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 | IFM providers, procurement consultancies and benchmarking bodies (IFMA, RICS, BIFM/IWFM, Leesman), public procurement portals (TED… | Per contract award value; unit rates per m² per year by service line and region | public |
| registry/licensing/permits | National business registers, trade licensing bodies (e.g. security guarding licences SIA, pest control, food hygiene, lift and… | Per legal entity / per licence / per site certificate | public |
| employment & workforce | Statistical offices (Eurostat SBS, national LFS), trade unions and sector bodies, IFM providers' own HR/workforce-management systems… | National/regional employment and wage aggregates; internally per-shift… | public |
| reviews & sentiment | Employee review platforms (Glassdoor, Indeed) for large FM employers, occupant satisfaction survey providers (Leesman, IFMA benchmarking)… | Per review; per survey respondent, aggregated per building or contract | public |
| financial filings | Companies registries (Companies House, Bundesanzeiger, etc.), listed IFM groups' annual reports, credit bureaus (Dun & Bradstreet… | Annual/half-year per legal entity, segment revenue by service line and geography | public |
| incident/safety/claims | National OSH regulators (HSE RIDDOR, OSHA), IFM providers' EHS systems, insurers and brokers covering FM contractors | Per incident/report; aggregated LTIFR per contract or per company per year | public |
| transactional/sales | Integrated facility management (IFM) providers (ISS, Sodexo, CBRE GWS, Compass), client corporate real estate departments, CAFM/IWMS… | Per contract line item / per work order invoice, monthly billing cycle per site | partnership |
| inventory & supply chain | IFM providers' procurement functions, consumables and janitorial distributors (Bunzl, Lyreco), spare-parts suppliers | Per SKU per stockroom, per purchase order and delivery | partnership |
| sensor/IoT | BMS/BAS vendors (Siemens, Johnson Controls, Honeywell, Schneider), workplace sensor providers (VergeSense, Disruptive Technologies), IFM… | Per sensor per minute/15-minute interval (HVAC, occupancy, temperature, CO2… | partnership |
| energy consumption | Building owners and IFM energy managers, utilities and metering agents, energy performance certificate registries, ESG reporting platforms… | Half-hourly meter reads per site; annual kWh/m² per building in EPC/benchmark… | partnership |
| booking/utilization/occupancy | Workplace management platform vendors (Condeco, Envoy, Spacewell, Matrix Booking), IFM providers running space management for clients | Per booking / per desk-room per hour; daily occupancy rate per floor or site | partnership |
| waste & emissions | Waste contractors and weighbridge operators, environmental regulators (waste transfer note / EPRTR registers), corporate ESG/GRI reports… | Per collection/lift with weight; monthly tonnage and recycling rate per site… | partnership |
| maintenance & asset condition | CAFM/CMMS vendors (Planon, IBM Maximo, Archibus, SAP EAM), IFM providers, statutory inspection bodies (lifts, boilers, fire systems) | Per work order, per asset with condition score and service history; PPM… | partnership |
| quality & compliance testing | IFM providers' QA audits, third-party auditors and certification bodies (ISO 9001/14001/41001, BSI, SGS), legionella/water-hygiene and… | Per audit/inspection with score; per sample test result per site | partnership |
| geospatial/movement | IFM mobile workforce apps (ServiceMax, Fieldpoint, Bob Desk), security guard tour systems (NFC checkpoint scanning), fleet telematics… | Per technician GPS ping / per checkpoint scan timestamp; route per shift | exclusive |
| communications/marketing performance | IFM providers' bid/tender teams, procurement portals tracking bid win rates, marketing agencies serving FM sector | Per tender submitted/won; per campaign | 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.