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 | Repair chains' published price lists, aggregator/marketplace platforms (Bark, Yelp Services, Airtasker, WhatsApp-era local directories)… | per service type per shop, updated irregularly | public |
| registry/licensing/permits | National business registries and chambers of crafts (e.g. German Handwerkskammer Handwerksrolle, company registers), municipal trade… | per establishment | public |
| employment & workforce | National statistical offices and labour ministries (structural business statistics, LFS), craft chambers' apprenticeship records | annual, per NACE class, regional (NUTS 2/3) | public |
| waste & emissions | WEEE compliance schemes, national environment agencies, repair-café and reuse networks (Repair Café International, Open Repair Alliance's… | per repair event (product category, fault, outcome) and per-tonne waste-stream… | public |
| quality & compliance testing | Consumer testing organisations and standards bodies (Which?, Stiftung Warentest, EN 45554 repairability assessments), EU… | per product model / per mystery-shopper repair test | public |
| geospatial/movement | Map and POI data vendors (Google Places, HERE, Foursquare, OpenStreetMap), footfall panels (SafeGraph-style) | per establishment location; visit counts monthly | purchasable |
| reviews & sentiment | Google Maps/Business Profiles, Yelp, Trustpilot, Facebook, national review sites, consumer bodies (Which?, Stiftung Warentest) | per review per business, timestamped | purchasable |
| financial filings | National company registries (Companies House, Bundesanzeiger), credit bureaus (Creditsafe, Dun & Bradstreet, Bureau van Dijk Orbis) | annual accounts per legal entity | purchasable |
| communications/marketing performance | Google Ads/Local Services Ads, Meta, directory platforms; agencies serving repair franchises | per campaign per keyword per locality, daily | purchasable |
| transactional/sales | Repair shops using POS/repair-shop management software (e.g. RepairDesk, RepairShopr/Syncro, Shopmonkey), franchise chains (Timpson, Mister… | per repair ticket / per transaction line | partnership |
| inventory & supply chain | Spare-parts distributors (watch/clock movements, bicycle parts, shoe soles, furniture fittings), repair-shop management software… | per SKU per location, daily/weekly stock levels | partnership |
| incident/safety/claims | Extended-warranty and household insurers, consumer product safety regulators (RAPEX/Safety Gate for repaired/refurbished goods), trade… | per claim / per notification | partnership |
| booking/utilization/occupancy | Online booking/marketplace platforms (Bark, Treatwell-style local service apps, manufacturer repair-booking portals), shop management… | per appointment slot / per technician per day | partnership |
| maintenance & asset condition | Repair shops' job records (fault diagnosis, parts replaced, device age/model), warranty administrators and extended-warranty insurers… | per repair job / per device serial | exclusive |
| customer demographics | Franchise chains' CRM/loyalty systems, marketplace platforms, payment processors | per customer record, 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.