Use case

Find premises with no competitor nearby, in one sentence

To find commercial premises in Spain with no competitor nearby, write the distance into the brief: 'no gym within 500 m' or 'no burger restaurant within 300 m'. Claro by Casafari checks every premises on the market and marks each one met or not met, naming the nearest competitor and its distance when it finds one.

Updated 11 October 2026 · Casafari

  1. You write

    Gym in Valencia, 600–1,200 m², ceiling at least 4 m, no gym within 500 m, at least 15,000 residents within a 10-minute walk

  2. Claro reads

    • Valencia
    • Shop / retail
    • Warehouse
    • Office
    • Rent or buy
    • 600–1,200 m²
    • Ceiling ≥ 4 m
    • Suited to: gym
    • ≥ 15,000 residents within a 10-min walk
    • No gym within 500 m

  3. Claro answers Example

    • No gym within 500 m Not metLocation data: nearest gym at 320 m (straight line)
    • Ceiling ≥ 4 m MetListing: “altura libre de 4,5 metros”
    • Residents, 10-min walk ≥ 15,000 MetLocation data: 21,300 residents, 10-min walk
    • 600–1,200 m² MetListing: “superficie construida de 840 m²”
    • Suited to: gym Not statedThe listing does not mention a previous use

Open the dossier, compare up to five premises side by side, mark each one shortlist, maybe or no, or refine the brief: 'make it 800 m'.

Use this brief

The sentence that does the work

Claro by Casafari reads a competitor criterion the way you would say it to a broker: 'no gym within 500 m', 'no pizza restaurant within 200 m', 'at most 2 cafés within 300 m'. You set the distance, from 1 to 1,000 metres.

You can exclude every business of a segment or name the specific chains you compete with. A count within a radius suits formats that can live with some competencia directa (direct competition), but not too much.

The brief can be typed in any language or uploaded as the document you already have. A competitor check is one of several use cases that run from the same sentence.

  • Segments: gym, burger, fast food, coffee, bakery, pharmacy, supermarket, fashion, pizza
  • Any business of the segment, or the named chains you compete with
  • Distances from 1 to 1,000 m
  • Counts within a radius: 'at most 2 cafés within 300 m'

What a verdict looks like

Claro gives every premises a verdict per criterion. For a competitor criterion, met means no business of that segment was found within the radius in the location data.

Not met names the nearest competitor found and its distance, for example 'nearest gym at 320 m' in the example above (an example figure, not a real premises).

Distances are measured in a straight line on every result. With access, Claro re-checks the top 20 results on foot, which shows when a rival that looks close in a straight line is further away by street.

  • Met: no competitor of the segment found within your radius
  • Not met: the nearest competitor and its distance
  • Count criteria: what was found within the radius
  • With access: the top 20 results re-checked on foot

Combine it with the premises itself

A premises with no gym nearby only helps if it can hold a gym. Put the premises requirements in the same sentence, and Claro checks them in the listing's own words, quoting the sentence, such as “altura libre de 4,5 metros” (example).

Add the área de influencia (catchment) as well. Residents within a 10-minute walk or drive, age share, high-income share, spending power and footfall a day come from a Casafari group company and are shown where available. What a gym needs is set out in premises requirements for a gym; how to read passers-by figures is in footfall around a premises.

For the wider question, where many people live and a business of your kind is missing, use underserved areas. To keep away from your own network too, see keeping away from your own stores; that criterion needs access, because your store list is uploaded through the API and stays private to your account.

  • From the listing: size, ceiling height, street level (a pie de calle), frontage, shop window, open plan, step-free access, licence and its activity
  • From location data: residents within a 10-minute walk or drive, age share, high-income share, spending power, footfall a day
  • A listing criterion the listing does not mention is marked not stated, never assumed

What 'none found' means

'None found' is a finding from the data, not a guarantee that no competitor operates there. A business that opened recently may not yet appear in the location data.

Treat a met as the reason to visit. Walk the street and the blocks around it before the premises goes to the expansion committee.

'Not stated' is a different answer: it applies to listing criteria and means the listing does not say. Claro never assumes either way.

For brokers and agents

Agents and consultants who search for several networks can run the same brief through Claro's REST API and MCP server with access. The tools are search_premises, refine_search, get_premises, compare_premises and explain_location, and every result comes with its verdicts and evidence.

Before access, an assistant can run the one free search over HTTP, like a visitor, and read the criteria as understood and the verdicts in the answer. For how a brief-based search sits alongside geomarketing studies and footfall data, see site selection tools in Spain.

  • With access: REST API and MCP server, every result, dossiers and compare
  • Without access: one free search over HTTP, the brief in plain words, any language

Questions

How do I find a premises with no gym within 500 m in Spain?

Write it into the brief, for example 'gym in Valencia, 600–1,200 m², no gym within 500 m'. Claro checks every premises on the market against that criterion and marks it met or not met. A not met names the nearest gym and its distance, so you see how close the competition is.

Which competitors can Claro check?

Claro checks nine segments: gym, burger, fast food, coffee, bakery, pharmacy, supermarket, fashion and pizza. You can exclude any business of a segment or name the specific chains you compete with, at any distance from 1 to 1,000 metres, and combine the check with the premises and catchment criteria in the same brief.

Does Claro measure walking distance or a straight line?

Claro measures a straight line from the premises to each competitor on every result. With access, the top 20 results are re-checked on foot, which shows when a rival that looks close in a straight line is further away by street.

Does 'no competitor found' guarantee there is none?

No. 'None found' is a finding from the location data Claro uses, which comes from a Casafari group company; it is not a guarantee that no competitor operates there. A business may have opened recently. Walk the street and the área de influencia before taking a premises to the expansion committee.

Can I ask for 'at most two cafés'?

Yes. Write a count within a radius, such as 'at most 2 cafés within 300 m', and Claro marks each premises met or not met against it. A not met shows what was found, so you can see whether a premises missed by one café or by several before you change the brief.

Run your free search

Type your own competitor criterion, such as 'no coffee shop within 300 m', into the search on the homepage. One free search, no sign-up, with a verdict and its evidence for every criterion on each premises it returns.

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