Elliott D. Pollack

What Elliott D. Pollack does

Elliott D. Pollack & Company (EDPCo) is a private economic and real estate consulting firm headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona, specializing in economic analysis, fiscal impact studies, and real estate market research for clients in Arizona and the broader Southwest United States. The firm offers a suite of services including Economic & Fiscal Impact Studies, Market Studies, Economic Research and Forecasting, Economic Development Strategies, Housing Studies, Keynote Speaking, and Public Finance & Policy Development. Founded by CEO Elliott D. Pollack (CFA, Certified General Appraiser, former Chief Economist of Valley National Bank) and President Richard C. Merritt (MBA, ASU, 35+ years experience), the firm is led by a small senior team of approximately six professionals including COO and Senior Economist Jill V. Stevenson and Partner Daniel Court.

The firm operates on a project-based consulting model, generating revenue through engagement fees for bespoke economic analyses and studies. EDPCo serves a diverse client base spanning government entities (state, county, and municipal), major residential and commercial real estate developers, professional sports organizations, universities, healthcare systems, utilities, and airports. Notable named clients include Taylor Morrison, Toll Brothers, Shea Properties, Vestar, DMB Associates, Optima, Thompson Thrift, Arizona Diamondbacks, Phoenix Coyotes, Barrett-Jackson, PGA, Arizona State University, Northern Arizona University, Grand Canyon University, Banner Health, Salt River Project, and Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.

The firm has developed proprietary intellectual property including an internal database that supports its econometric modeling work and the FiscalImpacts.com platform — a web-based tool created by COO Stevenson that allows users to model fiscal impacts independently. EDPCo also publishes the Monday Morning Quarterback (MMQ) report, a recurring economic newsletter distributed free to stakeholders across Arizona, which functions as a thought-leadership and brand-building channel. The firm has diversified beyond traditional government and developer work into renewable energy, sports, aviation, and law firm advisory verticals, indicating active pursuit of adjacent addressable markets.

Name

Elliott D. Pollack

Legal name

Elliott D. Pollack & Company

Website

https://edpco.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1987

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Elliott D. Pollack & Company is a Scottsdale, Arizona-based economic and real estate consulting firm offering fiscal impact studies, market analysis, and economic forecasting to government entities, real estate developers, and institutional clients across the Southwest US.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Economic and Real Estate Consulting

NAICS

Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (54169)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Real Estate Market Research & Economic Advisory (Demand/Supply, Location Analytics) (BPAJANAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Survey, Panel & Fieldwork Services (BPAHALAJ)

Keywords

• Economic consulting services
• Real estate consulting
• Fiscal impact analysis
• Market feasibility studies
• Economic forecasting

Headquarters

HQ city

Scottsdale

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Consulting Services: Project-based consulting engagements providing economic analysis, market studies, fiscal impact analysis, and economic development strategies to government and private sector clients.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Elliott D. Pollack & Company is an economic and real estate consulting firm that delivers project-based analyses including economic and fiscal impact studies, market and feasibility studies, economic research and forecasting, economic development strategies, housing studies, and public finance and policy development. Services are backed by one of the most comprehensive economic, demographic, and real estate databases in the U.S., proprietary Fiscal Impact Models, and the interactive fiscalimpacts.com platform, and are provided to government agencies, real estate developers, private companies, law firms, and non-profit organizations primarily in Arizona and the Southwest.

Product overview

Elliott D. Pollack & Company offers a broad range of economic and real estate consulting services as a unified service portfolio. The core offerings include Economic & Fiscal Impact Studies, Market Studies, Economic Research and Forecasting, Economic Development Strategies, Housing Studies, Keynote Speaking, and Public Finance & Policy Development. The company also provides digital tools including FiscalImpacts.com (an interactive fiscal impact calculation platform) and publishes the Monday Morning Quarterback (MMQ) economic snapshot. These services are backed by one of the most comprehensive economic databases in the nation, enabling economic forecasting, economic impact studies, demographic analyses, econometric modeling, and economic development analysis.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Economic & Fiscal Impact Studies Analyzes economic and fiscal effects of many types of activities and development projects; illustrates how projects affect local economies (economic output, wages, job creation) and calculates how projects influence public revenues for state, county, and local governments, including school districts.
• Market Studies Evaluates general market conditions of supply, demand, timing, pricing, and demographics to determine the suitability of specific uses for a site; feasibility studies test various investment scenarios and evaluate their outcomes financially across retail, office, industrial, hotel, rental housing, and for-sale housing sectors.
• Economic Research and Forecasting Provides economic analyses of all aspects of the economy at national and local levels, with demographic, economic, and real estate forecasting for variables including GDP, consumer spending, inflation, population, personal income, employment, retail sales, residential permits, and commercial construction.
• Economic Development Strategies Land economics studies that find the right mix of land uses to optimize tax revenue and meet a community's future needs for retail, services, and jobs, including projections of land demand for residential, commercial, and industrial uses based on population and employment trends.
• Housing Studies Market studies for Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) projects, Tax Exempt Bond projects, and HUD applications, adhering to housing authority approved methodology guidelines; illustrates demand for new developments and ensures no negative impact on similar properties.
• Public Finance & Policy Development Analyzes economic activity and its impact on government budgets and taxes, including reviewing legislative and regulatory proposals to assess their effects on the economy and public resources; firm partners advise the Governor's Office and the Arizona Legislature on policy and revenue issues.
• Keynote Speaking Economic presentations by Rick Merritt and Danny Court that present economic data to enable audiences to grasp and utilize economic and policy trends; delivered to national organizations, private companies, local civic organizations, universities, and legislative committees.
• FiscalImpacts.com Interactive platform created by Jill Stevenson that calculates the economic and fiscal impact of businesses in selected areas, providing customized fiscal impact model applications.
• Monday Morning Quarterback (MMQ) Economic Snapshot Economic snapshot publication produced by the firm providing economic and demographic data updates, distributed as PDF reports on the firm's website.

Named customers46 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Cushman & Wakefield: Cushman & Wakefield offers global commercial real estate services with research and market analytics capability that partially competes with EDPCo's Arizona-focused real estate market intelligence.
• CBRE: CBRE is a global commercial real estate services firm with significant research, forecasting, and economic advisory capabilities that overlap with EDPCo's real estate market research practice, though it is far broader in scope.
• JLL: JLL is a global real estate services firm that publishes research and provides economic and market intelligence for investors and developers, intersecting with EDPCo's real estate market studies and forecasting work at a much larger scale.

Others

• CoStar Group: CoStar is a leading real estate data and analytics platform; while not a direct consulting peer, its data products increasingly encroach on the market intelligence and database moat that underpins EDPCo's economic and real estate research services.

Direct peers

• RCLCO: RCLCO is a real estate advisory firm providing economic and market research, impact analysis, and strategy consulting to developers, investors, and public agencies — directly comparable to EDPCo's economic and real estate consulting practice.
• HR&A Advisors: HR&A Advisors provides real estate and economic development advisory including impact analysis, market studies, and public-sector consulting, mirroring EDPCo's service mix and government/developer client base.
• TischlerBise: TischlerBise specializes in fiscal impact analysis and real estate economics for municipalities and developers, closely overlapping with EDPCo's flagship Economic & Fiscal Impact Studies service line.
• Economic & Planning Systems (EPS): EPS delivers real estate market, economic, and fiscal impact analyses for public agencies and developers, making it a directly comparable economic and real estate consulting peer.
• BAE Urban Economics: BAE Urban Economics provides economic, real estate, and fiscal impact consulting to public and private sector clients — a closely comparable boutique peer in service scope and client type.
• Keyser Marston Associates: Keyser Marston Associates is a real estate economics consulting firm advising public agencies and developers on feasibility, fiscal impact, and market analysis, comparable to EDPCo's core offerings.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

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Investors

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Investments

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