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 | Trade-lead marketplaces publishing quote ranges (Checkatrade, Bark, Thumbtack, Houzz, MyBuilder), individual shop rate cards on websites | per quote or per service-type price range, by locality | public |
| registry/licensing/permits | National business registers and trade bodies (Companies House, national chambers of crafts e.g. German Handwerkskammer, Association of… | per establishment/enterprise | public |
| employment & workforce | National statistical offices and Eurostat (SBS, LFS occupational data for upholsterers/furniture finishers), apprenticeship bodies | annual, per NACE class per region; occupation-level | public |
| waste & emissions | Municipal bulky-waste services, reuse/repair charities and networks (Emmaus, FRN in the UK, Repair Café Foundation), national waste… | tonnes of furniture reused/repaired per site per month; per repair event at… | public |
| reviews & sentiment | Google Business Profiles, Yelp, Trustpilot, Checkatrade, Houzz, Facebook; review-aggregation vendors | per review per business | purchasable |
| financial filings | National company registries and credit bureaus (Companies House, Bureau van Dijk/Orbis, Creditsafe); statistical offices for sector… | annual per company; sector aggregate | purchasable |
| communications/marketing performance | Google Ads/Local Services, Meta ad platforms, lead-gen marketplaces; SEO/ad intelligence vendors (Semrush, Similarweb) | per campaign/keyword, monthly per business | purchasable |
| transactional/sales | Repair shops and upholsterers using field-service/invoicing software (Jobber, ServiceM8, Housecall Pro, QuickBooks); furniture retailers'… | per job / per invoice line (labour, materials, callout) | partnership |
| inventory & supply chain | Upholstery supply distributors (foam, webbing, fabric, hardware, wood finishes), restoration-supply wholesalers; shop-level materials stock… | per SKU per order; shop-level stock levels | partnership |
| incident/safety/claims | Household contents insurers and furniture-protection-plan administrators; removals/moving-company insurers who commission repairs; loss… | per claim / per repair authorisation | partnership |
| booking/utilization/occupancy | Lead-generation platforms and scheduling software vendors (Bark, Thumbtack, Jobber); larger service networks dispatching technicians | per lead, per appointment slot, per technician-day | partnership |
| maintenance & asset condition | Repair operators' job records (condition reports, before/after photos, damage codes); warranty administrators' defect taxonomies… | per item repaired / per condition assessment | partnership |
| quality & compliance testing | Testing laboratories and notified bodies for furniture flammability and fabric standards (BS 5852 / US TB117 equivalents) used when… | per test certificate / per material batch | partnership |
| customer demographics | Trade platforms' customer records; furniture retailers' warranty-claim customer files; CRM in shop software | per customer / postcode-level | 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.