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 business registers, trade licensing bodies (e.g. Germany's Handwerkskammer roll, Austria Gewerberegister), construction contractor… | per firm, per registration/certification | public |
| employment & workforce | national statistical offices and labour force surveys, construction skills bodies (CITB and EU equivalents), CSCS-type card scheme… | per firm headcount, occupational aggregates by region, per card holder | public |
| reviews & sentiment | trade-matching platforms (Checkatrade, MyBuilder, Houzz, Trustpilot, Google Business profiles) | per review per contractor, per job lead | public |
| financial filings | company registries (Companies House, national business registers), credit reference agencies (Creditsafe, Experian, Dun & Bradstreet)… | per company annual accounts; credit score updated monthly | public |
| incident/safety/claims | occupational safety regulators (HSE, EU-OSHA national bodies), employers' liability insurers and brokers specialising in trades, main… | per reported incident/claim; annual sector aggregates | public |
| waste & emissions | waste carriers and gypsum recyclers (plasterboard is hazardous-to-landfill in many jurisdictions), environment agencies' waste transfer/EWC… | per waste transfer note / per site, annual per carrier | public |
| production output | national statistical offices (construction output by trade), site progress records in main contractors' project systems | monthly regional aggregates; m² completed per plot/site | public |
| pricing | construction cost data publishers (RIB/BCIS, Spon's, Wessex, Sirri/national equivalents), plasterboard and render merchants (builders'… | per work item (m² of plaster/render by type), monthly or quarterly index | purchasable |
| transactional/sales | plastering contractors and their job-costing/estimating software vendors (e.g. Buildertrend, Simpro, JobLogic); main contractors'… | per job/quote/invoice, per contract line item | partnership |
| inventory & supply chain | builders' merchants and distributors (Saint-Gobain/British Gypsum, Knauf, Sika distribution), merchant ERP/POS systems, trade associations… | per SKU per branch, weekly/monthly | partnership |
| geospatial/movement | telematics providers for contractor vans (Quartix, Webfleet), plant/tool tracking vendors | per vehicle trip, per asset | partnership |
| weather-dependent metrics | national met services; contractors' site diaries recording drying-time and frost delays; main contractor programme delay records | daily per site / per region | partnership |
| booking/utilization/occupancy | trade lead-generation platforms and labour-hire agencies allocating plasterers to sites; contractors' scheduling software | per crew per day, per lead | partnership |
| maintenance & asset condition | social housing landlords and housing associations (repair/damp-and-mould orders involving replastering), facilities management CAFM systems | per repair work order per dwelling | partnership |
| quality & compliance testing | product manufacturers' test labs, certification bodies (BBA, CE/UKCA notified bodies), building control and approved inspectors checking… | per test certificate, per dwelling/plot tested | partnership |
| communications/marketing performance | lead-gen platforms and digital marketing agencies serving trades; Google Ads/Meta accounts of contractors | per campaign per contractor, per lead conversion | 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.