Business Analyst Online (BAO) and Community Analyst Online (CAO) are available on the Web at the University of Minnesota Duluth.
Business Analyst Online (BAO) is an online market analysis platform utilizing a wide range of demographic, census, consumer spending, and business data.
See full details of BAO's functionality
See the video "Using Esri's Business Analyst"
UMD users (current faculty/staff/students) must register with ESRI first to use these resources. BAO and CAO may be used for teaching and student learning purposes only. No research or administrative users are permitted.
You will be required to create a username and password to use these ESRI products.
We recommend that the password you use for BAO or CAO be different from your UMD passwords.
Register or link to BAO or CAO
Registration requires a UMD email address.
([email protected]) Other email addresses will not be accepted.
The ESRI system will send you an email, to which you must respond to complete your registration.
Business Analyst Online and Community Analyst Online can be accessed from off-campus, however, some computers may have firewall settings that block access. See this page for assistance with firewalls.
For questions about using Business Analyst Online or Community Analyst Online, please contact Stacey Stark, UMD GIS Lab, at [email protected] or Jim Vileta, Business Librarian, at [email protected].