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City score
درجة المدينة
Definition
The city score is the Playbook's weight-your-own ranking of candidate cities for a site study and a demand test: the weighted average of six factors, each scored 1 to 5 with 5 favourable. The board sets weights totalling 100. A factor scored 1 knocks the city out, and a ±10-point flip test exposes ties.
In plain words
A score to compare cities and decide which to study first, not to sign in.
Also searched as
- city prioritization board
- city prioritisation
- market selection score
- GCC market scoring
- درجة المدينة
Formula
City score = Σ (weight × score) ÷ Σ weights
Variables
- factors
- demand density, rent, competitive intensity, supply-chain reach, talent availability, regulatory effort
Canonical thresholds
| Threshold | Verdict |
|---|---|
| Each factor scored 1–5 (5 favourable); weights total 100 | Scoring rule |
| Any factor scored 1 | Knockout: the city leaves this cycle |
| More than a third of the weight rests on assumed inputs | Run a demand test before ranking the city |
| Moving any weight by ±10 points swaps the top two | Tied: test both |
Source: Playbook §3 · The scoring rule · Playbook §3 · The six factors and how to gather them
Example
Illustrative example · hypothetical figures
Weights: demand 30, rent 15, competition 15, supply 15, talent 15, regulatory 10. City A scores 3.55 and City B 3.70; City C is knocked out on supply. Move 10 points from rent to demand and City A scores 3.85: the two are tied, so test both.
Where it is used
In the Doctrine and the Playbook
Related terms
Try the Branch Gate on your numbers
How to cite this definition
Alhajj, S. (2026). “City score”. In The Revenue Engineering Lexicon, version 1.0. Riyadh. https://seiflden.com/lexicon/city-prioritization-score/