2026 Commercial Lease Cost Index

Free, open, primary-sourced dataset of 2 US jurisdictions. Quarterly-verified. CC BY 4.0 (citation + backlink required for reuse).

2 jurisdictions

10 fields per entry

2026-Q2 latest update

CC BY 4.0 license

Downloads

states.csv, flat CSV (recommended for spreadsheet/notebook analysis)
states.json, full nested JSON with all fields
methodology.md, sourcing + verification process
LICENSE, CC BY 4.0 attribution requirements
CITATION.txt, BibTeX, APA, Chicago, plain-text

Quick citation (plain text)

Source: 2026 Commercial Lease Cost Index (commercialleasecost.com, 2026). CC BY 4.0.

Full citation formats in CITATION.txt.

Methodology

Each entry is verified directly against the issuing state's Secretary of State office. Verification is performed quarterly. The sosUrl field for each entry contains the exact primary source URL.

Full methodology: methodology.md.

How to cite this dataset

Source: 2026 Commercial Lease Cost Index
URL:    https://commercialleasecost.com/data/
License: CC BY 4.0, citation + backlink required

If you use this data in research, journalism, or product development, the CC BY 4.0 license requires a link back to https://commercialleasecost.com/data/.