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 | Notified bodies and certification schemes (Gas Appliances Regulation EU 2016/426 certificates, CE/UKCA declarations), EU EPREL energy-label… | Per model/type-approval certificate | public |
| employment & workforce | Eurostat/SBS and national statistical offices at NACE 27.5 level, works councils, company reports | Annual per NACE class per country; headcount per plant in company reports | public |
| energy consumption | Manufacturers' plants (site utility meters), national energy-use surveys by manufacturing sector; also declared product energy efficiency… | Site-level monthly for factories; per model rated efficiency publicly | public |
| financial filings | Company registries (Companies House, Bundesanzeiger, Italian Registro Imprese), listed parent groups' annual reports, credit bureaus… | Annual/semi-annual per legal entity | public |
| incident/safety/claims | EU Safety Gate (RAPEX) recall notifications, UK OPSS product recalls, US CPSC recalls and NEISS injury data, national gas-incident… | Per recall notice / per reported incident; warranty claims per serial number | public |
| waste & emissions | E-PRTR / national pollutant registers for larger enamelling and coating plants, WEEE and packaging compliance schemes, corporate CSRD/ESG… | Annual per facility; annual tonnage per producer for WEEE/packaging | public |
| production output | Manufacturers' plant MES; national statistical offices via PRODCOM (product codes for gas cookers, non-electric water heaters, stoves) | Plant-level per shift internally; national annual/quarterly volume and value by… | public |
| transactional/sales | Manufacturers' ERP/sales systems (e.g. BDR Thermea, Vaillant, Ariston, Smeg), retail chains and DIY/builders' merchants, market research… | Per SKU per channel per month; retail EPOS per transaction | purchasable |
| pricing | Retailer websites and price-comparison aggregators, price-scraping vendors, trade wholesalers' price lists | Per SKU per retailer, daily | purchasable |
| reviews & sentiment | Retail marketplaces (Amazon, Otto, Leroy Merlin), consumer test bodies (Which?, Stiftung Warentest, Consumer Reports), installer forums | Per review per product model | purchasable |
| logistics & freight movement | Customs and trade statistics agencies (Eurostat Comext, UN Comtrade), bill-of-lading data vendors (Panjiva, ImportGenius, Datamyne)… | Per HS code per country per month; per shipment for bill-of-lading data | purchasable |
| customer demographics | Manufacturers' warranty registration databases, retailers' loyalty programmes, consumer panel vendors (GfK, Kantar) | Per registered household/product; panel-level aggregates | partnership |
| communications/marketing performance | Manufacturers' marketing teams and their agencies, retail media networks, ad-intelligence vendors (Nielsen Ad Intel, Similarweb) | Per campaign per channel, weekly/monthly | partnership |
| quality & compliance testing | Test laboratories and notified bodies (TÜV, Kiwa Gastec, BSI, Intertek), manufacturers' own QA labs, ecodesign/Lot 20 & Lot 15 compliance… | Per model per test campaign; per unit for end-of-line leak/ignition tests | partnership |
| inventory & supply chain | Manufacturer ERP/MRP systems, component suppliers (burners, valves, castings), distributors | Per SKU per warehouse, daily/weekly | exclusive |
| sensor/IoT | Manufacturers' plant automation systems (PLC/SCADA on stamping, welding, enamelling and leak-test lines) | Per machine, sub-second to per-unit | exclusive |
| maintenance & asset condition | Manufacturers' factory CMMS for presses, enamelling lines and assembly cells; equipment OEMs with service contracts | Per machine per work order | 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.