 |
| Little Caesars Pizza | pizza | 6 | 1,800 |
| Fashion Bug | retail | 5 | 1,000 |
| Payless Shoesource | shoestore | 5 | 5,000 |
| Save-A-Lot | supermarket | 5 | 1,160 |
| Bally Total Fitness | fitness | 4 | 390 |
| Best Western | businesshotel | 4 | 4,200 |
| Cold Stone Creamery | dessert | 4 | 1,350 |
| Dunkin' Donuts | donuts | 4 | 6,000 |
| Eddie Bauer | retail | 4 | 370 |
| Harley Davidson locations | motorcycle | 4 | — |
| Hertz Rent A Car | car | 4 | 7,000 |
| Holiday Inn | businesshotel | 4 | — |
| Jenny Craig | fitness | 4 | 640 |
| KB Toys | retail | 4 | 5 |
| NAPA Auto Parts | auto | 4 | 18,000 |
| Panera Bread | deli | 4 | — |
| Sam Goody | retail | 4 | — |
| Toys "R" Us | retail | 4 | 1,400 |
| ACE Cash Express | cash | 3 | 1,573 |
| Ann Taylor | retail | 3 | — |
| Batteries Plus | retail | 3 | 254 |
| Carlson Wagonlit Travel | travel | 3 | 4,300 |
| Cheesecake Factory | food | 3 | 108 |
| City Market | supermarket | 3 | 38 |
| Cost Cutters Family Hair Care | hair | 3 | 850 |
| Dollar Rent A Car | car | 3 | 600 |
| Home Depot | home | 3 | 2,104 |
| IKON Office Solutions | retail | 3 | 400 |
| Nine West | retail | 3 | — |
| Office Depot | retail | 3 | 1,091 |
| Outback Steakhouse | food | 3 | — |
| Sign-A-Rama | specialty | 3 | 800 |
| Sunglass Hut | retail | 3 | — |
| Value Village | retail | 3 | 190 |
| American Eagle Outfitters | retail | 2 | 827 |
| Banana Republic | retail | 2 | — |
| Circuit City | retail | 2 | 600 |
| Courtyard by Marriott | businesshotel | 2 | — |
| Cub Foods | supermarket | 2 | 84 |
| Days Inn | economyhotel | 2 | — |
| Fitness Together | fitness | 2 | 302 |
| Great Frame Up | specialty | 2 | — |
| Home Instead Senior Care | senior | 2 | 700 |
| Huntington Learning Center | school | 2 | 253 |
| Kitchen Solvers | specialty | 2 | — |
| Kwik Trip | convenience | 2 | 350 |
| Liberty Tax Service | tax | 2 | — |
| Marcus Theatres | entertainment | 2 | — |
| Merry Maids | cleaner | 2 | 970 |
| Rent-A-Center | retail | 2 | 3,500 |
| Residence Inn by Marriott | extendedstayhotel | 2 | — |
| Wet Seal | retail | 2 | 330 |
| Williams-Sonoma | inc | 2 | 212 |
| 1-800-GOT-JUNK? | specialty | 1 | 270 |
| Alamo Rent A Car | car | 1 | 1,000 |
| Apple Store | retail | 1 | 194 |
| Atlanta Bread | coffee | 1 | 110 |
| Au Bon Pain | deli | 1 | 250 |
| Aussie Pet Mobile | pet | 1 | — |
| Bank of America | bank | 1 | — |
| Brighton Collectibles | retail | 1 | — |
| Buca di Beppo | food | 1 | 105 |
| Budget Blinds | retail | 1 | — |
| Burlington Coat Factory | retail | 1 | 350 |
| Caribou Coffee | coffee | 1 | — |
| Carpet Network | retail | 1 | 36 |
| Cartridge World | retail | 1 | 1,400 |
| Coldwater Creek | retail | 1 | 500 |
| Cruise Planners | travel | 1 | — |
| DHL Express | post | 1 | 6,500 |
| Disney Store | retail | 1 | — |
| Dollar General | convenience | 1 | 8,205 |
| Econo Lodge | budgethotel | 1 | — |
| Extreme Pita | deli | 1 | 174 |
| Finish Line | retail | 1 | 700 |
| Franklin Covey | retail | 1 | 100 |
| Furniture Medic | specialty | 1 | 600 |
| Good Feet | retail | 1 | 153 |
| Half Price Books | book | 1 | 85 |
| Handyman Connection | specialty | 1 | — |
| Holiday Inn Express | familyhotel | 1 | — |
| HomeTeam Inspection Service | realestate | 1 | 387 |
| Homewatch CareGivers | specialty | 1 | — |
| J.Crew | retail | 1 | 255 |
| J.D. Byrider | auto | 1 | 124 |
| JAN-PRO | cleaner | 1 | 75 |
| Kay Jewelers | retail | 1 | 839 |
| La Salsa | fastfood | 1 | 100 |
| Lands' End | retail | 1 | 19 |
| Lions Club | club | 1 | — |
| Maid Brigade | cleaner | 1 | — |
| Merle Norman Cosmetics | retail | 1 | 2,000 |
| Miracle-Ear | specialty | 1 | 1,500 |
| Motel 6 | budgethotel | 1 | 360 |
| National Sports | retail | 1 | 20 |
| Pearle Vision | specialty | 1 | 100 |
| Piggly Wiggly | supermarket | 1 | 600 |
| Ramada Inn | familyhotel | 1 | 740 |
| Rent-A-Wreck | car | 1 | — |
| Restoration Hardware | retail | 1 | 103 |
| Right at Home | senior | 1 | — |
| Rotary Club | club | 1 | — |
| Signs By Tomorrow | specialty | 1 | — |
| Sports Authority | retail | 1 | 400 |
| St. Regis | luxuryhotel | 1 | — |
| Steve Madden | retail | 1 | — |
| Stop & Shop | supermarket | 1 | 360 |
| Stride Rite | shoestore | 1 | — |
| Super 8 | economyhotel | 1 | — |
| Super Wash | auto | 1 | 288 |
| Sylvan Learning | school | 1 | 710 |
| Things Remembered | retail | 1 | 600 |
| Tuffy Auto Service Centers | auto | 1 | 392 |
| Villa Pizza | pizza | 1 | 300 |
| West Marine | specialty | 1 | 400 |
| Wild Birds Unlimited | retail | 1 | 307 |
| Wings Over | fastfood | 1 | 18 |
| Zyng Asian Grill | food | 1 | 13 |
| Walgreens name only | pharmacy | 48 | 4,000 |
| Manor name only | retail | 44 | — |
| Limited name only | retail | 38 | — |
| Sears name only | inc | 19 | 2,300 |
| Starbucks name only | coffee | 18 | 3,500 |
| YMCA name only | fitness | 16 | — |
| Michaels name only | retail | 15 | 805 |
| Renaissance name only | upscalehotel | 15 | — |
| Midas name only | auto | 13 | 1,800 |
| SuperCuts name only | inc | 13 | 2,000 |
| Hallmark name only | greetingcards | 12 | 5,600 |
| AllState name only | insurance | 11 | — |
| Coach name only | luggage | 10 | — |
| Progressive name only | supermarket | 9 | 150 |
| Burton name only | retail | 8 | — |
| AutoZone name only | auto | 6 | 3,800 |
| CARQUEST name only | auto | 6 | 3,400 |
| Borders name only | book | 5 | 559 |
| Champion name only | supermarket | 5 | 1,000 |
| Honda name only | car | 5 | — |
| Jacob name only | retail | 5 | 200 |
| Marriott name only | upscalehotel | 5 | 2,800 |
| Toyota name only | car | 5 | — |
| Hyatt name only | upscalehotel | 4 | — |
| Jeep name only | suv | 4 | — |
| Mitsubishi name only | auto | 4 | — |
| Nissan name only | auto | 4 | — |
| Talbots name only | retail | 4 | 592 |
| Aveda name only | retail | 3 | — |
| Clarion name only | businesshotel | 3 | — |
| Gymboree name only | retail | 3 | 550 |
| Roots name only | retail | 3 | 145 |
| Safeway name only | supermarket | 3 | 1,767 |
| Aldi name only | supermarket | 2 | 5,000 |
| Aldo name only | retail | 2 | — |
| Bebe name only | retail | 2 | — |
| Beltone name only | specialty | 2 | 1,500 |
| CarStar name only | auto | 2 | 120 |
| Chipotle name only | fastfood | 2 | — |
| Cinnabon name only | dessert | 2 | 651 |
| Diana name only | supermarket | 2 | 3 |
| Greyhound name only | travel | 2 | — |
| HESS name only | fuel | 2 | 1,250 |
| Hooters name only | food | 2 | 435 |
| Lexus name only | luxurycar | 2 | — |
| Powells name only | book | 2 | 9 |
| AmeriSuites name only | familyhotel | 1 | — |
| BachRach name only | retail | 1 | — |
| Brookstone name only | retail | 1 | 306 |
| COSI name only | food | 1 | — |
| Eason name only | retail | 1 | 58 |
| FastFrame name only | specialty | 1 | 300 |
| Florsheim name only | retail | 1 | — |
| Gucci name only | — | 1 | 207 |
| Illuminations name only | retail | 1 | 16 |
| InterContinental name only | luxuryhotel | 1 | — |
| Irma name only | supermarket | 1 | 71 |
| Lenox name only | retail | 1 | — |
| OfficeMax name only | retail | 1 | 1,000 |
| Peebles name only | retail | 1 | — |
| Rockport name only | retail | 1 | — |
| Sheraton name only | upscalehotel | 1 | — |
| SuperValu name only | supermarket | 1 | — |
| Ziebart name only | auto | 1 | 500 |
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
5312Offices of agents and brokers — the resale market, and the biggest single trade in most Canadian cities.
Named in the register
- Beacon Realty Capital — 301 E Reservoir Ave
- Brown Deer Realty Co — 9418 N Fairy Chasm Ln
- Choice Property Management — P.O. BOX 270498
- City Data Enterprises — P.O. BOX 23643
- Foss Group — 2100 N Mayfair Rd # 200
- Glh Investments — P.O. BOX 371094
- King Apartments — P.O. BOX 18131
- Leisure Investments — 5600 W Brown Deer Rd
- Market Value Properties — P.O. BOX 511189
- Me Landre Properties — 251 N 114th St
- Mortgage Exchange — 7607 W Townsend St
- Neustedter Realty — 3006 N 124th St # Lle
- Predential Preferred Homes — P.O. BOX 13494
- Realty Consultants — P.O. BOX 13185
Owning and letting
5311Lessors of real estate: the buildings themselves, filed under the building rather than the owner.
Named in the register
- 1422 — 1422 S 92nd St
- Burnham Village Apartments — 5202 W Burnham St
- Harwood Place Retirement Center — 8220 Harwood Ave 19
- Jefferson Block Apartment — 133 N Jackson St
- Jim Bern Co — P.O. BOX 17866
- Jmk Properties — 7111 N Fairchild Cir
- LA Follette Senior Apartments — 720 S 92nd St
- Landmark On The Lake — 1660 N Prospect Ave
- Majestic Loft Apartments — 231 W Wisconsin Ave # 220
- Morgan Court Apartments — 6600 N Sidney Pl
- Overlook Apartments — 7439 Harwood Ave
- Pinnacle Properties — PO Box 170634
- Professional Property MGT — 2610 N Wauwatosa Ave
- Stonehedge Apartments
Managing for owners
5313Property managers, who run buildings the landlord does not.
Named in the register
- American Building Maint Co Ill — 633 W Wscnsin Ave Ste 810
- B and B Investments — P.O. BOX 17900
- BR of Wisconsin 18 — P.O. BOX 13125
- Cher Clean — 642 S 66th St
- Dpw Facilities Management — 10310 W Watertown Plank R
- Egotech Productions — 4836 W Woodlawn CT
- Lafayette Residential Services — 2030 E Lafayette Pl
- Onesource Facility Services — 411 E Wisconsin Ave
- Rj Heating — P.O. BOX 3820
- Sabercor — 8626 W Grnfeld Ave B100 100 B
- Schwartz Janitorial Service — 1609 N Prospect Ave # 503
- Suburban Management Company — 839 N 11th St
- Sun Dance Janitorial — 2237 N 65th St
- Ziefle Janitorial Service — P.O. BOX 13162
Building new homes
2361Residential builders and the general contractors who work for them.
Named in the register
- Barnabas Building Center — 4650 N Washington Rd
- Barthenheier Construction — 231 E Buffalo St # 305
- Best Remodeling — 130 N 91st St
- Beyer Construction — 451 N Water St
- Central City Construction — 1300 N 4th St
- Construction Data Services — 1028 W Saint Paul Ave
- East Troy Estates — P.O. BOX 17872
- Fidelity Technologies — 517 E Wisconsin Ave
- Keith Corzine — 626 E Kilbourn Ave # 907
- Ksm Builders — 1713 W Lafayette Pl
- Matthews Building — 301 W Wisconsin Ave
- Megal Construction Co — P.O. BOX 18661
- Neville Const — P.O. BOX 170093
- William Ryan Homes — 9204 W Edgewater Dr
Financing it
5222Mortgage brokers and non-bank lenders.
Named in the register
- Accent Mortgage — 8831 W GREENFIELD AVE
- Approved Mortgage — 611 N Mayfair Rd
- ASAP Mortgage — 1821 N Marshall St
- Equity Corporate Housing — 1300 N Prospect Ave
- Freedom Financial Services — 7223 W Center St
- Lakeview Equity Partners — 700 N Water St
- M and I Mortgage — P.O. BOX 478
- MI Casa Mortgage — 2209 S Muskego Ave
- Moneyline Mortgage Downtown — 828 N Broadway
- Mortgage Authority — 11040 W Bluemound Rd # 102
- Packerland Mortgage — 1536 N 68th St
- Payday Loan Store — 3904 S 27th St
- Speedy Loan — 310 W Wisconsin Ave
- Wisconsin Auto Title Loans — 235 W Layton Ave
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.
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
events
pets
luxury
healthcare
sporting goods
sports
business
outdoors
construction
travel
tools
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.
| Institution | Type | Students | Founded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marquette University | University | — | — |
In the business register
Where schooling shows up as a business rather than an institution — which is where K-12, tutoring and childcare appear.
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.
Matched on the name "hospital"
- Elmbrook Memorial Hospital — P.O. BOX 09770
- Occupational Health Center — 1020 N 12th St
- Norris Health Center Uwm — P.O. BOX 413
- Kocol Chiropractic Health Center — 7670 N Port Washington Rd
- Natural Health Center SC — 6610 W North Ave
- Froedtert Hospital — 9200 W Wisconsin Ave
- Heritage Health Center — 2555 N Dr Martin Luther King
- Childrens Hospital and Hlth Sys — 9000 W Wisconsin Ave # 701
- Childrens Hospital — P.O. BOX 1997
- Childrens Hospital — 9000 W Wisconsin Ave
- Childrens Hospital Library — 8701 W Watertown Plank Rd
- Childrens Hospital Cardiothor — 9000 W Wisconsin Ave # 715
- Childrens Hospital School Prog — 9000 W Wisconsin Ave
- Childrens Hospital Wi Poison — PO Box 1997
- Childrens Hospital Wiscousin — 9000 W Wisconsin Ave
- Children Hospital Milwaukee — 9000 W Wisconsin Ave
- Childrens Hospital Wisconsin — 9000 W Wisconsin Ave
- Childrens Hospital Foundation — P.O. BOX 1997
- Foot and Ankle Health Center — 324 E Wisconsin Ave
- Childrens Hospital Of Wi — 1020 N 12th St
- Foot and Ankle Health Center — 2500 W Layton Ave Ste 170
- Wisconsin Health Center — 4448 W Loomis Rd
- Layton Animal Hospital — 1216 W Layton Ave
- Natural Health Center — 4810 S 76th St
- Sunrise Health Center — 4848 S 76th St
- Southside Health Center — 1639 S 23rd St
- Johnston Community Health Center — 1230 W Grant St
- Keenan Health Center — 3200 N 36th St
- Isaac Coggs Health Center — 2770 N 5th St
- Issac Coggs Cmnty Health Center — 2770 N 5th St
- Summit Womens Health Center — 530 N Water St
- St Marys Hospital Library — 2323 N Lake Dr
- St Marys Hospital Foundation — 1101 N Market St
- Columbia St Marys Hospital — 2388 N Lake Dr
- Foot and Ankle Health Center — 10401 W Lincoln Ave
- Rogers Memorial Hospital — 11101 W Lincoln Ave
- West Allis Memorial Hospital — P.O. BOX 343910
- West Allis Memorial Hospital — 8901 W Lincoln Ave
- City Animal Hospital — 325 W Silver Spring Dr
- Foot and Ankle Health Center — 3970 N Okland Ave Ste 402
- Aurora Health Center — 8675 N Port Washington # 120
- Brown Deer Animal Hospital — 8745 N 51st St
- Wisconsin Health Center — 3305 S 20th St
- Clark Square Family Health Center — 1818 W National Ave
- Lincoln Health Center — 573 W Lincoln Ave
- Wisconsin Health and Hospital — 11925 W Lake Park Dr
- St Joseph Hospital Bluemound — 10010 W Bluemound Rd
- St Josephs Hospital Gift Shop — 5000 W Chambers St
- Saint Josephs Hospital — 5000 W Chambers St
- Northwest General Hospital — 5310 W Capitol Dr
- Froedert Hospital — 9200 W Wisconsin Ave
- Aurora Psychiatric Hospital — 1220 Dewey Ave
- Foot Health Center The — 7635 W Bluemound Rd
- West Allis Animal Hospital — 1736 S 82nd St
- Aurora Health Center — 10400 W North Ave # 2
- Aurora Behavioral Health Center — 2000 E Layton Ave # 250
- Airport Animal Hospital — 4698 S Whitnall Ave # 15d
- C H Mason Health Center — 3500 W Mother Daniels Way
- Aurora Health Center — 8200 W Silver Spring Dr
- Saint Michael Hospital — 2400 W Villard Ave
- Behavioral Health Center — 2400 W Villard Ave
- Loris Hospital Gift Shop — 2400 W Villard Ave
- Cce Day Health Center — 5228 W Fond Du Lac Ave
- Crawford Animal Hospital — 3193 S 108th St
- Milwaukee Heritage Health Center — 2770 N 5th St
- Health Center Medical Supply — 2323 N Dr Martin Luther King
- St Francis Hospital Pain Mgmt — 3237 S 16th St
- St Francis Hospital Milwaukee — 3260 S 16th St
- St Francis Hospital Prfrmnc — 2025 W Oklahoma Ave # 111
- Select Specialty Hospital — 2900 W Oklahoma Ave
- St Francis Animal Hospital — 3406 S Pennsylvania Ave
- Aurora Health Center — 180 W Grange Ave
- Bay View Family Health Center — 3056 S Kinnickinnic Ave
- Aurora Behavioral Health Center — 6980 N Port Washington Rd
- Gateway Health Center — 801 S 70th St
- Advanced Animal Hospital — 3374 W Loomis Rd
- Lisbon Avenue Health Center — 3522 W Lisbon Ave
- Columbia Hospital Medical Libr — 2025 E Newport Ave
- Columbia Hospital — 10950 W Capitol Dr
- Orthopaedic Hospital — 575 W River Woods Pkwy
- O Columbia St Marys Hospital — 633 E Henry Clay St
- Heart Hospital Of Milwaukee — 375 W River Woods Pkwy
- Heart Hospital Of Milwaukee — 4199 N Richards St
- Milwaukee Psychiatric Hospital — 5900 N Pt Wash Rd
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.
What this record cannot tell you
Named in full, because the gaps are the part most likely to be misread as an answer.
- Census figures are 2021, taken on 11 May 2021: income is for 2020 and the labour figures were measured mid-pandemic, so the unemployment rate on this page is a 2021 reading rather than a current one.
- 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.
- 0.0% of businesses here carry no coordinates, so a map or address lookup would miss them. Postal codes reach 100%.
Built from
geonet.milwaukee— the local business registerwander.regions— city name, population, metrosearch.local— trait vocabulary and the come-to-you servicessearch.cozfranchises— 2,024 franchise brands