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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| pricing | Platforms (dynamic/surge fare engines), municipal and national taxi regulators setting tariff ceilings, price-comparison and fare-estimator… | Per city per tariff schedule; per-request surge multiplier by zone and minute | public |
| geospatial/movement | Ride-hailing platforms, GPS/telematics vendors, city regulators receiving trip-record feeds (e.g. NYC TLC, Chicago, some EU cities)… | Per trip pickup/dropoff point or zone with timestamps; per-second GPS traces… | public |
| registry/licensing/permits | National and municipal transport authorities (e.g. TfL PHV register, Dutch KIWA/RDW, city taxi licensing offices), vehicle registration… | Per driver licence, per vehicle plate/permit, per operator licence, with… | public |
| reviews & sentiment | Ride-hailing platforms (driver/passenger star ratings), Google Maps and Trustpilot reviews of taxi firms, app store reviews | Per trip rating; per review with text and timestamp | public |
| financial filings | Company registries (Companies House, national business registers), listed platform investor relations and SEC/EU filings, credit rating… | Annual/quarterly per legal entity; segment revenue by region for listed… | public |
| incident/safety/claims | Road safety authorities and police accident databases, motor insurers and brokers specialising in PHV/taxi fleets, regulators' complaint… | Per collision/incident record; per insurance claim; per complaint case | public |
| waste & emissions | City low-emission-zone authorities, platforms publishing electrification/CO2-per-km reports, environmental regulators | Per-vehicle emission class from registration data; annual fleet-level CO2 per km | public |
| maintenance & asset condition | Fleet operators and leasing companies, vehicle inspection authorities (periodic roadworthiness/taxi inspection results), garages and fleet… | Per vehicle per service or inspection event; odometer readings | public |
| quality & compliance testing | Municipal taxi enforcement units (meter calibration, vehicle checks, mystery-shopper audits), metrology institutes certifying taximeters… | Per inspection/audit event per vehicle or driver | public |
| customer demographics | Ride-hailing platforms (rider accounts, payment data), market research firms and consumer panels, mobility survey programmes of transport… | Per rider account internally; survey-level aggregates by age/income/city | purchasable |
| communications/marketing performance | Platforms' growth teams, app-analytics and attribution vendors (AppsFlyer, Adjust, Sensor Tower, data.ai), ad networks | Per campaign per city; app download and DAU/MAU estimates per market per month | purchasable |
| transactional/sales | Ride-hailing platforms (Uber, Bolt, Lyft, Grab, FreeNow), taxi dispatch/fleet software vendors, taximeter and payment terminal providers… | Per trip / per fare transaction (timestamps, distance, fare components, tips… | partnership |
| sensor/IoT | Telematics and dashcam vendors serving taxi/PHV fleets, taximeter manufacturers, OEM connected-car platforms, insurers running usage-based… | Per vehicle, high-frequency (speed, harsh braking, idling, camera events) | partnership |
| employment & workforce | Platforms (driver rosters, active-driver counts), labour ministries and social-security bodies, taxi driver unions/associations, national… | Per driver (hours online, earnings) internally; monthly/quarterly aggregates… | partnership |
| energy consumption | EV charging network operators serving ride-hail drivers, fleet fuel-card providers, platforms tracking EV share, city clean-air programmes | Per charging/refuelling session; monthly per fleet | partnership |
| weather-dependent metrics | Platforms correlating demand with weather, national meteorological services, demand-forecasting vendors | Hourly demand/surge joined to hourly local weather observations | partnership |
| booking/utilization/occupancy | Ride-hailing and taxi dispatch platforms, airport and station taxi rank operators, fleet management software vendors | Per driver-shift utilisation, hourly supply/demand by zone, unfulfilled request… | partnership |
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.