Competitive intelligence for New York businesses

Three blocks is a different market

Density changes everything

New York's small-business density is unlike anywhere else. A pizza shop on Bleecker competes with four others on the same block. A dental office in the Upper East Side watches six practices within walking distance. A law firm in Midtown tracks thirty-plus competing firms in the same building. The competitive set is so dense that a price change at the place across the street can move customers the same day — and a Google review left this morning can move them by lunch.

Your market is hyper-local

The five boroughs hold over 220,000 small businesses and 8.3 million potential customers, but the economic geography is hyper-local. SoHo restaurants don't compete with Williamsburg restaurants. A medical spa on Park Avenue isn't watching the one in Astoria. The relevant competitive set is usually within a 10-block radius — and there are often a dozen of them.

One email instead of an hour

MyIntelBrief replaces an hour of manual checking with a five-minute morning email. We watch what your NYC competitors do and ship you only what's worth knowing:

• Websites and Google Business profiles
• Menu and price changes
• New hires
• Neighbourhood press coverage

It's AI-curated, deduplicated, and ranked by what's likely to actually affect your business this week.

How it works for a New York business

1. Tell us your business. One sentence — "neighborhood pizza in Bushwick" or "personal injury law in Midtown." We figure out the local market.

2. We find your competitors. AI scans your area, identifies the 5–10 businesses most likely competing with you within walking distance, verifies them against Google profiles, and shows you the list. You approve, edit, or replace.

3. We watch them every day. Websites, Google Business profiles, news mentions, social presence, ratings. Anything they change, we catch.

4. You get one email per morning. Only what matters — deduplicated, ranked, with the screenshot or link. Most days takes 90 seconds. Some days it catches a competitor move before they steal a Tuesday customer.