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Market trends, underwriting playbooks, and operational research from the Storage Stats team — built to help you invest, develop, and operate smarter.
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How Our PDF and Excel Exports Power Owner Outreach
Storage Stats exports two reports for every market, a Market Report and a Facility & Owner List, each as a PDF and an Excel. A rundown of what's in the four files and how they carry you from market research to owner calls.
A Guide to Map Layers in Storage Stats
Every market view in Storage Stats is a base map you stack layers on, from supply and demographics to building permits, demand drivers, and flood-zone overlays. A run through what each layer shows and how to combine them.
How Many U.S. Storage Facilities Don't Have a Website?
Roughly one in five self-storage facilities in our dataset has no working website. If you're buying storage, that empty column is one of the better off-market leads you'll get, and the easiest to filter for.
How to Get Verified Self-Storage Occupancy Data for a Fraction of the Cost
Real occupancy and NOI numbers on a storage facility are hard to get without paying for them. CMBS filings are the way around that: the operating data is public, and Storage Stats matches it to the facility for a fraction of what a market-data subscription costs.