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# New office opening

## Description

A **New Office Opening** event tracks when a company establishes a new office or facility. This data provides insights into business expansion, geographic growth, and hiring trends.

**Important:** The **New Office Opening** event is limited to **recent office expansions** within the last quarter (`timestamp_from` should be set to the past 3 months). If the company did not open a new office during this period, the response will be empty.

**For long-term office location insights,** refer to firmographic enrichment APIs.

## Use cases:

* **Market Expansion**: Identify companies growing their physical presence.
* **Competitive Intelligence**: Monitor competitor office openings.
* **Investment Insights**: Track capital expenditure on new facilities.
* **Real Estate & Economic Trends**: Analyze business activity in different regions.

## Data Schema

**Event Name: "new\_office" (Use this value in the event\_types parameter when querying this event.)**

| Signal                            | API Name                 | Description                                                                 | Data Type |
| :-------------------------------- | :----------------------- | :-------------------------------------------------------------------------- | :-------- |
| Event time                        | event\_time              | The timestamp indicating when the event actually occurred                   | datetime  |
| Purpose of new office             | purpose\_of\_new\_office | Short description of the new office's purpose, extracted from the article.  | string    |
| Link to article                   | link                     | Link to article announcing the company's new office.                        | url       |
| Location of new office            | office\_location         | Text extracted from the article indicating where the new office is located. | string    |
| Number of employees at new office | number\_of\_employees    | Number of employees working from the new office's location.                 | integer   |
| Title of new office article       | title                    | Title of published news report or article on company's new office.          | string    |
| Snippet                           | snippet                  | Short excerpt or highlight text summarizing the award or announcement       | string    |
| Event name                        | event\_name              | Name of the event related to company's new office.                          | string    |

## Query Example

```curl cURL theme={null}
curl -X POST \
  "https://api.explorium.ai/v1/businesses/events" \
  -H "API_KEY: your_api_key_here" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "event_types": [
    "new_office"
  ],
  "business_ids": [
    "8adce3ca1cef0c986b22310e369a0793"
  ],
  "timestamp_from": "2025-01-01T10:03:03.050Z"
}'
```

## Best Practices

* **Filter by location (`office_location`)** to track openings in specific regions.
* **Combine with hiring data** to analyze workforce expansion.
* **Monitor new office purpose (`purpose_of_new_office`)** to understand business strategy.

## Related Events

<Columns cols={2}>
  <Card icon="party-horn" horizontal title="New Product Launch" href="/reference/businesses/events/types/new-product-launch">
    Launch of a new product
  </Card>

  <Card icon="building" horizontal title="Office Closing" href="/reference/businesses/events/types/office-closing">
    Closure of an office
  </Card>

  <Card icon="award" horizontal title="Company's Award" href="/reference/businesses/events/types/companys-award-event">
    Recognition of a company's achievements and accolades
  </Card>
</Columns>