Data sources & licences

Auxition's buying signals come from official registers, public tender portals and news. This page lists every source we read, the licence it is published under and the credit it asks for. Each signal also names its source and links to the original record. How often these signals turn out right is measured by hand and published on our precision page.

Company facts only: we do not take personal details (officers, sole traders, contact people) from these sources. Where a licence is share-alike (CC BY-SA), the facts we show from that source are offered under the same licence.

SourceWhat we use it forLicenceCredit
GDELT files (world news, 65 languages)Worldwide news metadataGDELT open data (free use with citation)The GDELT Project
TEDEU / EEA public tendersEU open data (free reuse with source)TED — Tenders Electronic Daily (EU)
TED by category (market page)EU tenders by CPV codeEU open data (free reuse with source)TED — Tenders Electronic Daily (EU)
Contracts Finder (market page)UK smaller public contractsOpen Government Licence v3Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0
Find a TenderUK public tendersOpen Government Licence v3Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0
SAM.govUS federal tendersUS government public data—
CanadaBuysCanada tendersOpen Government Licence – CanadaContains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada
SECOP IIColombia open public procurement (published, competitive processes)Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0 (datos.gov.co)SECOP II — Agencia Nacional de Contratación Pública, Colombia Compra Eficiente (datos.gov.co), CC BY-SA 4.0
PNCPBrazil tendersBrazilian public data (open)—
AusTenderAustralia tendersAustralian government open data (CC BY)AusTender (Commonwealth of Australia)
World BankWorld Bank-financed tenders (100+ countries)World Bank open data (CC BY 4.0)The World Bank
BrønnøysundNorway company registerNorwegian open data (NLOD)Brønnøysundregistrene
Annuaire des EntreprisesFrance company registerFrench open licence (Licence Ouverte / Etalab)Annuaire des Entreprises (data.gouv.fr)
GLEIFLegal entities worldwide (larger firms)CC0 (public domain)—
OpenDARTKorea listed companiesOpenDART terms (free key)—
NPPESUS new healthcare organisationsUS government public data (CMS)—
CQCEngland care register (new locations)Open Government Licence v3CQC information (Open Government Licence v3)
Sanctions listsUK, US OFAC, UN sanctions (entities)Government public data (UK under OGL v3)—
The GazetteUK official insolvency noticesOpen Government Licence v3Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (The Gazette)
Contract awards (UK)Winners of UK public contractsOpen Government Licence v3Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0
Contract awards (TED)Winners of EU/EEA public contractsEU open data (free reuse with source)TED — Tenders Electronic Daily (EU)
Building permits (US cities)Chicago and New York City building permitsCity open data (Chicago Data Portal terms; NYC Open Data terms of use)—
SEC Form DUS funding rounds (private companies)US government public data (fair-access rules)—
SEC EDGARUS listed companiesUS government public data (fair-access rules)—
Australia new companies (ASIC)Australia new companies and registered foreign companies, weekly (ASIC Company Dataset)Creative Commons BY 3.0 AUSource: ASIC Company Dataset, data.gov.au, licensed under CC BY 3.0 AU
eTenders South AfricaSouth Africa public tenders (national, provincial, municipal, state companies)Open Data Commons PDDL (public domain)eTenders, National Treasury of South Africa
ARCE UruguayUruguay public tenders (calls for tender from all state buyers)Licencia de Datos Abiertos UruguayAgencia Reguladora de Compras Estatales (ARCE), Uruguay — Licencia de Datos Abiertos Uruguay
France company events (BODACC)France new companies and business takeovers, matched on the activity each company declared (official gazette)Licence Ouverte 2.0BODACC — Direction de l'information légale et administrative (DILA), Licence Ouverte 2.0
Finland new companies (PRH)Finland new limited companies, cooperatives and foreign-company branches, with their official industry code (daily)PRH open data — free; name the source; no PRH logos or look-alike layoutFinnish Patent and Registration Office (PRH), Finnish Trade Register
Expiring contractsAustralia + Colombia public contracts ending in 3–24 months (AusTender contract notices, SECOP II contratos)CC BY 3.0 AU (AusTender) · CC BY-SA 4.0 (SECOP II)AusTender, Department of Finance (CC BY 3.0 AU); SECOP II, Colombia Compra Eficiente via datos.gov.co (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Singapore new companies (ACRA)Singapore new local companies and foreign-company branches, monthly (ACRA Information on Corporate Entities)Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0Contains information from ACRA Information on Corporate Entities accessed from data.gov.sg, made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0
UK market discoveryUK new leaders, new companies, new financing (from the Companies House stream)Open Government Licence v3Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (Companies House)
Companies House live streamAll UK companies, liveOpen Government Licence v3Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (Companies House)
Companies HouseUK company registerOpen Government Licence v3Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (Companies House)

Summaries of each source's terms as we checked them; not legal advice. Questions or a correction from a data publisher: privacy@auxition.com.