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 | Commercial registers, beneficial-ownership/UBO registers, tax authorities (VAT group registrations), financial regulators licensing mixed… | Per legal entity, with ownership links per shareholder/subsidiary and… | public |
| financial filings | Holding companies themselves; national business registers (Companies House, Handelsregister/Bundesanzeiger, KVK, SEC EDGAR); central banks… | Per legal entity per financial year (consolidated and unconsolidated accounts)… | public |
| waste & emissions | Listed and large holding companies publishing consolidated CSRD/ESG reports; ESG data vendors (MSCI, Sustainalytics, CDP) | Group-consolidated annual Scope 1/2/3 figures, sometimes per major subsidiary | public |
| transactional/sales | M&A and private-capital deal databases (Preqin, PitchBook, Mergermarket, Zephyr), merger-control filings at competition authorities, the… | Per deal/transaction (acquisition, disposal, capital injection, dividend… | purchasable |
| pricing | Stock exchanges and market data vendors for listed holding companies; valuation and transfer-pricing advisers for unlisted groups | Per security per trading day (or intraday); per valuation event for unlisted… | purchasable |
| incident/safety/claims | Court and insolvency registers, securities litigation databases, D&O insurers and brokers | Per case/claim per entity | purchasable |
| employment & workforce | Group HR functions of the holding company; statistical offices via business registers linked to employer social-security data; annual… | Group and per-subsidiary headcount, annual; payroll-level detail internal only | partnership |
| quality & compliance testing | Statutory auditors and audit oversight bodies (PCAOB, national audit regulators), tax authorities running transfer-pricing and… | Per audit engagement per entity per year; CbCR per jurisdiction per group per… | 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.