Data for finding and qualifying customers
The information you need to answer a customer — or to know whether a prospect is worth the call — sits in someone else's system, so every answer is slow. These datasets are the public record of who exists, where they are and how they are doing, so a list can be built and a company checked before you pick up the phone.
15 datasets worth your time
UK Business Counts & Business Demography
How many businesses there are in every local authority, broken down by industry, employee size band and legal form — plus how many start up, close down and survive each year. The…
Business Rates (Non-Domestic Rating List)
Every commercial property in England and Wales — 2.1 million of them — with its address, postcode, what kind of property it is, its floor area in square metres and its rateable va…
Charity Register (England & Wales)
Every registered charity in England and Wales — close to 400,000 of them — with finances, trustees, activities and contact details. The definitive account of who the charitable se…
Filed Company Accounts (Companies House Accounts Data)
The actual accounts UK companies file each year — turnover, assets, cash, employee numbers and more — published as machine-readable filings rather than PDFs. Roughly 60% of the 2.…
UK Company Register (Companies House Company Data)
Every live company on the UK register — 5.7 million of them — with registered name, address, company number, legal form, incorporation date, trading status and SIC industry codes.…
Persons with Significant Control (PSC)
Who ultimately owns or controls each UK company — the beneficial-ownership register. It turns the company list into an ownership map: every company's controlling individuals and p…
Energy Performance Certificates (EPC)
Energy ratings for over nine million buildings in England and Wales — homes and commercial premises alike — with floor areas, heating systems and the improvements each building wa…
Gender Pay Gap Reports
Gender pay gap figures for every UK employer with 250 or more staff, filed each year since 2017 — pay and bonus gaps, quartile splits, and each employer's company number. In effec…
GP Practices & Registered Patients
The official register of every GP practice, pharmacy, dentist and optician in England — name, address, postcode and status — alongside how many patients are registered at each pra…
Population Estimates (mid-year)
Official population counts for every neighbourhood and local authority, refreshed each year and broken down by age and sex — right down to areas of about 1,500 people. The denomin…
Postcode Lookups & Boundaries (ONS)
The free lookup that turns a postcode into everything else — the neighbourhood, ward, local authority, constituency and region it sits in, plus map coordinates. This is the datase…
GP Prescribing in England (EPD)
Every medicine prescribed by every GP practice in England, month by month — what was dispensed, how much of it, and what it cost. Around 18 million rows a month, with the practice…
Public Contracts (Contracts Finder)
Every UK public-sector tender and contract award published on Contracts Finder — what was bought, for how much, and which supplier won. The public record of who wins public money,…
Schools & Pupils (School Census)
Every school in England with its postcode, size, type and phase — plus who its pupils are: age, year group, free school meals, first language and ethnicity. Taken from the January…
Licensed Vehicles & New Registrations (DVLA)
Every vehicle licensed in Great Britain, counted by neighbourhood — by body type, fuel, make, model and whether it is privately or company owned. The free way to find where the va…
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