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 and chambers of commerce; trade bodies (FIGIEFA, Auto Care Association) membership lists; vehicle fleet… | Per legal entity / per outlet; vehicle parc per make-model-year per region | public |
| employment & workforce | Eurostat/national statistical offices (SBS, labour force survey at NACE 47.8 level), company annual reports, job boards | Annual per NACE class per country; headcount per company; per-store staffing… | public |
| financial filings | Listed and large private retailers' filings (annual accounts in national business registers, SEC/ESEF filings), credit bureaus… | Annual/quarterly per legal entity, sometimes segment or like-for-like sales | public |
| waste & emissions | Producer responsibility schemes for batteries, tyres, waste oil and ELV parts (national EPR registers, e.g. battery and tyre collection… | Tonnage per scheme per year; per collection point volumes | public |
| quality & compliance testing | Type-approval and homologation bodies, national market surveillance authorities, EU Safety Gate (RAPEX) recall notices for defective parts… | Per product notification / per recall case | public |
| pricing | Retailer websites and marketplaces, price-comparison and scraping vendors (Idealo, Google Shopping feeds), parts data vendors… | Per SKU (OE/IAM part number) per retailer per day | purchasable |
| inventory & supply chain | Retail chains' DC/WMS systems, wholesale distributors (LKQ, Alliance Automotive, Stahlgruber), catalogue/data standards bodies (TecDoc… | Per SKU per warehouse/store, stock on hand and replenishment daily; catalogue… | purchasable |
| geospatial/movement | Store location datasets from retailer store locators, POI vendors (SafeGraph-type, Here, TomTom), footfall/mobility vendors | Per store location; footfall per site per day | purchasable |
| reviews & sentiment | Google Maps/Business profiles, Trustpilot, marketplace seller and product reviews, automotive forums | Per review (store or product level), timestamped | purchasable |
| communications/marketing performance | Retailers' marketing teams, ad platforms (Google/Meta), retail media networks, ad-intelligence vendors (Nielsen Ad Intel, Similarweb) | Per campaign/keyword per day; web traffic monthly per domain | purchasable |
| transactional/sales | Auto parts retail chains (e.g. Halfords, Norauto, AutoZone, ATU), their POS/ERP systems, buying groups and cooperatives (ATR, Nexus… | Per transaction / per SKU per store per day; aggregated to weekly-monthly… | partnership |
| energy consumption | Retail chains' facility management and utility billing; ESG/CSRD sustainability reports of listed chains | Per site monthly meter data internally; company-wide annual in reports | partnership |
| logistics & freight movement | Distributors' TMS, parcel/pallet carriers serving multi-daily parts delivery, customs/trade statistics (Comext/UN Comtrade) for parts… | Per shipment/route for carriers; monthly HS-code trade flows publicly | partnership |
| incident/safety/claims | Product liability and warranty claim records at retailers/suppliers; consumer complaint databases (NHTSA complaints for parts in US)… | Per claim / per complaint, per part number | partnership |
| maintenance & asset condition | Workshop/garage management software vendors and diagnostic tool providers linked to parts retail (e.g. Bosch ESI, Hella Gutmann), fleet… | Per vehicle repair job / per VIN, parts fitted and mileage | partnership |
| customer demographics | Retailer loyalty programmes and trade-account systems (workshop vs DIY customer split), e-commerce account data, market research panels | Per customer/account, with purchase history | 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.