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 | Bar associations and regulators (SRA in England & Wales, state bars in the US, chambers of notaries, EU national bar registers), law firm… | per individual lawyer / per firm authorisation record | public |
| reviews & sentiment | Legal directories (Chambers and Partners, Legal 500, Best Lawyers, Martindale), consumer review platforms (Avvo, Google, Trustpilot)… | per lawyer/practice ranking; per client review | public |
| financial filings | Companies registries for LLPs and incorporated practices (Companies House, national registries), regulator financial returns, trade press… | annual per firm/entity revenue, PEP, headcount | public |
| quality & compliance testing | Regulators conducting AML/client-money audits (SRA, national bars), firms' internal risk & compliance functions, ISO/Lexcel accreditation… | per firm inspection/audit finding; annual regulator thematic aggregates | public |
| pricing | Legal rate benchmarking vendors (Thomson Reuters Peer Monitor, Valeo, TyMetrix Real Rate Report, Wolters Kluwer ELM), bar association fee… | per timekeeper hourly rate by practice, seniority and market; annual benchmark… | purchasable |
| employment & workforce | Law firms' HR systems; NALP, ABA and Law Society statistics; recruiter and directory vendors (Leopard Solutions, Firmprospects, Chambers… | per lawyer headcount/role/moves; annual firm-level and class-year aggregates | purchasable |
| production output | Courts and registries (PACER, HMCTS, national court systems), litigation analytics vendors (Lex Machina, Docket Alarm, Bloomberg Law… | per docket/filing/appearance, attributable to firm and lawyer | purchasable |
| transactional/sales | Law firms and in-house legal departments via practice management / e-billing systems (Elite 3E, Aderant, Clio), and e-billing… | per time entry / per matter invoice line | partnership |
| incident/safety/claims | Professional indemnity insurers and brokers, mutual insurers, bar disciplinary tribunals (SDT, state disciplinary boards), client… | per claim / per disciplinary case; annual insurer loss aggregates | partnership |
| booking/utilization/occupancy | Law firms' practice management systems; benchmarking programmes (Thomson Reuters Financial Insights/Peer Monitor, Citi Private Bank Law… | per timekeeper monthly billable hours, utilisation, realisation and collection… | partnership |
| customer demographics | Law firms' CRM and conflicts systems; client-side legal ops teams; directory-derived client mapping vendors (Leopard, Firmprospects… | per client account: industry, size, jurisdiction, matter mix | partnership |
| communications/marketing performance | Law firm marketing/BD teams, legal marketing agencies, ad platforms and SEO/PPC vendors, legal lead-generation marketplaces (Avvo… | per campaign/keyword/lead, daily or monthly | 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.