SizeUp Names Top U.S. Cities for Costume Shops, in time for Halloween

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- This Halloween season, where are Americans spending the most on costumes? SizeUp, a free business intelligence website, found the nation's top-performing costume shops clustered in Western U.S. cities, including Las Vegas suburb Paradise, NV; Ft. Collins and Colorado Springs, CO; Seattle, WA; and San Bernardino, CA.

"From the Las Vegas area to Seattle to New Orleans, our top 10 list has some famed party cities where people take dressing up in wild costumes seriously – as well as some suburban surprises," said Anatalio Ubalde, CEO of SizeUp. "Our new 'Best Places' tool created this list by analyzing revenues for all costume retailers across America, then mapping the best-performing communities."

The top ten U.S. cities for costume shops, based on per capita revenues, are: 

1. Paradise, NV
2. Fort Collins, CO
3. Colorado Springs, CO
4. Seattle, WA
5. San Bernardino, CA
6. Oyster Bay, NY
7. Schaumburg, IL
8. Tempe, AZ
9. Lexington-Fayette, KY
10. New Orleans, LA

View a map of the top U.S. cities for costume shops here:   http://www.sizeup.com/bestPlaces/masquerade-and-theatrical-costumes-retail#attribute=revenuePerCapita&placeType=city

Visitors can also view reports for the top-performing U.S. metros and states. Any of these reports can be embedded in another website by clicking the "Share" button above the map.

SizeUp super crunches millions of data points based on the most current data available from both public and private sources. SizeUp's data can be filtered by city, county, metro, and state, and also by criteria such as highest revenue per capita, most underserved markets, average annual revenue, employees and more, allowing decision-makers to find information that is most relevant to them.

About SizeUp

SizeUp (http://www.SizeUp.com) is a business intelligence website that helps small businesses become smarter, more profitable, and more competitive. It enables small business owners to benchmark themselves against competitors, find the best places to advertise, and map their competitors, customers, and suppliers.  SizeUp is a service of GIS Planning (http://www.gisplanning.com), the world leader in online economic development solutions.  

In 2012, top executives from Google, Facebook, and Salesforce.com selected SizeUp as the 1st place award winner for online tools to create jobs and grow the US economy. SizeUp now powers online services to small businesses offered on the U.S. Small Business Administration website.

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