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Unit Rate Heat Map: See Market Rates at a Glance
The unit-rate heat map colors a trade area by what facilities charge for standard unit types, so the high and low-priced pockets stand out immediately. This is a quick guide to how it works and how to use it in your market research.
How Our PDF and Excel Exports Power Owner Outreach
Storage Stats exports two reports for every market, a Market Report and a Facility & Owner List, each as a PDF and an Excel. A rundown of what's in the four files and how they carry you from market research to owner calls.
A Guide to Map Layers in Storage Stats
Every market view in Storage Stats is a base map you stack layers on, from supply and demographics to building permits, demand drivers, and flood-zone overlays. A run through what each layer shows and how to combine them.
How Many U.S. Storage Facilities Don't Have a Website?
Roughly one in five self-storage facilities in our dataset has no working website. If you're buying storage, that empty column is one of the better off-market leads you'll get, and the easiest to filter for.
How to Get Verified Self-Storage Occupancy Data for a Fraction of the Cost
Real occupancy and NOI numbers on a storage facility are hard to get without paying for them. CMBS filings are the way around that: the operating data is public, and Storage Stats matches it to the facility for a fraction of what a market-data subscription costs.