Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
What Pittsburgh is made of: the communities whose institutions are here, the sectors its 27,419 businesses sit in, the franchises already on the ground, and the services a newcomer could start.
27,419 businesses on file · 157 trades · 33 sectors · census population 303,620 · registry population 302,971 · built from geonet.pittsburgh 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6211 Offices of physicians | 3.68 | 1,081 | Caution |
| 9139 Other local, municipal and regional public administration | 3.1 | 570 | Enter |
| 5192 Web search portals, libraries and archives, and all other information services — Public Libraries & Web Information Portals | 2.81 | 97 | Enter |
| 7225 Full-service restaurants and limited-service eating places — Independent Restaurant Operation | 1.95 | 1,606 | Structure decides+1 more |
| 6212 Offices of dentists — Dental Practice Acquisition | 1.92 | 471 | Caution+1 more |
| 4593 Florists — Retail Florists | 1.76 | 107 | Caution |
| 8129 Other personal services | 1.58 | 62 | Caution |
| 8131 Religious organizations | 1.49 | 694 | Caution |
| 8121 Personal care services | 1.46 | 816 | Caution |
| 4453 Beer, wine and liquor retailers — Private Liquor Retail | 1.45 | 103 | Structure decides |
| 5221 Depository credit intermediation | 1.43 | 365 | Structure decides |
| 2389 Other specialty trade contractors — Excavation & Site Preparation | 1.43 | 60 | Structure decides |
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.
| Industry group | LQ | Businesses | Entry signal |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5411 Legal services | 0.03 | 9 | Caution |
| 4841 General freight trucking — Owner-Operator Trucking | 0.23 | 42 | Caution |
| 4599 Other miscellaneous store retailers — Pet & Pet Supplies Retail | 0.24 | 66 | Caution |
| 4581 Clothing and clothing accessories retailers — Multi-Brand Clothing Boutique | 0.27 | 90 | Enter |
| 6214 Out-patient care centres | 0.34 | 70 | Structure decides |
| 5222 Non-depository credit intermediation | 0.34 | 30 | Caution |
| 4452 Specialty food retailers | 0.4 | 32 | Structure decides |
| 4595 Used merchandise retailers — Used Merchandise & Resale Retail | 0.45 | 57 | Caution |
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 96% 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 Pittsburgh city, Pennsylvania, 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 | 15.1% | ▼16.8% |
| Residents 85 and overthe group that needs care rather than the group that is merely retired | 2% | –1.9% |
| Median age | 33.5 years | ▼38.7 years |
| Poverty ratethe US poverty threshold — a different definition from the Canadian pages, and not comparable to them | 19.5% | ▼12.4% |
| Medical clinics per 1,000 residentsfrom the business register | 0.23 | – |
| Pharmacies per 1,000 residentsfrom the business register | 0.48 | – |
| Median rent | 1221 $/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 | 11.3% | ▲6.5% |
| Residents 15 to 19the cohort arriving next | 8.1% | ▲6.5% |
| Renter householdsa rental market is what makes a place possible to move to | 52.8% | ▲35% |
| Median rent | 1221 $/mo | –1348 $/mo |
| Unemployment rate | 5.9% | ▼5.2% |
| Degree holders in the adult population | 47.8% | ▲35% |
| Drinking places and recreationfrom the register | 173 | – |
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 | 9.3% | ▼13.9% |
| Arrived 2010 or laterthe band the ACS publishes; the Canadian pages use 2016 to 2021, so the two are not comparable | 53.5% | ▲29.4% |
| Speak a language other than English at home | 11.3% | – |
| Language groups above the reporting floor | 12 | – |
| Median household income | 64137 $ | ▼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 | 8,193 | 2.7% | not mapped to a marker | 0 |
| Other Indo-European languages | 6,456 | 2.1% | not mapped to a marker | 0 |
| Chinese (incl. Mandarin, Cantonese) | 5,230 | 1.7% | not mapped to a marker | 0 |
| Other Asian and Pacific Island languages | 3,074 | 1% | not mapped to a marker | 0 |
| Russian, Polish, or other Slavic languages | 2,276 | 0.7% | not mapped to a marker | 0 |
| Other and unspecified languages | 2,198 | 0.7% | not mapped to a marker | 0 |
| Arabic | 2,028 | 0.7% | not mapped to a marker | 0 |
| French, Haitian, or Cajun | 1,898 | 0.6% | not mapped to a marker | 0 |
| German or other West Germanic languages | 937 | 0.3% | not mapped to a marker | 0 |
| Korean | 754 | 0.2% | not mapped to a marker | 0 |
| Vietnamese | 713 | 0.2% | not mapped to a marker | 0 |
| Tagalog (incl. Filipino) | 410 | 0.1% | not mapped to a marker | 0 |
The rest of the profile
| Characteristic | Here | Canada |
|---|---|---|
| Residents 65 and over | 15.1% | 16.8% |
| Residents 85 and over | 2% | 1.9% |
| Residents 20 to 24 | 11.3% | 6.5% |
| Arrived 2016 to 2021 | 53.5% | 29.4% |
| Non-permanent residents | — | — |
| Speak a non-official language at home | 11.3% | — |
| Renter households | 52.8% | 35% |
| Spending 30% or more on shelter | — | — |
| Participation rate | 64.8% | 63.5% |
| Unemployment rate | 5.9% | 5.2% |
| Median household income, 2020 | 64137 $ | — |
| Median after-tax household income, 2020 | — | — |
| Prevalence of low income (LIM-AT) | 19.5% | — |
| Bachelor degree or higher | 47.8% | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jewish | 9 | 2 | 19 | institutions on Jhf Dr (2) · Murray Ave (2) · Forbes Ave (2) trade on Bartlett St (2) · Mckee Pl (2)
Kollel Jewish Learning Center · Jewish Association On Aging · Jewish Association On Aging |
| Swiss | 5 | 4 | 16 | institutions on Monongahela Ave (2) trade on Monongahela Ave (3) · Windermere Dr (2) · Roslyn St (2) · Washington Ave (2)
Union Baptist Church Swissvale · Swissvale Presbyterian Church · Swissvale United Methodist Chr |
| Greek | 4 | 4 | 1 |
Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox · Greek Orthodox Diocese Pitts · St Nicholas Greek Orthodox |
| Ukrainian | 3 | 3 | — |
Ukrainian Orthodox Church USA · St Vladimirs Ukrainian Church · St George Ukrainian Catholic |
| Spanish-speaking | 2 | 1 | 18 | trade on Mcknight Rd (2)
Mexican War Streets Society · Latino Catholic Comm |
| Polish | 2 | — | 3 |
Polish Army Veterans Association · Young Mens Polish Amer Association |
| Korean | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Korean United Presbyterian Chr · Korean Central Church Of Pgh |
| Hungarian | 2 | 2 | 1 |
First Hungarian Reformed Chr · Hungarian Reformed Church |
| Serbian | 2 | 2 | 1 |
St Sava Serbian Orthodox Chr · Holy Trinity Serbian Orthodox |
| Russian | 2 | 1 | — |
St Michaels Russian Orthodox · Marias Russian School Music |
| Islamic | 2 | 2 | — |
Masjid Al MuMin · Islamic Center |
| Chinese | 1 | — | 39 | trade on Perry Hwy (2) · Penn Center Blvd # 1 (2)
Mandarin Academy |
| Irish | 1 | — | 6 |
Bell School Of Irish Dance |
| Croatian | 1 | — | 1 |
Croatian Fraternal Union |
| Italian | — | — | 39 | trade on Brownsville Rd (3) · Mcknight Rd (2) · Forbes Ave (2) · Boggs Ave (2)
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| Japanese | — | — | 12 | trade on Ellsworth Ave (2)
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| Thai | — | — | 7 | trade on Liberty Ave (2)
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| Dutch | — | — | 7 | |
| German | — | — | 6 | |
| Caribbean | — | — | 4 | |
| Slovak | — | — | 3 | |
| French | — | — | 3 | |
| Lithuanian | — | — | 2 | trade on Jane St (2)
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| Welsh | — | — | 2 | |
| South Asian | — | — | 1 | |
| Persian | — | — | 1 | |
| Ethiopian | — | — | 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.
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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 27,419 businesses actually are, and the specific trades inside each sector.
| Sector | Businesses | Share | What is in it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health | 1,852 | 6.8% | physician (1064) · chiro (128) · pharmacy (109) · medical clinic (70) · fitness club (62) · home healthcare (55) · optical (37) · cardiologist (17) |
| Living | 1,629 | 5.9% | place of worship (694) · apartment (238) · cleaning (169) · daycare (145) · furniture (98) · swimming pools (60) · fire safety (59) · appliances (55) |
| Dining | 1,597 | 5.8% | restaurant (1209) · pizza (237) · pubs (47) · burgers (42) · diner (31) · steakhouse (26) · bistro (4) · fast food (1) |
| Business | 1,476 | 5.4% | government (570) · accounting (252) · consulting (183) · association (178) · foundation (48) · cemetary (42) · vending (41) · auction (8) |
| Construction | 1,393 | 5.1% | general contractor (271) · painting (234) · plumbing (199) · heating and cooling (142) · electrician (116) · roofing (90) · carpet (85) · home builder (68) |
| Beauty | 1,373 | 5% | hair stylist (706) · dentist (471) · barber (110) · irrigation (1) |
| Law | 1,237 | 4.5% | mediator (48) · lawyer (5) · paralegal (1) · bankruptcy (1) |
| Finance | 1,176 | 4.3% | insurance (521) · bank (294) · real estate (182) · credit union (56) · loans (27) · stock broker (26) · mortgage (3) · bankruptcy (1) |
| Automotive | 958 | 3.5% | autos (380) · auto repair (326) · tires (37) · scooter (12) · auto parts (2) · bank (1) |
| Retail | 801 | 2.9% | photography (151) · jeweler (149) · gifts (141) · flowers (107) · convenience (72) · antiques (57) · department store (35) · office equipment (33) |
| Realty | 618 | 2.3% | real estate (613) · realtor (4) · bank (1) |
| Education | 589 | 2.1% | school (430) · library (97) · garden (28) · writing (19) |
| Living & Home | 585 | 2.1% | greenhouse (7) · garden (3) · scooter (1) |
| Food & Beverage | 534 | 1.9% | fruit (21) · vineyard (2) · vegetable (1) |
| Tech | 470 | 1.7% | computers (338) · telecom (62) · wireless (42) |
| Travel | 354 | 1.3% | travel agent (134) · motel (65) · parking (62) · hotel (13) · bnb (9) · airline (9) · truck rental (3) |
| Manufacturing | 339 | 1.2% | industrial supplier (234) · machinery (29) · fabrication (24) · chemical (21) · pulp and paper (8) · salvage (4) · pallets (3) · garden (1) |
| Media | 337 | 1.2% | advertising (163) · signs (110) · printing (55) · books (6) · landscaping (2) · bank (1) |
| Retail Goods | 331 | 1.2% | |
| Construction & Realty | 305 | 1.1% | insurance (1) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Giant Eagle | supermarket | 32 | 216 |
| 7-Eleven | convenience | 18 | 30,000 |
| Pizza Hut | pizza | 18 | 10,000 |
| Burger King | fastfood | 17 | 11,000 |
| St. John | retail | 17 | — |
| U-Haul | car | 17 | 13,700 |
| CVS Pharmacy | pharmacy | 16 | 6,100 |
| Dairy Queen | fastfood | 14 | 5,900 |
| Rite Aid | pharmacy | 14 | 5,000 |
| Enterprise Rent A Car | car | 13 | 5,400 |
| Blockbuster Video | video | 12 | 5,900 |
| ACE Cash Express | cash | 11 | 1,573 |
| Rent-A-Center | retail | 11 | 3,500 |
| Taco Bell | tacos | 11 | 5,845 |
| Medicine Shoppe | pharmacy | 10 | 1,030 |
| Panera Bread | deli | 10 | — |
| Salvation Army | retail | 10 | — |
| Shop 'n Save | supermarket | 10 | 37 |
| Curves For Women | fitness | 9 | 10,000 |
| Jackson Hewitt Tax Service | tax | 9 | — |
| Advance Auto Parts | auto | 8 | 3,000 |
| Budget Rent A Car | car | 8 | 1,900 |
| AAA Travel | travel | 7 | — |
| Au Bon Pain | deli | 7 | 250 |
| Dollar General | convenience | 7 | 8,205 |
| Holiday Inn | businesshotel | 7 | — |
| Comfort Inn | familyhotel | 6 | — |
| Uni-Mart | fuel | 6 | 282 |
| Ann Taylor | retail | 5 | — |
| Fashion Bug | retail | 5 | 1,000 |
| Hollywood Tans | health | 5 | 300 |
| Home Depot | home | 5 | 2,104 |
| Jiffy Lube | auto | 5 | 2,200 |
| Pearle Vision | specialty | 5 | 100 |
| Sylvan Learning | school | 5 | 710 |
| Banana Republic | retail | 4 | — |
| Chick-fil-A | fastfood | 4 | 1,250 |
| Cold Stone Creamery | dessert | 4 | 1,350 |
| Fantastic Sams | hair | 4 | 1,350 |
| Hollywood Video | video | 4 | 2,700 |
| Liberty Tax Service | tax | 4 | — |
| Miracle-Ear | specialty | 4 | 1,500 |
| Villa Pizza | pizza | 4 | 300 |
| AAMCO Transmissions | auto | 3 | 700 |
| Bob Evans | food | 3 | 600 |
| Buca di Beppo | food | 3 | 105 |
| Caribou Coffee | coffee | 3 | — |
| Circuit City | retail | 3 | 600 |
| Cost Cutters Family Hair Care | hair | 3 | 850 |
| Finish Line | retail | 3 | 700 |
| Furniture Medic | specialty | 3 | 600 |
| Hertz Rent A Car | car | 3 | 7,000 |
| Home Instead Senior Care | senior | 3 | 700 |
| IKON Office Solutions | retail | 3 | 400 |
| Kay Jewelers | retail | 3 | 839 |
| Outback Steakhouse | food | 3 | — |
| Pier 1 Imports | retail | 3 | 1,200 |
| Qdoba Mexican Grill | food | 3 | 400 |
| Showcase Cinemas | entertainment | 3 | 19 |
| Sunglass Hut | retail | 3 | — |
| Wet Seal | retail | 3 | 330 |
| ACE Hardware | hardware | 2 | 4,700 |
| American Eagle Outfitters | retail | 2 | 827 |
| Baja Fresh Mexican Grill | fastfood | 2 | 300 |
| Baskin Robbins | dessert | 2 | 2,800 |
| Best Western | businesshotel | 2 | 4,200 |
| Burlington Coat Factory | retail | 2 | 350 |
| Catherines Plus Sizes | retail | 2 | — |
| Days Inn | economyhotel | 2 | — |
| Disney Store | retail | 2 | — |
| Dollar Rent A Car | car | 2 | 600 |
| Eastern Mountain Sports | retail | 2 | 80 |
| Edward Jones Investments | tax | 2 | — |
| Franklin Covey | retail | 2 | 100 |
| Half Price Books | book | 2 | 85 |
| Holiday Inn Express | familyhotel | 2 | — |
| J.Crew | retail | 2 | 255 |
| Jenny Craig | fitness | 2 | 640 |
| Keller Williams Realty | realestate | 2 | 633 |
| Krispy Kreme | coffee | 2 | 298 |
| Lone Star Steakhouse | steak | 2 | 285 |
| NAPA Auto Parts | auto | 2 | 18,000 |
| Nine West | retail | 2 | — |
| Office Depot | retail | 2 | 1,091 |
| Pizza Factory | pizza | 2 | 135 |
| Sam Goody | retail | 2 | — |
| Sir Speedy Printing | specialty | 2 | — |
| Steak 'n Shake | food | 2 | — |
| Stop & Shop | supermarket | 2 | 360 |
| Stride Rite | shoestore | 2 | — |
| Super 8 | economyhotel | 2 | — |
| Toys "R" Us | retail | 2 | 1,400 |
| Value City Furniture | retail | 2 | 80 |
| Wal-Mart | retail | 2 | 6,500 |
| American Leak Detection | specialty | 1 | — |
| Arden B | retail | 1 | — |
| Atlanta Bread | coffee | 1 | 110 |
| Bahama Breeze | food | 1 | 32 |
| Bally Total Fitness | fitness | 1 | 390 |
| Bank of America | bank | 1 | — |
| Batteries Plus | retail | 1 | 254 |
| Brooks Brothers | retail | 1 | — |
| Candlewood Suites | extendedstayhotel | 1 | — |
| Candy Bouquet | dessert | 1 | 815 |
| Carlson Wagonlit Travel | travel | 1 | 4,300 |
| Charlotte Russe | retail | 1 | — |
| Cheesecake Factory | food | 1 | 108 |
| Coffee Time | coffee | 1 | 300 |
| Computer Troubleshooters | specialty | 1 | 440 |
| Courtyard by Marriott | businesshotel | 1 | — |
| Coverall Cleaning Concepts | cleaner | 1 | 90 |
| Cracker Barrel Old Country Store | food | 1 | 551 |
| Cruise Holidays | travel | 1 | 125 |
| Decorating Den | specialty | 1 | — |
| Discount Tire | auto | 1 | — |
| Dunkin' Donuts | donuts | 1 | 6,000 |
| Econo Lodge | budgethotel | 1 | — |
| Eddie Bauer | retail | 1 | 370 |
| Fish Window Cleaning | cleaner | 1 | 211 |
| Four Points by Sheraton | businesshotel | 1 | — |
| Great Clips | hair | 1 | 2,600 |
| Great Frame Up | specialty | 1 | — |
| Hard Rock Cafe | food | 1 | 140 |
| Hawthorn Suites | accommodation | 1 | 95 |
| Hickory Farms | supermarket | 1 | — |
| HoneyBaked Ham | retail | 1 | 400 |
| Huntington Learning Center | school | 1 | 253 |
| JAN-PRO | cleaner | 1 | 75 |
| Jani-King | cleaner | 1 | 115 |
| Kenneth Cole | retail | 1 | — |
| Kwik Trip | convenience | 1 | 350 |
| Lawn Doctor | specialty | 1 | 475 |
| Little Caesars Pizza | pizza | 1 | 1,800 |
| Manchu WOK | fastfood | 1 | 200 |
| Merle Norman Cosmetics | retail | 1 | 2,000 |
| Merry Maids | cleaner | 1 | 970 |
| Mimi Maternity | retail | 1 | — |
| Motel 6 | budgethotel | 1 | 360 |
| Panda Express | fastfood | 1 | 1,072 |
| Penzeys Spices | specialty | 1 | 33 |
| Pickle Barrel | food | 1 | 9 |
| Quaker Steak and Lube | food | 1 | 26 |
| Ramada Inn | familyhotel | 1 | 740 |
| Red Roof Inn | economyhotel | 1 | 325 |
| Regis Salons | hair | 1 | 12,000 |
| Rent-A-Wreck | car | 1 | — |
| Restoration Hardware | retail | 1 | 103 |
| Right at Home | senior | 1 | — |
| Rooter-Man | cleaner | 1 | — |
| Rotary Club | club | 1 | — |
| Saks Fifth Avenue | retail | 1 | 54 |
| Save-A-Lot | supermarket | 1 | 1,160 |
| Sharper Image | retail | 1 | 190 |
| Signs By Tomorrow | specialty | 1 | — |
| Sports World | retail | 1 | — |
| Springhill Suites by Marriott | familyhotel | 1 | — |
| St. Regis | luxuryhotel | 1 | — |
| Stanley Steemer Carpet Cleaner | cleaner | 1 | 300 |
| Steve Madden | retail | 1 | — |
| Super Pet | pet | 1 | 25 |
| Super Wash | auto | 1 | 288 |
| Things Remembered | retail | 1 | 600 |
| Visiting Angels | senior | 1 | — |
| West Marine | specialty | 1 | 400 |
| Whole Foods Market | health | 1 | 198 |
| Wild Birds Unlimited | retail | 1 | 307 |
| Williams-Sonoma | inc | 1 | 212 |
| Wireless Zone | retail | 1 | 260 |
| Zyng Asian Grill | food | 1 | 13 |
| Manor name only | retail | 36 | — |
| Renaissance name only | upscalehotel | 30 | — |
| Eckerd name only | pharmacy | 28 | 1,549 |
| AllState name only | insurance | 23 | — |
| Starbucks name only | coffee | 19 | 3,500 |
| Limited name only | retail | 18 | — |
| Hallmark name only | greetingcards | 16 | 5,600 |
| YMCA name only | fitness | 16 | — |
| Michaels name only | retail | 14 | 805 |
| Sears name only | inc | 14 | 2,300 |
| SuperCuts name only | inc | 12 | 2,000 |
| HESS name only | fuel | 9 | 1,250 |
| Coach name only | luggage | 8 | — |
| Midas name only | auto | 7 | 1,800 |
| Progressive name only | supermarket | 6 | 150 |
| Burton name only | retail | 5 | — |
| CARQUEST name only | auto | 5 | 3,400 |
| Champion name only | supermarket | 5 | 1,000 |
| Jacob name only | retail | 5 | 200 |
| Marriott name only | upscalehotel | 5 | 2,800 |
| Talbots name only | retail | 5 | 592 |
| Stitches name only | retail | 4 | — |
| Aldo name only | retail | 3 | — |
| Brookstone name only | retail | 3 | 306 |
| Toyota name only | car | 3 | — |
| Ziebart name only | auto | 3 | 500 |
| Bebe name only | retail | 2 | — |
| Borders name only | book | 2 | 559 |
| CompUSA name only | retail | 2 | 229 |
| Diana name only | supermarket | 2 | 3 |
| Gymboree name only | retail | 2 | 550 |
| Hooters name only | food | 2 | 435 |
| LCBO name only | spirits | 2 | 600 |
| MANGO name only | retail | 2 | 850 |
| Peebles name only | retail | 2 | — |
| PostNet name only | post | 2 | 923 |
| Roxy name only | retail | 2 | — |
| Sheraton name only | upscalehotel | 2 | — |
| Tiffany name only | retail | 2 | 150 |
| Aldi name only | supermarket | 1 | 5,000 |
| Anthropologie name only | retail | 1 | — |
| Aveda name only | retail | 1 | — |
| Benetton name only | retail | 1 | — |
| Blackwell name only | book | 1 | 6 |
| Clarion name only | businesshotel | 1 | — |
| Fatburger name only | fastfood | 1 | 82 |
| Fuddruckers name only | food | 1 | 200 |
| Greyhound name only | travel | 1 | — |
| Hofer name only | supermarket | 1 | — |
| Honda name only | car | 1 | — |
| Hyatt name only | upscalehotel | 1 | — |
| IKEA name only | retail | 1 | 250 |
| Lexus name only | luxurycar | 1 | — |
| Mitsubishi name only | auto | 1 | — |
| Nissan name only | auto | 1 | — |
| Papyrus name only | retail | 1 | 170 |
| Petland name only | pet | 1 | 200 |
| PETsMART name only | pet | 1 | 885 |
| Radisson name only | upscalehotel | 1 | — |
| Roots name only | retail | 1 | 145 |
| Sephora name only | inc | 1 | — |
| Sheetz name only | fuel | 1 | 320 |
| Waterstones name only | retail | 1 | 193 |
| Westin name only | luxuryhotel | 1 | — |
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
- A and B Mortgage Co — 1833 Tilton Dr
- Baker Young — 1 Bigelow Sq
- Barson Real Estate — 2550 Boyce Plaza Rd
- Blue Shirt Settlement Co — 445 Fort Pitt Blvd # 400
- Chatham Center — 112 Washington Pl
- Fortune Mortgage Banking Co — 2100 Smallman St
- Four Twenty Nine First Side — 429 1st Ave
- I Mortgages Service — 2570 Boyce Plaza Rd
- MIT Group — 2100 Smallman St
- Oliver Realty Grubb and Ellis — 6 Ppg Pl #600
- Pennwood Property — 339 6th Ave
- Prudential Preferred Realty — 1351 Freeport Rd
- Rubinoff Asset Management — 436 7th Ave # 2
- T A Ward Constructors — 1405 Mclaughlin Run Rd
Owning and letting
5311Lessors of real estate: the buildings themselves, filed under the building rather than the owner.
Named in the register
- 900 Penn Apartments — 900 Penn Ave
- Allegheny Center — 10 Allegheny Ctr
- Allegheny Commons East — 255 E Ohio St
- Allegheny County Housing Auth — 201 Jefferson Rd
- Arch Court Apartments
- Bidwell Hi Rise — 1014 Sheffield St
- Groetzinger Development — 1015 Center St # 2
- Page Place — 1429 Page St
- Penn Garrison — 915 Penn Ave
- Renaissance Apartments — 308 N Taylor Ave
- St Clair Woods — 1000 Painters Dr
- Three Rivers Manor — 125 Rhine Pl
- Trenton Square — 550 S Trenton Ave
- West Park Court — 710 W North Ave
Managing for owners
5313Property managers, who run buildings the landlord does not.
Named in the register
- All American Maintenance — 1007 Powell St
- Huber Group — 118 Pleasant View Ct
- Mosites Development Co — 4889 Campbells Run Rd
- Professional Maintenance Service — 1417 Evandale Rd
Building new homes
2361Residential builders and the general contractors who work for them.
Named in the register
- A M Construction — 1250 Superior Ave
- Acorn Hill Contracting — 3012 Marshall Rd
- Beazer Homes — 301 Grant St # 3000
- Busy Beaver Building Center — 1635 S Braddock Ave
- Di Lucente Construction
- Four Star Homes — 2550 Boyce Plaza Rd
- Heartland Homes — 2570 Boyce Plaza Rd
- Homes In America — 607 Beulah Rd
- Management Amec Constr — 425 6th Ave
- Marshall Mc Cay Construction — 1801 Tilton Dr
- Masco Construction — 10707 Frankstown Rd
- Ragnar Benson — 1501 Ardmore Blvd
- Repal Construction — 2235 Wilner Dr
- Seabrooks and Association Gen Cntrctng — 501 Mifflin Ave
Financing it
5222Mortgage brokers and non-bank lenders.
Named in the register
- Accredited Home Lenders — 8150 Perry Hwy
- American General Finance — 4771 Mcknight Rd
- Capitol Financial Service — 787 Pine Valley Dr # B
- Cascade Treasury Service — 1001 Perry Hwy # 4
- Cash Depot Greater Pittsburgh — 11624 Frankstown Rd
- Citi Financial — 1063 Washington Rd
- Community Mobile Hm Lenders — 1020 Perry Hwy
- Heritage Equity Partners — 844 Ridgefield Ave
- LA Salle Business Credit — 625 Liberty Ave
- Loan Zone — 4721 Mcknight Rd
- Peoples Equity Mortgage — 4228 Lydia St
- Quest Financial Management — 1100 E Carson St # 2a
- Specialty Group — 3200 Mcknight East Dr # 3205
- Tavern Lending — 100 Smithfield St # 300
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.
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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.
| Institution | Type | Students | Founded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duquesne University | University | — | — |
| Geneva College | College | — | — |
| Pitt | University | — | — |
| RMU | 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"
- Manchester Health Center — 1014 Sheffield St # 100
- Mercy Hospital Of Pittsburg — 1400 Locust St # 3005
- Mercy Health Center — 1515 Locust St
- Kernick Animal Hospital — 10753 Frankstown Rd
- Southwood Psychiatric Hospital — 2550 Boyce Plaza Rd
- Hospital News — 2020 Ardmore Blvd # 160
- Scott Medical Health Center — 2275 Swallow Hill Rd # 2600
- Northside Christian Health Center — 620 E Ohio St
- Northview Heights Health Center — 525 Mount Pleasant Rd
- Mercy Providence Hospital — 1004 Arch St
- West Liberty Animal Hospital — 3055 W Liberty Ave
- Allegheny County Hospital Dev — 400 Fort Pitt Blvd
- Allegheny General Hospital — 320 E North Ave
- Allegheny General Hospital — 3 Mariner Ct # 210
- Friends Of Hospital Albert — 6740 Reynolds St
- East Liberty Family Health Center — 7171 Churchland St
- East End Community Health Center — 117 N Negley Ave
- Perry Animal Hospital — 8710 Old Perry Hwy
- Northview Animal Hospital — 223 Siebert Rd
- Penn Hills Health Center — 500 Tripoli St # 113
- Matilda H Theiss Health Center — 373 Burrows St
- Health Center Association — 2345 Murray Ave # 310
- Greenfield Veterinary Hospital — 611 Greenfield Ave
- Hazelwood Family Health Center — 4918 2nd Ave
- Penn Animal Hospital — 2205 Penn Ave
- Select Specialty Hospital — 1350 Locust St
- St Clair Memorial Hospital — 1000 Bower Hill Rd
- West Pa Hospital — 4800 Friendship Ave # 2808
- Western Pa Hospital Mdcl Lbry — 4800 Friendship Ave
- West Penn Hospital — 4800 Friendship Ave
- Western Pa Hospital Pathology — 4800 Friendship Ave
- Western Pennsylvania Hospital — 4811 Liberty Ave
- Senior Health Center — 251 Pearl St
- Shadyside Hospital — 5230 Centre Ave
- Shadyside Family Health Center — 5215 Centre Ave
- Shadyside Hospital Foundation — 580 S Aiken Ave
- Shadyside Family Health Center — 5230 Centre Ave
- Magee WOMENS Hospital UPMC — 300 Halket St
- Us Occupational Health Center — 7th Ave & Grant St
- UPMC Presbyterian Hospital — 200 Lothrop St # C700
- Ladies Hospital Aid Society — 3459 5th Ave
- Collins Health Center — 5511 Baum Blvd
- East Liberty Family Health Center — 6023 Harvard Sq
- Pittsburgh Animal Hospital — 1117 Washington Blvd
- Cat Clinic and Hospital — 5170 Liberty Ave
- Health Center Association — 5140 Liberty Ave
- Center City Health Center — 2827 Bedford Ave
- Action Kit For Hospital Law — 4614 5th Ave
- Childrens Hospital — 3705 5th Ave # 7469
- Childrens Hospital Anesthesia — 3705 5th Ave
- Suburban General Hospital — 100 S Jackson Ave
- Avalon Veterinary Hospital — 120 Elizabeth Ave
- Fox Chapel Animal Hospital — 1152 Freeport Rd
- St Margarets Hospital Er — 815 Freeport Rd
- Plum Animal Hospital — 940 Unity Center Rd
- Health Center Association — 7230 Saltsburg Rd
- Russellton Harmar Health Center — 3 Mariner Ct
- Penn Holistic Health Center — 3424 William Penn Hwy
- Cat Clinic and Hospital — 2596 Saw Mill Run Blvd
- South Hills Animal Hospital — 999 Killarney Dr
- Lilliput Doll Hospital — 2815 Brownsville Rd
- Iron City Clock Hospital — 4200 Brownsville Rd
- Baldwin Health Center — 1717 Skyline Dr
- South Sixty Animal Hospital — 4167 Steubenville Pike
- Thornwood Veterinary Hospital — 4211 Steubenville Pike
- West End Health Center — 415 Neptune St
- Harts Run Veterinary Hospital — 728 Dorseyville 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.
- 90.1% of businesses here carry no coordinates, so a map or address lookup would miss them. Postal codes reach 100%.
Built from
geonet.pittsburgh— the local business registerwander.regions— city name, population, metrosearch.local— trait vocabulary and the come-to-you servicessearch.cozfranchises— 2,024 franchise brands