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 | Commissioning authorities' contract and framework price schedules, fee schedules of counselling/day-service providers, public procurement… | Per contract line / unit cost per session or client-hour | public |
| geospatial/movement | Providers and municipalities mapping service locations, outreach teams' route/contact logs, open service-directory initiatives (211, local… | Per site/service point; per outreach contact location | public |
| registry/licensing/permits | National/regional social care regulators and inspectorates (e.g. UK CQC/Ofsted, state licensing agencies), charity registers (Charity… | Per registered organisation/service, updated on registration or inspection… | public |
| employment & workforce | Providers' HR/payroll systems, sector skills councils and workforce observatories (e.g. Skills for Care), labour force surveys, volunteer… | Per employee/volunteer record; annual sector or regional aggregates | public |
| financial filings | Charity regulators (annual returns), IRS Form 990 filings, national company registers, grant-making foundations, government commissioning… | Annual per legal entity; grant-level for public funding awards | public |
| quality & compliance testing | Inspectorates and accreditation bodies, commissioners' contract-monitoring teams, outcome-measurement frameworks (e.g. Outcomes Star… | Per inspection or audit; per client outcome assessment | public |
| reviews & sentiment | Google/Facebook pages of centres, charity review platforms, Glassdoor for employers, client satisfaction surveys held by providers | Per review; per survey respondent | purchasable |
| communications/marketing performance | Charity marketing teams, fundraising CRM vendors (Blackbaud, Salesforce Nonprofit), email/ad platforms, sector benchmark reports | Per campaign/channel; monthly aggregates | purchasable |
| transactional/sales | Fundraising and donation platforms (JustGiving, GoFundMe, Donorbox), charity finance systems, grant management systems | Per donation/grant transaction; monthly per organisation | partnership |
| incident/safety/claims | Providers' safeguarding/incident logs, local safeguarding boards, regulators' notifiable-incident systems, insurers of the voluntary sector | Per incident report; annual aggregates by provider or area | partnership |
| booking/utilization/occupancy | Providers of day centres, helplines, counselling and drop-in services; commissioning authorities monitoring contract volumes | Per session/appointment/call; monthly service-level aggregates | partnership |
| customer demographics | Service providers (case management systems), municipal social services departments, national statistical offices, HMIS/homelessness… | Per client case record; published as aggregate counts by area, age, need type | 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.