An Application Programming Interface (API) is a software intermediary that allows IBISWorld’s database and your systems to talk to each other, so you can see our data on your system in real-time.

The data and insights from the following products are available via API:

We offer data and insights for all geographies through our API, including:

Request full report data or narrow your focus to call only individual sections, including risk rating scores, call prep questions, financial ratios and more.

Commercial banks rely on our API to seamlessly integrate up-to-date industry data and analysis into their credit risk and CRM systems.

This automation enables credit analysts to quickly evaluate industry risk during loan reviews while allowing relationship managers to engage in more meaningful client conversations, without leaving their proprietary platforms.

Our commercial banking clients typically enhance their enterprise systems by combining our API solutions with internal and third-party data for a comprehensive risk assessment.

Large sales teams leverage our API industry data to populate internal CRM systems with industry insights, helping frontline staff engage key prospects and deepen existing customer relationships across more than 1,000 industry segments.

Marketing teams use our API solutions to enrich website content, presentations and other external assets to create buyer-focused messages that speak directly to their buyers' industry pain points.

To access the API, you need an IBISWorld account with the appropriate level of access. We recommend setting up a dedicated user account specifically for API access.

To create an API-enabled account or verify if one already exists, please contact your Client Relationship Manager or submit a request.

Once you've created your IBISWorld account and obtained your Client ID and API-enabled username and password, you can visit our Authentication page in our API Documentation to learn how to authenticate using OAuth 2.0.

Once you’re set up and logged in, you can test each endpoint as required. Each API endpoint contains its own test console.

See our Industry Report Mapping Guide to understand where data points are pulled from in an Industry Report.

We use OAuth 2.0 authentication for our APIs.

The end points for each available report can be found by visiting our Swagger Documentation site. For a clear understanding of how data maps to API endpoints, please download our Excel Data Dictionary.

IBISWorld’s APIs use JSON or XML as the available data formats for ease of incorporation into your systems.

Calls to the API are limited to the lesser amount of

The Application ID (AppID) or an API key is a string that uniquely identifies your application to IBISWorld.

The AppID must be sent with each IBISWorld API request.

Typically, all combined Industry reports will be around 1.5GB, while all Risk Ratings Reports will be 0.4GB.

An Industry Report is up to 700KB when returned from the API.

It takes about 4 seconds to download a full Industry Report. Download times may vary depending on network speed.

Yes, you can cache the results, but since reports are updated frequently, we recommend that you refresh the cache often.

The number of reports published daily varies significantly, ranging from 5 to 15, depending on the country, collection and month.

You can use the “UpdatedReports” API to get a list of all updated reports within the selected date range.

Currently, only version 2 of IBISWorld’s API contains an XML Schema.

We create new API versions when we make a change that will break the existing API. This occurs when IBISWorld creates new or amended content for existing products.

Yes, we will continue to support previous API versions, which remain backwards compatible. However, we strongly recommend that clients migrate to the latest version to benefit from new features, enhanced performance, and the most up-to-date industry data. Staying current ensures optimal functionality and access to ongoing improvements.

Yes, we can provide you with a testing login, so it doesn’t impact your usage.

For any additional questions, please reach out to your Client Relationship Manager. If you’re not an IBISWorld member, please contact us to learn more about our membership options.