For Business Points v8.3 the total number of business records equals 15,928,385 – with 100% containing Business name, SIC Code (8-Digit), NAICS Code, Address information, Employee sizes and Sales volumes, at both the individual location and parent company.

Over 87% of the total business records geocoded to street-level accuracy!

Beginning with Business Points v8.0, MapInfo began shipping this database in DVD format. The DVD delivery method drastically reduces the number of disks that clients must manage from (14) CDs to only (2) DVDs, for the entire database. DVD will now be the default delivery method.

For those customers that prefer to continue receiving the database on CD they have the option to request that delivery method.

Validating employee values in 15 million business records is a daunting task. However, MapInfo Business Points employs a proprietary method for reigning in as many unreasonable employee values as possible into a reasonable range. This is performed by first looking at businesses which belong to a corporate family (Wal-Mart, McDonalds, Home Depot, etc.), then at single-site businesses which belong to a generic profile (barber shops, dry cleaners, florists, etc.), then at single-site businesses which don't meet a generic profile but belong to a specific industry as determined by their 8-digit SIC code (lawyers, general hospitals, post offices, etc.). Once the employee value outliers are identified, they are shifted back into an appropriate position along the employee distribution curve.

What is the result? Our methodology maximizes the reasonableness of employee values throughout our entire national dataset. It is not enough that an employee value was reported to be X – the question is: "Is X reasonable?" The results are that our employee values fit in a reasonable expectancy curve, and allow the most accurate analysis possible.