Data sources: Repair and maintenance of furniture and home furnishings
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.