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 | Company registers; professional bodies and certification schemes (ICMCI/CMC certified consultants, IMC registers); government supplier… | Per firm or per certified individual; per framework lot admission | public |
| financial filings | National business registries (Companies House, Handelsregister, Infogreffe); partnership LLP accounts; parent-listed consultancies'… | Annual per legal entity, sometimes per country subsidiary | public |
| quality & compliance testing | Certification bodies (ISO 9001/27001 registrars), independence and conflict-of-interest monitoring within firms, public-sector audit bodies… | Per firm certificate; per audit report/engagement reviewed | public |
| pricing | Consulting firms (rate cards); procurement benchmarking vendors (e.g. sourcing advisors, Consultancy.uk/Source Global Research surveys)… | Per grade/level hourly or daily rate, by geography and practice; per framework… | purchasable |
| employment & workforce | Consulting firms' HR systems; LinkedIn/professional network scrapers and vendors (Revelio, Lightcast, People Data Labs); national… | Per employee profile/title/tenure; monthly headcount and attrition; annual… | purchasable |
| reviews & sentiment | Glassdoor, Indeed, kununu (employer reviews); Vault/Firsthand and Consultancy.uk rankings; client satisfaction surveys held by firms… | Per review; per firm per year for rankings and analyst scores | purchasable |
| customer demographics | Consulting firms' CRM systems (client industry, size, region); market research vendors sizing consulting demand (Source Global Research… | Per client account; aggregated market size by client sector and geography | purchasable |
| transactional/sales | Consulting firms' internal ERP/PSA systems (SAP, Workday, Kantata, Maconomy); client procurement departments; public-sector procurement… | Per engagement/contract, per invoice; per timesheet line internally | partnership |
| incident/safety/claims | Professional indemnity insurers and brokers (Marsh, Aon); courts and litigation databases for negligence/consulting malpractice suits… | Per claim/case; aggregate loss ratios per class of business per year | partnership |
| booking/utilization/occupancy | Consulting firms' resource-management and time-recording systems (PSA tools); PSA software vendors' benchmark datasets (e.g. SPI Research… | Per consultant per week (billable hours, utilization %); monthly per… | partnership |
| communications/marketing performance | Consulting firms' marketing teams (thought-leadership downloads, webinar attendance, web analytics); LinkedIn/ad platforms; PR monitoring… | Per campaign, per content asset, per lead; daily web/social metrics | 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.