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 | Congregations and denominational bodies publishing statutory fee tables (weddings, funerals, burial plots, memorial permissions)… | Per service type per year; per plot type per site | public |
| registry/licensing/permits | Charity registers, national registers of places of worship (e.g. UK register of certified places of worship, marriage-solemnisation… | Per legal entity / per building, updated on change | public |
| financial filings | Charity regulators (England & Wales Charity Commission, Scottish OSCR, Australian ACNC), US IRS (Form 990 for religious non-profits that… | Annual per registered entity (income, expenditure, reserves) | public |
| maintenance & asset condition | Diocesan/denominational property and fabric departments (quinquennial inspection reports), national heritage bodies (Historic England… | Per building, per inspection cycle (e.g. 5-yearly condition survey) | public |
| customer demographics | National statistical offices (census religion question), Pew Research, denominational statistics offices (e.g. Church of England Statistics… | Census: small-area aggregate; denominational: annual per congregation; rolls… | public |
| geospatial/movement | OpenStreetMap and POI vendors (SafeGraph/Advan, Foursquare, Google Places), denominational parish/boundary GIS teams, heritage agencies… | Per building/point; parish or diocese polygons; foot-traffic vendors give daily… | purchasable |
| reviews & sentiment | Google Maps, Facebook Pages, Yelp; church-finder directories | Per review per place of worship | purchasable |
| transactional/sales | Individual congregations and denominational finance offices; church management software vendors (Tithe.ly, Pushpay, ChurchTrac, Planning… | Per donation/transaction (donor, amount, fund, date), aggregated… | partnership |
| employment & workforce | Denominational HR/clergy offices (clergy rosters, ordinations, appointments, stipend scales), national labour force surveys, pension boards… | Per clergy post / per person per appointment; annual aggregates by diocese or… | partnership |
| energy consumption | Denominational net-zero programmes (e.g. Church of England Energy Footprint Tool), congregation utility accounts, energy suppliers, church… | Annual per building (kWh, fuel type); meter-level monthly where smart meters… | partnership |
| incident/safety/claims | Denominational safeguarding offices and independent inquiries (IICSA, royal commissions), specialist church insurers (Ecclesiastical… | Per case/claim; published as aggregate counts by year and diocese | partnership |
| booking/utilization/occupancy | Congregations and denominational statistics units (attendance counts, weddings, funerals, baptisms); parish hall / venue booking systems… | Per service/event attendance count; annual per congregation aggregate; per hall… | partnership |
| waste & emissions | Denominational environmental programmes and carbon-audit schemes (Eco-Church/Laudato Si' style reporting), consultants performing carbon… | Annual carbon footprint per congregation or per diocese | partnership |
| communications/marketing performance | Congregations and denominational comms teams; email/CRM vendors (Mailchimp, Pushpay), YouTube/Facebook Live analytics, podcast hosts | Per campaign/per stream; daily viewer and open-rate 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.