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Shopping and audience data 4 companies

These companies measure what a whole country buys, from the sales that shops record and from panels of households, and what people watch on television and streaming.

NielsenIQ logoNielsenIQSpun off from Nielsen in 2021NielsenIQ merged with GfK, the German research company, in 2023. It tracks the sales of everyday goods in many countries, from what shops record at their tills.Chennai · Mumbai · PuneHiring now
Nielsen logoNielsenNielsen measures what people watch: television and streaming ratings, which advertisers use to decide where to spend.Bengaluru · MumbaiHiring now
Circana logoCircanaCircana, formed from the merger of IRI and NPD, is NielsenIQ's rival in measuring what shoppers buy. It has engineers in Bengaluru and Pune.BengaluruHired recently
Euromonitor International logoEuromonitor InternationalEuromonitor International, with engineers in Bengaluru, sells data on how large every product category is in every country. Strategy teams build their plans on it.BengaluruHiring now
The tech, explainedRetail measurementAudience measurementMarket research data
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Business and research data 8 companies

Investors, strategy teams, insurers and lenders buy data about companies, industries, research papers and trade, and search tools to find their way through it.

Research, industry and company data

Company filings and reports, industry data, research papers and credit data.

S&P Global Mobility logoS&P Global MobilitySpun off from S&P Global in 2026S&P Global Mobility sells the data car makers plan with: vehicle registrations, sales forecasts and vehicle specifications.Delhi NCR · BengaluruHiring now
AlphaSense logoAlphaSenseAlphaSense is a search engine that investment and strategy teams use to search company filings, broker reports and transcripts of company calls.BengaluruHired recently
Clarivate logoClarivateClarivate sells data on research papers and patents. Its Web of Science records which research papers cite which, and universities and drug companies use it.BengaluruHiring now
Verisk logoVeriskVerisk, with engineers in Hyderabad, sells data and risk models to insurers of homes, cars and businesses.HyderabadHired recentlySee alsoUnderwriting, pricing and claims analytics
Dun & Bradstreet logoDun & BradstreetDun & Bradstreet sells data on companies' credit, which businesses use to judge each other, for example before a supplier agrees to be paid later.HyderabadHiring nowSee alsoCredit bureaus, scoring and underwriting

Data gathered from trade, transactions and the web

Shipment records, transaction data and data copied from public websites.

YipitData logoYipitDataYipitData sells data from outside a company's own reports, such as card transactions and app usage, which investors use to estimate a company's sales before it reports them.Hyderabad · Mumbai · Chennai
Trademo logoTrademoTrademo, with its office in Gurugram, sells global trade data: shipment records that show who is importing what, and from whom.Delhi NCR
PromptCloud logoPromptCloudPromptCloud, in Bengaluru, copies data from public websites automatically for its customers and delivers it as clean tables.
The tech, explainedFinancial research platformAutomotive market dataCitation and patent databasesAlternative dataGlobal trade dataWeb scraping
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Sports data 2 companies

These companies record every action of a match and sell the data to broadcasters, betting companies and the teams themselves.

Stats Perform logoStats PerformStats Perform records live data from thousands of matches, every pass and every shot. Its best-known brand is Opta, whose football statistics appear on television.
PFF logoPFFPFF, with engineers in Chennai, watches video of every play of American football and grades every player. In March 2026, Teamworks announced it was buying the part of PFF that sells this data to teams.
The tech, explainedSports data
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Expert calls and software reviews 2 companies

One company sells calls with people who know an industry from the inside. The other sells reviews of business software written by the people who use it.

G2 logoG2G2, with engineers in Bengaluru, is the review site for business software. Users rate the tools they use, and G2 sells what buyers search for to the software makers.BengaluruHired recently
Arbolus logoArbolusArbolus, with engineers in Delhi, lets an investor or a consultant find and question a former executive of a company they are studying. Each call is written down and made searchable.
The tech, explainedExpert networkSoftware review platforms
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What's changing

AI models are becoming the buyers of data.

Data providers used to sell to analysts who read reports. More and more, their data is read by AI models and AI search tools, so they are selling it in forms that a model can read, and setting rules on how AI companies may use it.

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