What data actually exists about this industry, who typically holds it, at what granularity, and how obtainable it is. Public means openly published; purchasable is sold by a vendor; partnership needs a bilateral deal; exclusive is effectively locked up by one party.
| Data category | Who holds it | Granularity | Access |
|---|---|---|---|
| geospatial/movement | National forest inventories and forest agencies (e.g. Forest Service FIA, Swedish NFI), state forest enterprises, satellite/remote-sensing… | per forest stand/parcel polygon; raster pixel (10–30 m) per revisit; NFI plot… | public |
| registry/licensing/permits | National/regional forestry authorities (felling notifications, forest management plan approvals), cadastral and land registries, FSC/PEFC… | per permit/notification, per property or stand; per certificate holder | public |
| employment & workforce | National statistical offices (LFS, SBS), forestry contractor associations, seasonal/migrant labour permit schemes | annual or quarterly regional aggregates by occupation; per contractor payroll… | public |
| financial filings | Listed timberland REITs and forestry companies (Weyerhaeuser, Rayonier, PotlatchDeltic, Stora Enso forest divisions), state forest… | quarterly/annual per entity, sometimes per segment with acreage | public |
| incident/safety/claims | Labour inspectorates and occupational safety agencies (logging is high-hazard), workers' compensation insurers, forest fire services… | per incident/claim; annual injury rates by occupation; per fire event perimeter | public |
| weather-dependent metrics | National meteorological services, fire danger rating systems (EFFIS, Canadian CFFDRS), forest health/pest monitoring units | daily gridded weather and fire danger indices; seasonal frost/drought/windthrow… | public |
| waste & emissions | National greenhouse gas inventory teams (LULUCF forest carbon sink reporting), carbon project registries (Verra, Gold Standard, Climate… | annual national/regional carbon stock change; per carbon project per… | public |
| quality & compliance testing | FSC/PEFC accredited certification bodies (audit reports and non-conformities), EUDR due-diligence systems, seed and nursery certification… | per audit, per non-conformity; per seed lot/nursery batch | public |
| pricing | Timber price reporting services (Forest2Market, TimberMart-South, Fastmarkets RISI), state forest agencies publishing stumpage/roadside… | per sale/auction lot; monthly or quarterly price series by species, assortment… | purchasable |
| transactional/sales | Forest owners' associations and cooperatives, state forest enterprises' timber sales systems, standing-timber auction platforms, sawmill… | per contract/lot, per delivery load | partnership |
| inventory & supply chain | Timberland owners and managers (growing-stock inventories), national forest inventory programmes, forest management software vendors (e.g… | per stand: species composition, age class, volume/ha; updated per inventory… | partnership |
| sensor/IoT | Harvester/forwarder OEM telematics (John Deere TimberMatic, Ponsse Opti, Komatsu MaxiFleet), drone/LiDAR service providers, wildfire and… | per machine per second/shift; per LiDAR flight campaign | partnership |
| logistics & freight movement | Timber haulage contractors, mill weighbridge and scaling systems, forwarding/transport telematics vendors, rail operators for roundwood… | per truckload/shipment with origin landing, destination mill, weight and… | partnership |
| production output | National statistical offices and FAOSTAT (roundwood removals), state forest enterprises, timberland owners and forest management companies… | per harvest operation/stand for operators; monthly/annual regional or national… | partnership |
| maintenance & asset condition | Forest road managers within state forest enterprises and large owners, harvesting contractors' fleet maintenance systems, machine OEM… | per road segment condition survey; per machine service event/engine hour | partnership |
Compiled by the TriData research system from public registers, industry structure and regulatory reporting obligations; refreshed as the underlying catalogue grows. Look up the code itself in the NACE code finder.