A geospatial model that handles site selection end to end and hands a human the exceptions rather than the queue. Aimed at franchising field supervisors, holding service constant on a smaller team.
In short: Franchising Site Scorer on Geospatial is a geospatial model aimed at franchising field supervisors, covering site selection. It scores 72/100 on AltF Ideas, carried by moat (95) and held back by feasibility (53). Typical pricing is $1.8k–$36k per customer per year, with a first version reachable in six to twelve months for $39k–$136k.
Franchising teams lose location decisions made on instinct and a drive-by. A typical franchising operation runs this on people, memory, and a shared spreadsheet. The backlog only surfaces when a customer or an auditor finds it first.
A geospatial model that handles site selection end to end and hands a human the exceptions rather than the queue. Revenue is usage-based, which suits a buyer who wants the cost to track the value rather than the seat count.
| Total addressable market | $849M |
|---|---|
| Category growth (CAGR) | 20% |
| Annual contract value | $1.8k – $36k |
| Pricing model | Usage-based |
| Time to first revenue | 49 days |
| Startup cost to MVP | $39k – $136k |
| Build effort | 6-12 months |
Satellite and census-linked data became licensable at startup prices. Franchising is growing at roughly 17% a year, and this job has not been re-tooled since it was designed around paper.
| Who | The gap |
|---|---|
| An internal hire | Works until volume doubles, then breaks again |
| A spreadsheet | The real incumbent in most of the market, and it is free |
| The incumbent suite | Sells a platform; this job is one neglected module inside it |
Every customer wants their own edge cases encoded, so onboarding cost is the real constraint.
An idea you cannot act on is entertainment. Four concrete steps, wired to tools already running on AltFTool.
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→ AltF IdeaLabAsk how they handle this today and what it costs them. If nobody can quantify the pain, the demand score is optimistic.
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