Self-storage site selection

Find your next self-storage deal.

Give Beacon your buy box. It searches 450,000 trade areas for the markets, active listings, parcels, and zoning results that fit.

See Beacon on your criteria
Your buy box criteria screened against 450,000 trade areas, resolving to one matched trade area with every criterion met

Trusted by 30 of the top 100 self-storage developers.

Go Store It
Johnson Development Associates
Spartan Investment Group
Boardwalk Storage
Highline Storage
Wentworth Property Company
UTEX Storage
Safeguard Storage
Baranof Holdings
Feldman Companies

Find your next development deal

Your criteria become a market-wide search.

Beacon checks each selected location against the same requirements and groups nearby matches into focused hotspots.

Beacon screens a buy box across the country and ranks the markets that fit
  1. 01
    Define the deal

    Enter the market and site criteria your team uses.

  2. 02
    See matching hotspots

    Beacon ranks locations and groups nearby matches.

  3. 03
    Open the sites

    Review active listings and by-right zoning results.

The data behind every match

All the data you need to find the right market and the right site.

Beacon brings market and property data together. See why a hotspot fits. Then see which opportunities to pursue.

01 / MARKET DEMAND

Demand and demographics
  • Population and three-year growth
  • Household income
  • Age and growth forecasts
  • Housing starts and permits
02 / COMPETITION

Supply and development
  • Existing square feet per capita
  • Planned and proposed supply
  • Upcoming construction
  • Projects under construction
03 / PERFORMANCE

Rates and occupancy
  • Unit-level street rates
  • Climate and non-climate units
  • Promotions and competitor rankings
  • 12-month occupancy trends
  • Rates refresh every 48 hours
04 / OPPORTUNITIES

Listings and zoning
  • Daily land and facility listings
  • Off-market vacant parcels
  • Property ownership and parcel details
  • By-right zoning results
  • Municipal code links

From data to deal

Beacon ranks the hotspots that fit. Then it shows the listings and parcels inside them.

Keep the search running.Save your buy box. When a new listing matches, Beacon alerts your team the same day.

450,000Three-mile trade areas checked against your criteria
30+Brokerage websites and aggregators
DailyNew land and facility listings
48 hoursStreet-rate refresh cycle

Connected workflows

Use Beacon data anywhere you need it.

Now you can bring Beacon data into the tools your team already uses.

Beacon provides self-storage facility, rate, market, listing, and zoning data through an application programming interface (API) and Model Context Protocol (MCP) connection.

  • Update a model.Bring current Beacon data into Excel without entering it again.
  • Compare markets.Use ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini to compare locations using standardized Beacon data.
  • Keep reports current.Refresh recurring reports as rates, listings, and zoning change.
Read the API documentation
Beacon data
  • Excel
  • ChatGPT
  • Claude
  • Gemini

Manual search versus Beacon

Stop searching one familiar market at a time. Start with the hotspots that fit.

Beacon applies the same buyer criteria across your chosen geography, so your team starts with matches instead of guesses.

Without BeaconStart with a guess
  1. 01Pick a market your team already knows.
  2. 02Check listing sites, maps, and separate data tools.
  3. 03Repeat the search when the market does not fit.

You only find what your team remembers to check.

With BeaconStart with matching hotspots
  1. 01Enter your market and site criteria.
  2. 02Review ranked hotspots across your chosen geography.
  3. 03Open matching listings and off-market parcels.

Your team starts with markets and sites that match the buy box.

Customer results

Beacon finished a week of market research in minutes.

“What would have taken us an entire week to research manually, PropRise accomplished in minutes.”
Shimon Kanter
Go Store It Self StorageShimon KanterVP of Development
Go Store It
Read the Go Store It story

Citadel moved from criteria to an LOI in two weeks.

“The first project we attempted with Beacon led us to submit an offer. We had looked at a hundred deals using traditional methods without finding anything.”
Alex Clark
Alex ClarkPrincipal
Citadel Development Partners
Read the Citadel Development Partners story

Olympus submitted an LOI in a market 1,000 miles from home.

An LOI within two weeks of using Beacon.

Olympus Ventures
Olympus VenturesSelf-storage developer
Read the Olympus Ventures story

Beacon FAQ

What teams ask before they search.

What data does Beacon include?

Beacon combines population, income, age and growth forecasts, housing starts, supply, development pipeline, street rates, occupancy history, listings, ownership, parcels, and zoning results.

How fresh are the data?

Street rates refresh every 48 hours. New land and facility listings arrive daily from more than 30 brokerage websites and aggregators. When a new listing matches a saved buy box, Beacon alerts your team the same day.

What is a hotspot?

Beacon checks three-mile trade areas against your criteria. Where nearby matches overlap, Beacon combines them into a focused hotspot. It shows the specific area where your criteria hold.

Does Beacon find land and facilities?

Yes. Beacon layers land listings, facility listings, and off-market vacant parcels onto matching trade areas. Your team can review ownership and parcel details before deciding what to pursue.

Can we trace the zoning result?

Yes. By-right zoning results link to the related municipal code, so your team can review the source.

Do we have to search the entire country?

No. Choose the states or regions that fit your strategy. Beacon screens each selected location against the same requirements.

Tell Beacon what fits. Beacon shows you where to find it.

Bring your current development criteria. See the matching markets and sites inside them.

See Beacon on your criteria