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 company registers, VAT/EORI registers, building permit authorities (demand-side signal), timber legality registers (EUTR/EUDR… | Per legal entity; per permit/licence | public |
| employment & workforce | Statistical offices (SBS/labour force data by NACE 46.73/46.83), individual merchant HR systems, sector trade associations and… | Per entity headcount; sector aggregates annual/quarterly | public |
| reviews & sentiment | Google/Trustpilot reviews of merchant branches, trade forums, merchant e-commerce product reviews | Per review per branch or product | public |
| financial filings | Company registries (annual accounts of merchant groups), listed distributor investor relations, credit bureaus (D&B, Creditsafe) | Per entity per year; credit scores updated monthly | public |
| incident/safety/claims | National occupational safety regulators (warehouse/forklift incidents), insurers and credit insurers, merchants' own HSE systems | Per reportable incident; per claim | public |
| weather-dependent metrics | Meteorological services combined with merchants' internal demand-planning teams; sector analysts modelling weather-adjusted builders'… | Daily per region weather series joined to weekly branch sales | public |
| waste & emissions | Listed distributor sustainability/CSRD reports, packaging and waste recovery schemes, EPD databases for construction products | Per group per year; per product EPD | public |
| quality & compliance testing | Notified bodies and testing labs issuing CE/DoP documentation, certification schemes (FSC/PEFC chain-of-custody, KIWA, CSTB), manufacturers… | Per product/batch certificate; per chain-of-custody certificate holder | public |
| pricing | Wholesalers' published trade price lists, manufacturers' list prices, price-index compilers (national statistical offices producing… | Per SKU per price list version; monthly index by material category | purchasable |
| transactional/sales | Builders' merchants and wholesale distributors (e.g. branch ERP/POS systems), buying groups and trading cooperatives, ERP vendors serving… | Per invoice line (SKU, customer account, branch, date) | partnership |
| inventory & supply chain | Wholesalers' WMS/ERP, distribution centre operators, supplier EDI hubs, buying groups | Per SKU per branch/warehouse, daily stock-on-hand and open purchase orders | partnership |
| geospatial/movement | Telematics and fleet-tracking vendors (fitted to merchant delivery trucks and HIABs), route optimisation software providers | Per vehicle GPS ping / per route per day | partnership |
| energy consumption | Merchant operators for warehouses and yards, utility suppliers, EPC/building energy certificate registers for commercial premises | Per site monthly meter readings; per building EPC | partnership |
| logistics & freight movement | Merchant own-fleet delivery systems, third-party hauliers, telematics providers, port/rail terminal operators for timber and cement flows | Per delivery/shipment; per vehicle trip | partnership |
| maintenance & asset condition | Forklift and materials-handling equipment lessors/service providers, fleet maintenance contractors, crane/HIAB inspection bodies | Per asset per service event/inspection | partnership |
| customer demographics | Merchants' trade credit account databases (contractor trade, firm size, sector), buying groups, credit insurers | Per trade account customer | partnership |
| communications/marketing performance | Merchant e-commerce and marketing teams, catalogue/trade-media publishers, digital ad platforms | Per campaign, per web session | 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.