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 | EU CPNP notification portal, US FDA MoCRA facility registration & product listing, EU ECHA REACH registrations, national cosmetics… | Per product notification, per facility, per substance | public |
| employment & workforce | National statistical offices (SBS, BLS), works councils and unions, company HR systems, LinkedIn/labour-market data vendors | Headcount per NACE class per region annually; per-site headcount in filings | public |
| financial filings | Listed players (L'Oréal, Estée Lauder, Coty, Interparfums, Givaudan, Croda), company registries for private firms, credit bureaus (D&B… | Per legal entity per quarter/year, with segment breakdowns | public |
| incident/safety/claims | EU Safety Gate/RAPEX recall notices, US CPSC and FDA MedWatch/adverse event reports under MoCRA, poison control centres, brands'… | Per notification/recall; per adverse event report | public |
| waste & emissions | Environmental regulators (E-PRTR/EEA, US EPA TRI and air permits for VOC/ethanol emissions), corporate CSR/ESG reports, CDP disclosures | Per facility per year for pollutant releases; corporate-level Scope 1-3 annually | public |
| production output | National statistical offices (PRODCOM, US Census ASM), manufacturers' MES/ERP, industry associations (Cosmetics Europe, PCPC) | Per plant per line per batch internally; national annual/quarterly volumes and… | public |
| transactional/sales | Retail scanner panels and market researchers (NielsenIQ, Circana, Euromonitor), e-commerce platforms (Amazon, Sephora, Tmall), brand… | Per SKU per store/week or per online transaction; aggregated to monthly… | purchasable |
| pricing | Retailers and marketplaces (price-scraping vendors such as Profitero, Dataweave), brand list/wholesale price files, ingredient price… | Per SKU per retailer per day; ingredient prices per tonne monthly | purchasable |
| reviews & sentiment | Retail sites (Sephora, Ulta, Amazon), beauty communities (Beautypedia, MakeupAlley, Fragrantica, Basenotes), social listening vendors… | Per review/post with product and rating; aggregated trend indices weekly | purchasable |
| logistics & freight movement | Customs authorities and trade-data vendors (Panjiva, ImportGenius, Eurostat Comext, UN Comtrade), freight forwarders and 3PLs handling… | Per bill of lading/shipment; per HS code (3303, 3304, 3307) monthly by country | purchasable |
| customer demographics | Brand CRM and loyalty programmes, retailers (Sephora Beauty Insider, Boots Advantage), consumer panels (Kantar Worldpanel, NIQ Homescan)… | Per household/panellist purchase; aggregated demographic profiles by… | purchasable |
| communications/marketing performance | Brand marketing teams, ad platforms (Meta, Google, TikTok), influencer analytics vendors (Traackr, CreatorIQ, Launchmetrics EMV), ad-spend… | Per campaign/creative per day; per influencer post engagement | purchasable |
| inventory & supply chain | Manufacturers' ERP (SAP/Oracle), contract manufacturers, fragrance houses (Givaudan, Firmenich-dsm, IFF, Symrise), packaging suppliers… | Per SKU per DC daily; per raw-material lot | partnership |
| energy consumption | Manufacturing sites' utility meters and EMS, energy suppliers, EU ETS/energy-audit filings for larger plants, corporate sustainability… | Per site half-hourly internally; corporate annual GWh in ESG reports | partnership |
| quality & compliance testing | Manufacturers' QC labs, contract testing labs (Eurofins, SGS, Intertek), safety assessors (CPSR dossiers), IFRA/RIFM for fragrance… | Per batch/lot test result; per ingredient safety dossier | partnership |
| sensor/IoT | Filling and compounding line SCADA/MES vendors (Siemens, Rockwell), equipment OEMs (Coesia, Marchesini), plant automation teams | Per machine per second/minute (temperature, fill weight, line speed, OEE) | exclusive |
| booking/utilization/occupancy | Contract manufacturers and private-label fillers (e.g. Intercos, Cosmax, McBride) tracking line capacity utilisation; brand supply-planning… | Per filling line per shift/week utilisation % | exclusive |
| maintenance & asset condition | Manufacturers' CMMS (SAP PM, Maximo), filling-line OEM service organisations | Per asset per work order/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.