While there are some similarities to Zillow, another online real estate service, ZoomProspector focuses solely on the commercial real estate market. In many ways, ZoomProspector acts as a real estate agent for businesses and the communities that list their locations. One side enters the data and the other side searches for what they need and want by using ZoomProspector's search engine. In a sense, ZoomProspector is a matchmaker for businesses and communities.
The biggest draw to ZoomProspector is the amount of data it possesses on locations thanks to over 150 map layers of information that can be applied by business owners. These layers each reveal something new and entirely different about a specific location such as commute times, airport proximity, education levels and other factors. While popular mapping services such as Microsoft Live Virtual Earth and Google Maps provide visually appealing images of locations, they offer less data. ZoomProspector and its 150 map layers give businesses more than enough data to help them make a decision about where they should setup shop.
This is a useful service for business decision makers and community developers that are interested in real estate transactions. Centralizing all of this data and offering a search tool along with customized maps of information provides users with useful knowledge that they can use when it comes to choosing a location to start or move their business. The features are easy to use and despite the magnitude of data contained at the site, the performance is acceptable.