Data sources: Retail sale of motor vehicle parts and accessories
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.