Wert-Berater advises companies choosing where to build. The engagement compares candidate locations on the criteria that actually govern the decision — labour, utilities, logistics, land and entitlement, incentives, taxes and total operating cost — and documents the comparison so the recommendation can be defended to a board, a lender or an incentive authority.
The standard deliverable compares up to five candidate sites on a single scoring framework. Larger searches usually run in two stages: a screening pass that reduces a long list to five, then the full comparison. The report is written to be read by people who were not in the process — a credit committee, a board, or a State authority reviewing an incentive application.
Utility capacity and incentives move site decisions more often than land price. Extending power, gas, water or sewer to a parcel can exceed the cost of the parcel, and an incentive package is far harder to negotiate once a location has been announced. Both belong in the analysis phase, in writing.
Manufacturers and processors choosing a plant location; logistics and distribution operators sizing a network; healthcare and senior-living operators picking a service area; developers testing whether a controlled parcel supports the intended use; and economic development organisations preparing a site to be competitive before it is marketed.
Projects that will be financed usually pair the site work with a feasibility study — see manufacturing feasibility and manufacturing plant financing.
Federal statistical sources establish the labour shed, industry structure and regional economy. Everything site-specific is confirmed at source: utility capacity with the provider, zoning and entitlement with the jurisdiction, freight cost from routed distances, and construction cost from local contractors. Where a figure cannot be confirmed, the report labels it as an estimate rather than presenting it as fact.
Last reviewed September 2026.
The method behind the comparison is described in site selection analysis. Where a single location is already chosen, location analysis is the right exercise. Where the question is what the surrounding market supports, see commercial real estate market analysis or order a packaged report from market reports.
Independent comparison of up to five candidate sites on labour, utilities, logistics, incentives and total operating cost.
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