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 | Municipal and police licensing authorities for second-hand dealers and pawnbrokers (e.g. UK local authority second-hand dealer licences, US… | Per licensed premises / per licensee, annual renewal; per reported item for… | public |
| employment & workforce | National statistics offices (SIC/NACE 47.79 employment counts), charity retailers reporting volunteer hours, job boards (Indeed, LinkedIn)… | Sector-level monthly/annual aggregates; per-store staff and volunteer rosters… | public |
| logistics & freight movement | Used-clothing exporters and importers, customs authorities (HS 6309 worn clothing trade flows via UN Comtrade/Eurostat), textile sorting… | Per shipment / per customs declaration; monthly country-pair trade volumes and… | public |
| financial filings | Listed and large resale operators (Cash Converters International, Winmark, ThredUp, The RealReal, Buffalo Exchange filings where… | Quarterly/annual per entity; charity retail segment revenue and shop counts | public |
| incident/safety/claims | Police forces and stolen-property databases (LeadsOnline, Interpol works of art, national stolen goods registers), insurers, product safety… | Per reported item / per incident, per jurisdiction | public |
| waste & emissions | Textile collection and reuse operators, charity retail networks reporting tonnes diverted, municipal waste authorities, EU/national waste… | Tonnes collected/reused/rejected per site or per organisation, monthly to annual | public |
| pricing | Online resale marketplaces (eBay sold listings, Vinted, Poshmark, Vestiaire), price-guide vendors (Discogs, Kelley Blue Book for used… | Per listing / per item-SKU-condition, timestamped; historical sold-price series | purchasable |
| geospatial/movement | POI and footfall vendors (SafeGraph/Advan, Placer.ai, Huq, Google Popular Times), OpenStreetMap, chain store locators | Per store location; daily/hourly visit counts and catchment origins | purchasable |
| reviews & sentiment | Google Maps/Places, Yelp, Trustpilot, marketplace seller-rating systems (eBay, Vinted, Depop), social platforms | Per review per store or per seller, timestamped | purchasable |
| transactional/sales | Second-hand chains (Cash Converters, CeX, Buffalo Exchange), charity retailers (Oxfam, Goodwill, British Heart Foundation), resale… | Per transaction / per item (with acquisition cost and sale price), aggregated… | partnership |
| inventory & supply chain | Consignment and thrift POS/inventory systems, charity retail sorting-and-grading operations, textile graders and rag traders supplying… | Per item / per bale or lot, per store, weekly intake and sell-through | partnership |
| customer demographics | Resale marketplaces (buyer/seller age, location, category affinity), loyalty programmes of second-hand chains, consumer panel vendors… | Per registered user/account; survey panel respondents, quarterly | partnership |
| quality & compliance testing | Refurbishers and ITAD firms certifying used electronics (grading reports, battery health, data-erasure certificates under… | Per item / per authentication or grading record | partnership |
| communications/marketing performance | Resale marketplaces and chains running paid acquisition, ad platforms (Meta, Google), email/CRM vendors, affiliate networks | Per campaign/per channel, daily spend, impressions, 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.