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 | National/regional trade registers and competent-person schemes (UK Gas Safe Register, WaterSafe, F-Gas certification bodies, German… | per licensed installer/firm; per permit application per address | public |
| employment & workforce | National statistical offices (Eurostat SBS, LFS), sector training bodies and apprenticeship registries, trade unions and employer… | employees and vacancies per NACE class, regional, quarterly/annual; apprentice… | public |
| energy consumption | Energy Performance Certificate registries, utilities and metering operators, heat-pump/boiler monitoring programmes (e.g. Electrification… | per building/dwelling EPC record; half-hourly or monthly meter data for… | public |
| financial filings | Company registers (Companies House, Handelsregister/Bundesanzeiger, KvK), credit bureaus (Creditsafe, Dun & Bradstreet), Eurostat/national… | annual accounts per legal entity; annual sector aggregates | public |
| incident/safety/claims | Occupational safety regulators (HSE, national labour inspectorates, EU-OSHA), gas-safety incident investigation bodies, contractor… | per reported incident/RIDDOR case; per insurance claim; annual sector rates | public |
| production output | National statistical offices and Eurostat construction output/turnover indices for division 43 | monthly/quarterly index per country and sub-sector | public |
| customer demographics | Manufacturer subsidy/grant schemes (e.g. Boiler Upgrade Scheme, MCS installation database), lead-gen platforms, geodemographic vendors… | per installation address, aggregated to postcode/LAU | public |
| pricing | Wholesalers' published price lists, estimating-data vendors (RSMeans, Trade Service/Harrison, sercon/DATANORM price catalogues in DE/NL)… | per SKU (boiler, pipe, fitting, split unit) and per labour hour by trade and… | purchasable |
| reviews & sentiment | Checkatrade, Trustpilot, Google Business Profiles, MyBuilder, Werkspot/Houzz, ProvenExpert | per review per contractor, with rating and date | purchasable |
| weather-dependent metrics | National met services, heating-degree-day vendors (Degree Days.net, BizEE), boiler manufacturers and emergency call-out/home-emergency… | daily HDD/CDD per weather station; daily call-out volume per region | purchasable |
| transactional/sales | HVAC/plumbing contractors via field service management platforms (ServiceTitan, Housecall Pro, Jobber), wholesale distributors (Ferguson… | per job / per invoice line, aggregated monthly per branch or contractor | partnership |
| inventory & supply chain | Plumbing/HVAC wholesalers and buying groups, manufacturers' ERP, contractor van-stock modules in FSM software | per SKU per branch/warehouse, daily stock and lead-time | partnership |
| geospatial/movement | FSM/dispatch platforms and telematics vendors (Verizon Connect, Webfleet, Samsara) tracking service-van fleets | per vehicle GPS ping (seconds-minutes), per job site visit | partnership |
| booking/utilization/occupancy | Field service management and lead-generation platforms (ServiceTitan, Jobber, Checkatrade, Thumbtack), manufacturer-approved installer… | per job booking, per technician per day (utilisation, first-time-fix rate) | partnership |
| waste & emissions | F-gas reporting systems (EU F-Gas Portal, refrigerant handling logs), waste carriers and WEEE/scrap-metal recyclers, national environment… | per refrigerant charge/recovery record per technician or firm; per waste… | partnership |
| maintenance & asset condition | Contractors' service-contract records, social housing providers and facilities management firms, boiler warranty administrators, gas safety… | per installed appliance per service visit, annually | partnership |
| communications/marketing performance | Lead-generation marketplaces, Google Ads/local services platforms, marketing agencies serving trade contractors | per campaign per keyword per day; cost per lead per region | partnership |
| quality & compliance testing | Certification and notified bodies (MCS, Gas Safe inspections, TÜV, BSRIA), commissioning and water-hygiene (Legionella) testing labs… | per installation inspection/test certificate; per sample analysed | partnership |
| sensor/IoT | Connected thermostat and boiler/heat-pump makers (Viessmann, Vaillant, Bosch, Daikin, Mitsubishi Electric, Nest/Google, Honeywell Resideo)… | per installed unit, minute-to-hourly telemetry (flow/return temps, run hours… | 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.