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# Expansion Signal

> A company is expanding into new markets while growing.

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  <Card title="Signal key" icon="code">
    `expansion_signal`
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  <Card title="Category" icon="category">
    Composite
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  <Card title="Source" icon="world">
    Composite of location, hiring, and headcount signals.
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A company is expanding into new markets while growing.

## When it fires

<Card title="Trigger condition" icon="bolt">
  `location_added` AND `first_job_in_country` AND `employee_growth` within 60 days.
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## Magnitude

High, unmistakable growth-mode expansion.

<Note>
  For the full bucket definitions used across percentage-based signals, see [Magnitude buckets](/buying-signals/concepts/magnitude-buckets).
</Note>

## Why it matters

This is unmistakable growth-mode expansion. A new office, a first hire in a new country, and rising headcount all within 60 days is the clearest possible picture of a company scaling geographically, with all the local tooling and operational needs that brings.

## How to read it

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  <Card title="Growth mode">
    Three aligned growth signals confirm active expansion.
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  <Card title="Geographic scale">
    The company is committing to new markets.
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  <Card title="Operational needs">
    Expansion drives local compliance and tooling demand.
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## Outreach playbook

<Tip>
  Top growth signal. Route to local teams; position for scaling needs.
</Tip>

## Related signals

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  <Card title="Location Added" href="/buying-signals/signals/location/location-added">
    A new office location appeared.
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  <Card title="First Job in Country" href="/buying-signals/signals/growth/first-job-in-country">
    A company posted its first role in a new country.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Country Expansion" href="/buying-signals/signals/location/country-expansion">
    A company opened its first location in a new country.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Employee Growth" href="/buying-signals/signals/growth/employee-growth">
    A company's employee count increased by at least one between snapshots.
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