Market area

market area
geographic region from which one can expect the primary demand for a specific product or service.
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MARKET AREA: In general, a geographic area in which a firm can profitably sell an output or buy an input. The size of a market area is based on the transportation cost of the input or output relative to the price.

Primary Market Area (PMA)
A newspaper or related publication's major area of editorial and advertising coverage. This represents a geographically defined area based on Statistics Canada boundaries.

It also must find some way to exclude non-cartel firms from selling to customers within the cartel's market area(s) -- such as by getting their national or local governments to grant cartel members a legal monopoly or to enact administrative or tax ...

Where the franchised business is to be operated from a single location the franchisee may receive exclusivity solely to that site or to a market area usually a set distance surrounding the location.

If capitalization rates are increasing and net operating incomes are decreasing over time in a specific market area, then property values will decline.

designated market area (DMA) (in marketing)
metro area (in marketing)
Core-Based Statistical Area (CBSA)
ABCD counties (in marketing)
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Market analysis is defined as a process for examining the demand for and supply of a property type and the geographic market area for that property type. This is a critical step in the highest and best use analysis.

If their concerns about the bank's solvency are unjustified, other banks in the same market area will generally gain from recycling funds they receive back to the bank experiencing the run.

See also: Feedback, Tip, Business plan, Perfect competition, Franchising