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 | Business registries, environmental permitting authorities (IED/industrial emissions permits for coating and wood dust), EUTR/EUDR… | Per legal entity and per site/certificate | public |
| employment & workforce | National statistical offices (SBS), social-security registries, wood-sector trade unions and employer associations | Annual headcount and wage aggregates per NACE class per region; per-plant… | public |
| financial filings | National company registers and business information vendors (Bureau van Dijk Orbis, Creditreform, Companies House); listed groups (Tarkett… | Annual (some quarterly) per legal entity | public |
| incident/safety/claims | National labour inspectorates and occupational insurers (e.g. BG Holz und Metall), fire insurers (wood dust and solvent fire risk) | Per reported accident; annual aggregates by sector | public |
| waste & emissions | Operators reporting to E-PRTR/EU Industrial Emissions Portal (VOC from lacquering, dust), national waste registers, EPD programme operators… | Annual per facility for PRTR; per product declaration for EPDs | public |
| production output | Parquet/engineered flooring manufacturers (e.g. Bauwerk, Tarkett, Kährs, Barlinek); national statistical offices via PRODCOM surveys; trade… | Per-line/per-shift internally; annual m² by product type per country in PRODCOM… | public |
| quality & compliance testing | Notified bodies and test labs (MPA, EPH Dresden, Holzforschung Austria, FCBA), manufacturers' DoPs under CPR (EN 14342), formaldehyde/VOC… | Per product declaration / per test report / per batch (factory production… | public |
| pricing | Manufacturers' price lists, distributors, retail chains; hardwood lumber and veneer price reporters (e.g. Fastmarkets RISI, EUWID, Hardwood… | Per SKU list price; weekly/monthly index for oak lamella, sawn hardwood, HDF… | purchasable |
| reviews & sentiment | Retail and marketplace platforms (Amazon, Houzz, DIY chain sites), flooring review portals, installer forums | Per product review / per posting | purchasable |
| logistics & freight movement | Customs authorities (Eurostat Comext, UN Comtrade, national customs), freight forwarders, bill-of-lading data brokers (Panjiva… | Per shipment (BoL) for some trade lanes; monthly tonnage/value by HS code… | purchasable |
| customer demographics | Retail chains and manufacturers with B2C channels; market research firms (GfK/NIQ, Freedonia) covering flooring buyers and renovation demand | Segment-level survey panels; per-customer in retailer CRM | purchasable |
| communications/marketing performance | Manufacturers' and retailers' marketing teams, ad platforms, SEO/ad-intelligence vendors (Semrush, Similarweb) | Per campaign / per keyword / monthly per domain | purchasable |
| transactional/sales | Manufacturers' ERP systems, flooring distributors and builders' merchants, DIY retail chains | Per order line / per invoice; aggregated monthly by region and product family | partnership |
| energy consumption | Plant operators (drying kilns, presses, UV lacquer lines, biomass boilers burning wood residue), energy utilities, EU ETS registry for… | Per site meter, hourly/monthly; annual per installation in ETS/energy audit… | partnership |
| inventory & supply chain | Manufacturers (lamella, HDF/plywood core, lacquer/oil, adhesive stocks), distributors | Per SKU per warehouse, daily/weekly | exclusive |
| sensor/IoT | Manufacturers using PLC/SCADA and MES on presses, kilns, sanding and UV-curing lines; equipment vendors (Homag, Barberán, Kallesoe) with… | Per machine per second/minute (moisture content, press temperature/pressure… | exclusive |
| maintenance & asset condition | Plant maintenance departments (CMMS), machinery OEM service organisations | Per asset per work order / downtime 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.