History

1985 Foundation of RegioPlan Consulting: DI Wolfgang Richter founds the consulting company RegioPlan Consulting. RegioPlan analyses local market conditions and soon becomes the market leader in this branch.

1990 Calculation of the Purchasing Power Index for Austria: in cooperation with ACNielsen, RegioPlan Consulting develops the product "Purchasing Power Index Austria" which allows for a substantiate assessment of the regional prosperity level based on political districts.

1995 RegioPlan is the first Austrian company to offer a Purchasing Power Index based on municipalities.

1997 RegioPlan calculates Purchasing Power Indices for Eastern European markets: RegioPlan calculates Purchasing Power Indices for Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia for the first time.

2000 RegioPlan extends its number of Purchasing Power Indices: RegioPlan is the first company to provide Purchasing Power Indices for the Baltic States as well as for the Ukraine and Bulgaria.

2001 RegioPlan founds its subsidiary RegioData Research: RegioData Research is established as specialist company for data on regional markets and economies in Central and Eastern Europe. Its products focus on regional Purchasing Power Indices (based on both municipalities and postcode areas) as well as on solutions for professional geomarketing.

2005 15 years of experience in calculating regional Purchasing Power Indices enable RegioData to be the first company to calculate regional Purchasing Power Indices for any Central and Eastern European country.

2006 From May 2006 RegioData also offers Purchasing Power Data for western Europe and therefore data can be compared for all European countries for the first time.

2008 With two new products in the portfolio - Country Explorer CEE and Shopping Center Explorer - RegioData offers innovative data products for international analysis.

2009 Retail lists and Consumer Expenditures complete a comprehensive portfolio of regional economic data for Europe. Up to date, distinct and reliable.

2011 RegioData establishes a branch office in Germany. Additionally www.RegioGraph.eu is launched, a website dedicated to the succesful geomarketing software RegioGraph.

2012 RegioData presents an innovative tool for the shopping center industry, the online available Shopping Center Explorer at www.retailcenters.eu