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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| pricing | Distributor and MRO catalogues, online marketplaces, tender/procurement portals; manufacturers' own list-price sheets | Per SKU list price, per quotation, per tender award | public |
| registry/licensing/permits | Environmental and industrial permitting authorities (IPPC/E-PRTR where applicable), local building and operating-permit registers, business… | Per site / per permit | public |
| employment & workforce | National statistical offices (structural business statistics), social-security registers, works councils and sector employer associations | Annual headcount and wage aggregates per NACE class per region; per-plant… | public |
| reviews & sentiment | B2B and B2C marketplaces and distributor sites carrying hand trucks, trolleys and carts; trade-press product tests | Per product review / per rating | public |
| financial filings | National business registers and company-accounts filings; commercial company-data vendors (Orbis/Bureau van Dijk, Creditsafe); listed… | Per legal entity, annual (some quarterly for listed parents) | public |
| incident/safety/claims | EU Safety Gate (RAPEX) and national market-surveillance recall databases; occupational injury registers (national labour inspectorates… | Per recall notice; per workplace incident; per claim | public |
| waste & emissions | Operators reporting to national pollutant release registers and E-PRTR; waste-transfer note systems; EU ETS only for large combustion… | Annual per facility by pollutant/waste stream | public |
| production output | Manufacturers of hand-propelled and animal-drawn vehicles, trolleys and other n.e.c. transport equipment; national statistical institutes… | Annual PRODCOM product-code volumes and values per country; monthly industrial… | public |
| logistics & freight movement | Customs authorities and trade-statistics agencies (HS 8716 trailers/hand carts, animal-drawn vehicles); freight forwarders; container… | Per bill of lading / per customs declaration; monthly aggregates by HS code… | purchasable |
| transactional/sales | Manufacturers and their distributors/industrial-equipment wholesalers; B2B e-commerce and MRO catalogue platforms (e.g. industrial supply… | Per order line / per invoice; aggregated monthly by customer and product family | partnership |
| energy consumption | Manufacturing sites (metering and utility bills), grid/utility suppliers, national energy-balance statistics for manufacturing subsectors | Per meter interval (15-min/hourly) internally; annual per NACE class in… | partnership |
| communications/marketing performance | Manufacturers' marketing teams, trade-fair organisers (lead scans), digital ad platforms and SEO/traffic vendors (Similarweb) | Per campaign, per web session, per trade-show lead | partnership |
| quality & compliance testing | Notified bodies and test houses (TÜV, SGS, Intertek), CE/UKCA declaration-of-conformity holders, standards bodies (EN 1757 for hand pallet… | Per product type / per test report / per certificate | partnership |
| inventory & supply chain | Manufacturers' ERP systems; tier-1 suppliers of tubing, castings, wheels, bearings; steel and aluminium service centres | Per SKU per warehouse, daily stock and open-order positions; per… | exclusive |
| sensor/IoT | Plant automation systems (PLC/SCADA/MES) of manufacturers; automation vendors hosting cloud telemetry | Per machine per second/minute tag readings | exclusive |
| maintenance & asset condition | Manufacturers' CMMS records for welding, painting and assembly lines; machine-tool OEM service organisations | Per asset 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.