> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Country Expansion

> A company opened its first location in a new country.

<CardGroup cols={3}>
  <Card title="Signal key" icon="code">
    `country_expansion`
  </Card>

  <Card title="Category" icon="category">
    Location
  </Card>

  <Card title="Source" icon="world">
    Company Professional Network page (locations array), country-level check.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

A company opened its first location in a new country.

## When it fires

<Card title="Trigger condition" icon="bolt">
  `location_added` fires AND the new country was not previously represented anywhere in `locations`.
</Card>

## Stored fields

This signal persists the following metadata you can read downstream:

| Field              | Description                                |
| ------------------ | ------------------------------------------ |
| `meta.country_new` | The new country the company expanded into. |

## Magnitude

High, international expansion is a strategic milestone.

<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 genuine international expansion, and a prime outreach moment. A first office in a new country means the company is committing to a new market with all the local compliance, data-residency, and tooling needs that entails. Feeds expansion\_signal.

## How to read it

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  <Card title="Market entry">
    First office in a country is a real market commitment.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Local requirements">
    Brings data residency, compliance, and localization needs.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Composite input">
    Feeds expansion\_signal alongside hiring and growth.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Outreach playbook

<Tip>
  Prime outreach moment. Route to local rep; pair with first\_job\_in\_country.
</Tip>

## Related signals

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  <Card title="Location Added" href="/buying-signals/signals/location/location-added">
    A new office location appeared.
  </Card>

  <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="HQ Country Change" href="/buying-signals/signals/location/hq-country-change">
    The headquarters country specifically changed.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Expansion Signal" href="/buying-signals/signals/composite/expansion-signal">
    A company is expanding into new markets while growing.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

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