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 | Professional bodies and industry associations publishing fee surveys, benchmarking consultancies, public procurement portals (TED, national… | Per contract award; per hourly/daily rate card by grade and specialism | public |
| registry/licensing/permits | National patent offices (registers of authorised patent attorneys/agents), appraiser and valuer licensing boards… | Per registered practitioner or licensed firm, with status and renewal dates | public |
| employment & workforce | National statistical offices and Eurostat (SBS/LFS at NACE 74.99 level), professional membership bodies, the firms themselves for internal… | Monthly/annual aggregate by NACE class and region; per-employee internally | public |
| reviews & sentiment | Professional-services directories and rating platforms (Clutch, Chambers/legal-IP directories, Google Business Profiles), LinkedIn and… | Per firm, per review | public |
| financial filings | National business registers and company-filing repositories, credit bureaux and company-data vendors (Bureau van Dijk/Orbis, Creditsafe) | Annual per legal entity | purchasable |
| weather-dependent metrics | Private weather forecasting and meteorological consultancy firms classified here, alongside national met services supplying their inputs | Gridded/point forecasts at sub-hourly to daily steps; forecast-verification… | purchasable |
| communications/marketing performance | Firms' own marketing stacks (HubSpot, Salesforce), digital agencies, ad platforms; SEO/traffic vendors (Semrush, Similarweb) for outside-in… | Per campaign, per lead, per website session; monthly aggregates | purchasable |
| transactional/sales | Consultancies, appraisal and valuation firms, patent/IP agencies, business brokerage firms; their practice-management and billing software… | Per engagement / per invoice line, with timesheet entries per consultant-hour | partnership |
| incident/safety/claims | Professional indemnity insurers and brokers, mutual insurers for valuers/appraisers/patent agents, professional bodies' disciplinary… | Per claim / per disciplinary case; aggregated loss ratios by profession | partnership |
| booking/utilization/occupancy | Consulting and technical-services firms via professional services automation tools (Kantata, Certinia, Harvest); their software vendors… | Per consultant per day/week; monthly utilisation and realisation rates by… | partnership |
| customer demographics | The firms' CRM systems; procurement portals for public-sector clients; market-research houses profiling client-sector mix | Per client account (sector, size, geography); aggregated client-mix reports | partnership |
| quality & compliance testing | Accreditation and oversight bodies auditing valuation/appraisal and technical-inspection practices, professional bodies' practice-review… | Per audit/practice review per firm, typically annual or cyclical | 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.