# Advan Research — Vendor Intelligence Profile
> Source: Vedex (https://vedex.ai) | Generated: 2026-10-05T09:37:06.913Z

## Overview

- **Vendor Type**: data_provider, platform
- **Headquarters**: USA
- **Year Founded**: 2015
- **Employee Count**: 50
- **Description**: Advan Research is a leading alternative data provider specializing in location intelligence and foot traffic analytics for the financial services and retail industries. By processing massive datasets from mobile devices, the company provides actionable insights into consumer behavior, store performance, and macroeconomic trends to help investors and businesses make data-driven decisions.
- **Slogan**: Actionable Location Intelligence
- **Domain**: advanresearch.com
- **Company Website**: https://advanresearch.com/

## Categories & Sectors

- **Categories**: Location Intelligence, Consumer Behavior, Foot Traffic Data
- **Sectors**: Finance, Retail, Real Estate, Consumer Goods

## Marketplace Presence

- **Source Platforms**: conference:battlefin_discovery_day, exabel_catalog
- **Platform Count**: 2
- **Delivery Methods**: SFTP, S3 Bucket, Snowflake Share, Databricks
- **Geographic Coverage**: Global, with primary focus on North America and Europe

## Intelligence Scores

- **Vendor Score**: 34.8
- **Market Presence**: 14.6
- **Trust & Compliance**: 49
- **Integration**: 39.6
- **AI Readiness**: 49
- **Business Maturity**: 45.8
- **Support & Operations**: 61.8

## Trust & Compliance (vendor-reported)

> These are the vendor's own attestations as collected from public sources, not Vedex's. Verify directly with the vendor.

- **Trust Score**: 57/100 (based on vendor-reported attestations, not verified by vedex)
- **SOC 2 Type II**: In progress
- **ISO 27001 Certified**: No
- **GDPR Compliance**: Fully compliant (DPA available)
- **Encryption Standards**: AES-256 at rest and TLS 1.2+ in transit
- **Penetration Testing**: Annual third-party penetration testing
- **Historical Breach Record**: No public incident found in our search (unverified)
- **Data Residency Options**: US
- **Written Compliance Policies**: Data privacy, Information security, Intellectual property

## AI & ML Readiness

- **LLM-Friendly Output Formats**: Structured JSON with schemas
- **File Formats Supported**: Parquet, CSV, Delta Lake
- **SDK Languages**: Python

## Business & Funding

- **Funding Stage**: Series A
- **Estimated ARR Range**: $10-50M
- **Key Customers**: Hedge Funds, Private Equity Firms, Retail Corporations
- **Key Partnerships**: Dewey Data, Cherre

## Competitors

- **Competitors**: Alqami, RIWI, Unacast, Xtract

## Products

### Consumer Spending Insights
Combines physical foot traffic with digital transaction data.
- **Pricing**: Contact for pricing
- **Free**: No
- **Link**: https://vedex.ai/products/consumer-spending-insights-89e5dd/llms.txt

## Links

- Vedex Profile: https://vedex.ai/vendor/advan-research-e687a0
- Due Diligence: https://vedex.ai/due-diligence/advan-research-e687a0