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 | Environmental permitting authorities (IED/IPPC permits), quarry/mineral extraction planning authorities, national business registers | Per installation / per clay quarry permit | public |
| employment & workforce | National statistical offices (SBS, labour force surveys), sector trade unions and associations, company reports | Annual headcount per NACE class per region; per-site headcount in filings | public |
| financial filings | Company registries (Companies House, Bundesanzeiger), listed manufacturers' annual reports, credit bureaus (Creditreform, D&B) | Annual per legal entity; segment revenue by region | public |
| incident/safety/claims | National occupational safety regulators (HSE RIDDOR, national inspectorates), insurers, company sustainability reports | Per reportable incident; annual LTIFR per company/site | public |
| weather-dependent metrics | National meteorological services, manufacturers correlating drying energy and construction-season demand | Daily per weather station / plant location | public |
| waste & emissions | EU ETS registry and national regulators, E-PRTR/Industrial Emissions Directive permit authorities, environment agencies (EA, UBA, DREAL)… | Annual per installation (CO2, HF, SOx, dust); per-product cradle-to-gate in EPDs | public |
| quality & compliance testing | Manufacturers' factory production control labs, notified bodies and certification schemes (CE marking / EN 771-1, EN 1304), testing… | Per production batch test; per product Declaration of Performance | public |
| pricing | Manufacturers' price lists, builders' merchants and distributors, construction cost index publishers (BCIS, Destatis, INSEE)… | Per product SKU per price list revision; monthly national price indices | purchasable |
| geospatial/movement | Geological surveys (brick clay resource mapping), planning authorities, satellite imagery vendors monitoring quarry extents and plant yard… | Per quarry polygon; periodic imagery per site | purchasable |
| energy consumption | Plant operators (kiln and dryer gas/electricity metering), gas and electricity suppliers, national energy statistics agencies, EU ETS… | Per plant per half-hour internally; annual per installation in ETS/energy audit… | partnership |
| logistics & freight movement | Road hauliers and pallet-network operators serving heavy building materials, manufacturers' dispatch systems, port and rail freight… | Per shipment / per truckload with origin plant and delivery site | partnership |
| production output | Brick and tile manufacturers (Wienerberger, Terreal, BMI, Ibstock); national statistical offices (PRODCOM, Eurostat); trade associations… | Per kiln/line per shift or day internally; monthly or annual tonnage/units per… | partnership |
| transactional/sales | Manufacturers' ERP/SAP systems, builders' merchant chains, distributors | Per order line / per delivery | exclusive |
| inventory & supply chain | Manufacturers' ERP and yard-stock systems, builders' merchants, clay reserve estimates in quarry plans | Per SKU per plant yard, weekly; clay reserves per quarry | exclusive |
| sensor/IoT | Plant operators and kiln/dryer equipment vendors (Keller HCW, Marcheluzzo, Lingl) via SCADA and process-control systems | Per kiln zone per second/minute (temperature, pressure, moisture, gas flow) | exclusive |
| maintenance & asset condition | Plant maintenance (CMMS) at operators; kiln refractory suppliers and service contractors | Per asset per work order; kiln refractory campaign life | 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.