Exhibit A
Private Investigators work in Columbus
Columbus is a spread out city with a large legal and insurance sector, and that is where a lot of private investigator work comes from. Franklin County courts, downtown law firms and the insurers along the I-270 ring all generate surveillance, background and process work. The trade here is mostly small owner operator firms rather than national franchises, and most of them compete on the same handful of searches. Demand is steady rather than seasonal at the top level, with spikes that follow court calendars and claim cycles. The searches people make are local and specific: they name the county, the suburb or the kind of case. That is the demand available, and it is enough to support a steady publishing habit.
