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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| inventory & supply chain | Exchanges and warehouses for commodity contracts: LME/CME warehouse stock reports, ICE deliverable stocks, clearing houses' open interest… | Daily per warehouse/location per metal or commodity; open interest per contract… | public |
| registry/licensing/permits | National regulators and registers: ESMA registers, FCA Financial Services Register, BaFin, FINRA BrokerCheck, SEC IAPD, NFA BASIC, CFTC | Per firm and per registered individual, with licence category, status… | public |
| reviews & sentiment | Consumer review sites (Trustpilot), app stores, broker comparison sites (BrokerChooser, ForexPeaceArmy), social/forum data vendors | Per review/post with rating and timestamp; aggregated per broker | public |
| financial filings | Broker-dealers filing FOCUS reports (SEC/FINRA), COREP/FINREP and IFPR returns to national regulators, listed brokerage groups'… | Per legal entity, quarterly/annual; some regulatory returns monthly | public |
| incident/safety/claims | Regulators (SEC, FINRA, FCA, CFTC/NFA) enforcement and disciplinary databases, FINRA arbitration awards, ombudsman schemes, professional… | Per case/enforcement action/customer complaint; insurer loss data per claim | public |
| booking/utilization/occupancy | Brokers and platform operators measuring account activity: active accounts, DARTs (daily average revenue trades), platform uptime… | Monthly per firm (funded accounts, DARTs); internally daily per platform | public |
| transactional/sales | Exchanges (CME, ICE, Eurex), broker-dealers and interdealer brokers, clearing houses, trade repositories (DTCC, REGIS-TR), regulators via… | Per trade/execution with timestamp, instrument, size, venue; aggregated to… | purchasable |
| pricing | Exchanges and MTFs/OTFs, market data vendors (Bloomberg, LSEG Refinitiv, FactSet), APAs, price reporting agencies for commodities (Platts… | Tick/quote level (Level 1/2/3 order book), plus daily settlement and reference… | purchasable |
| employment & workforce | Regulator registers of approved persons/registered representatives, brokerage HR systems, compensation survey vendors (McLagan, Emolument)… | Per registered individual and firm; sector aggregates by country/quarter… | purchasable |
| communications/marketing performance | Retail brokerage marketing teams, ad platforms, app analytics vendors (Sensor Tower, data.ai) for trading-app installs, web traffic vendors… | Per campaign/channel; app downloads and MAU per app per month | purchasable |
| geospatial/movement | Exchanges and colocation/data-centre operators (Equinix LD4/NY4, CME Aurora), low-latency network providers, brokers' own infrastructure… | Per venue/data-centre rack and per network route latency measurement | partnership |
| quality & compliance testing | Broker-dealers' best-execution and transaction cost analysis systems, RTS 27/28-style execution quality reports, TCA vendors (Virtu/ITG… | Per order/execution; aggregated per venue per quarter in execution quality… | partnership |
| customer demographics | Retail and institutional brokers' CRM and onboarding/KYC systems, clearing firms, some regulators via client-money and… | Per client account: category (retail/professional/eligible counterparty)… | 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.