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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| registry/licensing/permits | national business registers; environmental permitting authorities for dyeing/finishing units; export-processing zone and factory… | per legal entity / per facility | public |
| financial filings | national company registers and commercial credit bureaus (Bureau van Dijk Orbis, Creditreform, D&B); listed knitwear groups' annual reports | annual (some semi-annual) per legal entity | public |
| production output | knitwear manufacturers' ERP/MES systems; national statistical offices (Eurostat PRODCOM, national industrial production surveys); industry… | per production order / per machine shift internally; monthly or annual… | public |
| pricing | manufacturers' quotation systems; yarn traders and fibre price reporting agencies (Cotlook, ICE cotton, Emerging Textiles, Wood… | per quote / per kg of yarn; weekly or monthly price indices; unit values per… | purchasable |
| reviews & sentiment | e-commerce platforms carrying the finished knitwear (Amazon, Zalando, brand sites), review-scraping vendors; B2B marketplaces (Alibaba… | per product review; per supplier rating | purchasable |
| logistics & freight movement | freight forwarders, ocean carriers, customs authorities; bill-of-lading data brokers (Panjiva/S&P, ImportGenius, Datamyne) | per shipment / per container with HS code, consignor and consignee | purchasable |
| transactional/sales | garment manufacturers and their brand/retail customers (order books, EDI purchase orders); sourcing agents; customs authorities for… | per purchase order / per style-colour-size line; monthly aggregate for trade… | partnership |
| inventory & supply chain | manufacturers' ERP (yarn, greige and finished goods stocks); brand supply-chain platforms; supplier-mapping vendors (Sourcemap, Open Supply… | per SKU/lot per warehouse, weekly or monthly; supplier-facility level for… | partnership |
| employment & workforce | national statistical offices and labour ministries; factories' HR/payroll systems; social-audit bodies (BSCI/amfori, SEDEX, Better Work… | headcount and wage aggregates per facility per audit; sector-level… | partnership |
| energy consumption | factories' utility meters and energy management systems; utilities; brand programmes collecting supplier energy data (Higg FEM/Worldly, CDP… | per site monthly (kWh, thermal fuel); per machine where sub-metered | partnership |
| incident/safety/claims | national labour inspectorates; factory safety programmes (RSC/Nirapon in Bangladesh); insurers; social auditors | per inspection / per incident per facility | partnership |
| waste & emissions | environmental regulators (permits, discharge and E-PRTR reporting where dyeing/finishing is integrated); Higg FEM / Worldly; ZDHC Gateway… | per facility per year (water, wastewater, chemical inputs, CO2e); textile waste… | partnership |
| quality & compliance testing | third-party testing labs (SGS, Intertek, Bureau Veritas, TÜV), OEKO-TEX and GOTS certification bodies, brand QA teams, EU RAPEX/Safety Gate… | per test report / per lot or style; per certificate per facility | partnership |
| sensor/IoT | knitting machine OEMs and their cloud platforms (Shima Seiki SDS/Knit-Design cloud, Stoll/Karl Mayer k.innovation, Santoni, Mayer & Cie… | per machine per second/shift — stitch counts, needle breaks, RPM, downtime… | exclusive |
| maintenance & asset condition | machine OEM service organisations and factory maintenance/CMMS systems; spare-parts distributors | per machine per service event / per work order | exclusive |
| communications/marketing performance | private-label manufacturers are largely invisible here; trade-fair organisers (ITMA, ISPO, Interfilière) exhibitor/lead data and B2B… | per campaign / per exhibitor per event | exclusive |
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.