Provenance
Where every line comes from.
Only legitimate sources and permitted access methods. No CAPTCHA bypassing, no logins, no paywalls, no scraping against a site’s terms. Sources that can’t be ingested lawfully have adapters waiting for a licence.
| Source | Kind | Licence | Access | Status | Records | Last sync |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demo supplier records (clearly labelled) DEMO RECORD — illustrates supplier fields until live supplier feeds are connected | demo | Fictional demonstration data — not real companies | n/a | active | 80 | 9/28/2026 |
| SEC EDGAR company submissions Source: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR | government | Public domain (U.S. Government work) | Official JSON APIs and bulk files; declared User-Agent; max 10 requests/second (SEC fair access policy) | active | 5,463 | 9/28/2026 |
| SEC Insider Transactions Data Sets (Forms 3/4/5) Source: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Insider Transactions Data Sets | government | Public domain (U.S. Government work) | Quarterly bulk ZIP files published for download; declared User-Agent | active | 36,369 | 9/28/2026 |
| UK Companies House — Free Company Data Product Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (Companies House) | government | Open Government Licence v3.0 | Monthly bulk CSV published for download | active | 12,000 | 9/28/2026 |
| GLEIF Legal Entity Identifier records LEI data from GLEIF (CC0) | open-data | CC0 1.0 | Public REST API (api.gleif.org), 60 requests/minute | active | 0 | — |
| OpenStreetMap — factories, works and industrial sites © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) | open-data | Open Database License (ODbL) 1.0 | Public Overpass API; one query at a time, declared User-Agent, backoff on 429/504 | active | 6,904 | 9/28/2026 |
| Wikidata Data from Wikidata (CC0) | open-data | CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication) | Wikidata Query Service SPARQL endpoint; declared User-Agent; one query at a time, within the 60s limit | active | 13,629 | 9/28/2026 |
| Business-submitted listings Submitted by the listed business | user-submitted | Submitted by the business with consent to publish | n/a | active | 0 | — |
| SAM.gov Entity Management API Source: SAM.gov | api | U.S. Government public data (API key required) | REST API with SAM_GOV_API_KEY | planned | 0 | — |
| Trade association member directories Member directory (used with permission) | directory | Per-association written permission | Only with written permission or a published feed | planned | 0 | — |
| Canada ISED federal corporations open data Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada | government | Open Government Licence – Canada | Bulk open-data files | planned | 0 | — |
| Europages / Kompass Europages | licensed | Licensed feed only | Only via a signed data licence | planned | 0 | — |
| OpenCorporates API from OpenCorporates | licensed | Commercial licence required for commercial use | Licensed API token (OPENCORPORATES_API_TOKEN) | planned | 0 | — |
| Thomasnet supplier data Thomasnet | licensed | Licensed feed only — site scraping not permitted | Only via a signed data licence | planned | 0 | — |