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 registries, UCC-1 filing offices (US), national movable-security / lease registers (e.g. PPSR Australia, Companies House charges… | per filing / per registered company or security interest | public |
| employment & workforce | National statistics offices (Eurostat SBS, NACE 77.33 breakdowns), lessor HR systems, job-posting aggregators | annual per country/class aggregate; per-company headcount in filings | public |
| reviews & sentiment | B2B review platforms (Trustpilot, Google reviews), Glassdoor, procurement-community forums | per review, per company | public |
| financial filings | Company registrars and stock exchanges; industry bodies publishing new-business volumes (Leaseurope, ELFA MLFI-25, FLA UK); credit bureaus… | annual/quarterly per legal entity; monthly aggregate new-business volumes by… | public |
| waste & emissions | ITAD and refurbishment partners, WEEE compliance schemes and national WEEE registers, lessors' ESG/CSRD reports | per tonnage per compliance period; per-asset end-of-life disposition record | public |
| pricing | Lessors' rate cards and quote engines; brokers and comparison portals; OEM list-price and residual-value guides; asset-valuation firms | per asset model per term (24/36/48 months) per credit tier; quote-level | purchasable |
| transactional/sales | Equipment lessors (e.g. Grenke, DLL, CHG-Meridian, Econocom), captive finance arms of OEMs (HP Financial Services, Xerox Financial… | per lease contract / per schedule line, with monthly billing records | partnership |
| inventory & supply chain | Rental fleet operators and their asset-management systems; refurbishers and ITAD partners; distributors supplying rental fleets (Ingram… | per serialised asset (make/model/serial), per depot, with availability status | partnership |
| incident/safety/claims | Lessors' damage/loss records; insurers and specialist equipment insurers; credit insurers on lessee defaults | per claim / per contract default event | partnership |
| maintenance & asset condition | Lessors' service departments and third-party maintenance providers (Park Place, Evernex); OEM service-call systems; refurbishment grading… | per asset per service event; per return-condition inspection | partnership |
| customer demographics | Lessors' CRM and credit-underwriting files; credit bureaus supplying lessee firmographics; leasing associations' portfolio breakdowns by… | per lessee account (sector, size, credit score); aggregated portfolio mix | partnership |
| quality & compliance testing | Lessors' compliance functions (IFRS 16/ASC 842 lease accounting audits), data-erasure certification providers (Blancco, ADISA), electrical… | per asset erasure certificate / per test event; per audit | partnership |
| sensor/IoT | MPS (managed print services) providers and copier lessors via embedded device agents (Xerox, Ricoh, Konica Minolta, PaperCut/FMAudit); DaaS… | per device, meter reads and status events daily/continuous | exclusive |
| geospatial/movement | Lessors' asset-tracking and delivery systems; device-recovery/tracking vendors (Absolute, Prey); logistics partners | per asset location / per delivery-collection event | exclusive |
| booking/utilization/occupancy | Short-term IT and event-equipment rental firms; DaaS providers; MPS providers tracking device utilisation vs contracted volume | per asset per day; per contract utilisation vs minimum commitment | exclusive |
| communications/marketing performance | Lessors' marketing teams, broker networks, ad platforms and B2B intent-data vendors (Bombora, LinkedIn) | per campaign / per lead, monthly | 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.