Choose the next US state to expand into

US states ranked on establishments, payroll, population, income and unemployment, with a live check of local competition.

Steps

At most, per call

An expansion decision needs the same numbers for every state. Census business patterns count establishments and payroll by industry, the American Community Survey gives population and income, BLS adds unemployment and DataForSEO checks the competition on Google Maps.

Before this job

The tools must be available in your connected Agentik catalog. Ask for the missing provider configuration if a tool is unavailable.

Step 1: Count the industry by state
Use the NAICS code that fits the business and keep the data year beside the numbers.
- Census business patterns by industryUS Census BureauFree
Step 2: Read population and income
Join on the state name and compute residents per establishment.
- Census American Community Survey dataUS Census BureauFree
Step 3: Read the job market
Unemployment series use the state FIPS code. Pull only the states still in the running.
- BLS several time series at onceBLSFree
Step 4: Check local competition
A statistic hides who is really there. Read one main city before recommending a state.
- Google Maps search resultsDataForSEO$0.006

Cost of the example

At most $0.006one run

One business patterns read, one population and income read, one unemployment read and one Google Maps check.

Give this to your agent

Use my connected Agentik MCP server for this job: us state expansion.

Help me choose the next US state to expand into. Find the right NAICS code for my industry, then compare establishments, employment and payroll by state. Add population and median household income, and compute residents per establishment. Read the latest unemployment rate for the leading states. Check the real competition in the main city of the top candidate on Google Maps. Rank the states, state the weights you used and show which assumption would change the ranking.

Use these Agentik tools for the written steps: census/business-patterns, census/acs, bls/series-batch, dataforseo/google-maps. Inspect their current schemas and availability first. Ask for missing inputs and use identifiers returned by actual earlier results. The page's example identifiers illustrate input shapes. Quote more pages before expanding. Preserve source links, dates and uncertainty.

Before running anything, inspect each tool with inspect_tool, ask me for any input you don’t have instead of inventing it, and tell me the total price. Wait for my go. At the end, tell me what Agentik charged.

3 providers, one connection

What you get

A ranked state shortlist with the numbers behind it.

You provide

Your industry, or its NAICS code
The states you can operate in
What matters most, such as income or low competition

Your agent returns

Establishments and payroll per state
Residents per establishment
Income and unemployment beside each state
A ranked shortlist with its assumptions

Your evidence briefExample layout

Scope and source dates
Official records and figures
Interpretation and uncertainty
Questions and next steps

Placeholders. Your rows come from your run.

Each provider does one part

No single provider covers this job. Your agent calls each one for its part, from one connection.

Good to know

County Business Patterns lags by about two years, so keep the year beside every number.
Establishment counts show how crowded a market is, not how profitable it is.

When to use something else

For trade-area models, foot traffic and sales forecasts, use a location intelligence platform. This playbook gives a first ranking from public statistics.

Questions

What does the example cost?

At most $0.006 for the illustrated calls. The official records are free through Agentik, and the paid calls are the press, maps or email steps.

Does the result cover every source?

No. Public records have publication lags and search results can be incomplete. Keep the collection date, sample size and missing evidence visible.

Does this send messages or change an account?

No. These steps read public records and prepare a brief. Sending a message or changing an account requires a separate instruction.

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