Cities & Regions: Economic forecasting services
Independent, comparable forecasts for the cities and regions where you operate.
Overview
Understanding the local economies you operate in is critical for investment, planning, and strategic decision- making. Yet, fragmented datasets, inconsistent geographic definitions, and varying methodologies often make meaningful comparison difficult.
Our cities and regions forecasting services go beyond the national picture to provide independent, and comparable forecasts within a single, integrated framework, empowering you to think globally, act locally, and plan confidently.
Why local insight matters
Economic opportunities and risks are increasingly playing out at the local level. Large cities may outperform their national economies for years, while neighbouring regions face very different demographic, labour market, or investment dynamics.
By analysing and forecasting cities and regions worldwide, we help organisations understand where growth is occurring, where risks are building, and how local economies are expected to change over time. Our analysis allows you to understand economic trends in the places your business actually operates, giving you the information needed to respond to a fast-moving world.
What’s included
Our city and regional forecasting services combine harmonised local data, long-term forecasts, and scenario analysis for thousands of cities and regions worldwide. Each service provides a combination of data, forecasts, and analysis to support local decision-making. Typical features include:
- Databank. Access a comprehensive database of historical data from 1980 and forecasts through to 2050 for cities and regions around the world. Coverage spans a wide range of economic, demographic, and consumer indicators, including economic output and employment by sector, population and age structure, household income and income distribution, consumer spending by category, labour market performance, housing markets, and more. Indicator availability varies by service and geography; contact our team to learn more about the datasets available for your market.
- Dashboard. Compare growth prospects, benchmark locations against peers, and explore how local economies perform under alternative economic and risk scenarios through an interactive analytical platform.
- Regional outlook reports. Detailed analysis of short- and long-term economic trends across regions, combining insights on economic performance, future prospects, and key risks across cities and subnational areas.
- City reports. Regularly updated reports covering more than 500 major cities worldwide. Each report provides in-depth analysis of economic structure, growth drivers, competitive strengths and weaknesses, as well as economic and climate risk scenarios to support strategic decision-making.
- Chartbooks. Visual summaries of key economic trends, drivers, and forecasts, highlighting the main themes shaping our city outlooks through clear, presentation-ready charts and graphics.
- Research briefings. Thematic and event-driven research on structural change, policy developments, and emerging risks and opportunities shaping city economies.
- Economist support. Access to our experienced city economists for questions on our forecasts and methodology, supported by regular webinars and roundtables.
For the product and regional breakdown, including coverage, granularity, and update frequency by market, explore the interactive coverage map.
Explore our coverage
See exactly where we can take you. Use the map to explore the cities and regions covered by each service — hover for a summary, click any country for detail, and filter by service.
The boundaries, names and designations shown on this map do not imply endorsement or acceptance by Oxford Economics.
Need to go deeper?
Our subscription services cover cities and regions; our consulting team goes further. Using geospatial modelling, we drill down to hyperlocal and neighbourhood levels, delivering bespoke forecasts, market sizing, and impact analyses around your exact question and geography.
Talk to our consulting teamWhy Oxford Economics
Turn fragmented data into consistent insight
City and regional data are often fragmented, with inconsistent geographic definitions and varying economic indicators across sources. We standardise and harmonise these inputs into a single, consistent framework, saving you time and enabling true like-for-like comparison across locations.
Global to local modelling framework
City and regional forecasts are produced in conjunction with our Global Economic Model, ensuring that global forces such as trade cycles, investment conditions, and financial shocks, alongside domestic policy settings, are reflected in local outlooks. Our team of regional economists incorporates local dynamics to ensure forecasts capture on-the-ground realities.
Unmatched regional coverage
We provide one of the most comprehensive city and regional datasets available, covering more than 8,000 locations across advanced and emerging economies. This breadth of coverage enables consistent analysis across markets, supporting everything from global benchmarking to local decision-making.
Forward-looking forecasts and scenarios
We combine long-term forecasts with alternative scenarios to help you assess the implications of economic shocks, structural change and policy uncertainty across markets. Updated monthly, this enables more resilient planning and helps organisations prepare for a range of future outcomes and changing market conditions.
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