ASEDI, Multi-sectorial Information Association (Spain) has published a report in November 2013 on the size of the Spanish Information Industry.
- Market Size Euro 899,255,727
- Employment 9,971
- Combined Share Capital Euro 90,035,212
- Total Companies Covered: 4,444
The report has been categorized into five groups:
- Directory services: Companies dedicated to the creation of directories and mailing addresses, location and advertising for businesses and individuals based on directories and files of telephone subscribers, representing a total of 10 companies.
- Economic and Financial: Companies dedicated in commercial risk information, marketing . Creditworthiness and solvency, credit bureaus , etc. Representing a total of 59 companies .
- Market Research: Activities related to conducting public opinion polling and market research and studies, representing a total of 349 companies.
- Geographic Information: geographic and cadastral information, both graphical and alphanumeric information including planning, representing a total of 6 companies .
- Other: With a total of 20 companies in this group including companies dedicated activities as diverse as:
- Weather information: information on weather forecasting and climate
- Transport, traffic information, road conditions , fuel information
- Tourist and cultural , hospitality, tours and accommodation
- Legal legislation information, rulings and judicial activity
The problems with Information Asymmetry: The authors indicated that there were significant barriers in compiling the data and the use of experts was necessary to standardize the data and make it comparable:
- The CNAE classification (industry) is not always applied consistently and rigorously
- Some companies in the sector have social objectives that have nothing to do with their activities
- Lack of information (BIIA editorial comment: This is not new. The information industry was never transparent)
- Data lacks the desirable degree of updates, as in the case of sales figures and employees associated with the companies in the sector.
Source: ASEDI, Multi-sectorial Information Association (Spain) is made up of sectors from the information industry and specifically by “re-users of information” also called “Infomediaries”. Their companies are dedicated to collecting, processing and analyzing information from multiple public and private sources to create value-added products for other companies or the general public.
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