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See what your customers are doing, before it shows in your numbers.

RAS Pulse is a new market view of how storage demand is shifting across Sydney and Canberra: which areas are growing, which unit sizes people choose, how price-sensitive they are and how long they stay, with more to come.

It is built from anonymised activity across all Rent a Space customers, households as well as businesses. So it reads like a view of the people your business sells to, not just of other businesses.

Your results are never only about you.

When enquiries dip or a month softens, the cause is often outside your business: a suburb cooling, customers trading down, a seasonal pattern that arrives early. RAS Pulse gives you the outside view, so you can tell a market shift from a problem you can fix.

Is it my area, or just me?

Demand by region across Sydney and Canberra, indexed so you can compare your trading area with the wider picture.

Are customers getting pickier?

How price-sensitive demand is, by area, and where customers are trading between unit sizes.

What are people actually renting?

Which unit sizes are in most demand and how that mix is changing, an early signal for stock, space and cash-flow decisions.

How long are customers staying?

Length of stay and move-out trends, which tend to shift before the wider economy notices.

Why storage demand matters to your business

People rent storage when they move, renovate, downsize, start a business or run out of space. That makes it a useful read on what your customers are doing, whatever your industry.

Real estate and property

A view of moving and downsizing activity in the areas you work.

Removalists and trades

Where customers are moving, renovating or clearing out.

Retail and online sellers

How price-sensitive customers are, area by area, as context for your own pricing and promotions.

Advisers and local services

Early signals of household change in your area, and how it is shifting over time.

What RAS Pulse could show.

We are still shaping what RAS Pulse covers. These are examples of the insight it could give you, and the range will grow over time.

Example

Demand Index

New storage demand across Sydney and Canberra, indexed so the direction is easy to see.

Example

Price Sensitivity by Area

How responsive demand is to price in each region, shown as relative bands, not dollar figures.

Example

Unit-Size Mix

Which sizes people are choosing and how the mix is shifting over time.

Example

Stay and Churn Index

Typical length of stay and move-out trends, indexed so the direction is clear without exposing raw counts.

Shape it, and see it first.

RAS Pulse is coming soon. Tell us you are interested and you will hear first, with a say in what we build next.

Be among the first to see RAS Pulse when it launches
Have a say in what we measure and share
Get industry-specific commentary for your sector
Hear about new insights as they are added

Anonymised by design.

RAS Pulse describes what is happening in the market, not any one customer or site.

1AggregateActivity is combined across Rent a Space's Sydney and Canberra sites before anything is reported.
2IndexResults are shown as indexed movements against a base period, not absolute counts or dollar values.
3ProtectSmall segments are suppressed and no site-level or customer-level data is published.

Method note

RAS Pulse covers all Rent a Space customers, households and businesses, across Sydney and Canberra. It is not limited to business data, and it is not a census of the whole storage industry.
We will publish how RAS Pulse works when it launches.
No personal information is published or shared with subscribers.

Before you sign up

When will RAS Pulse launch?

We are building it now. Register your interest and we will tell you first.

Is it free?

Registering your interest is free. We will tell you before anything changes.

Is this only about business customers?

No. RAS Pulse draws on anonymised activity from all Rent a Space customers, households as well as businesses. That is deliberate: most businesses want to understand what their own customers are doing, so it informs business decisions without being limited to business data.

Is my business or my data involved?

No. RAS Pulse uses anonymised Rent a Space activity only. Registering your interest shares your email and, optionally, your industry, which we use to keep you updated and tailor commentary.

Does it cover the whole storage market?

It reflects activity across Rent a Space's Sydney and Canberra sites. That is a strong signal for local demand, but it is not a census of the whole storage industry.