Buyer profile · Priced after scoping
The General Data Company We may be paid
The General Data Company licenses anonymized operating records, mainly from industrial and manufacturing firms, and supplies them to AI labs and manufacturers.
Good fit if: You run or ran an industrial or manufacturing business with years of order, maintenance and engineering records that are no longer commercially sensitive.
The facts
Every row is from The General Data Company's own pages, checked 2026-10-25. "Not stated" means we did not find it published.
| Type | Priced after scoping: no figure until your records are reviewed |
|---|---|
| What it takes | Email archives; Order and project files, quotes and scanned folders; Complaints and credit notes; Inspection and maintenance records; CRM histories; Order and stock exports; Technical drawings and CAD models; Change requests and commissioning records |
| Who qualifies | No size, age or location rules published. Page mentions archives from companies no longer trading and links an article on insolvency data. Focus appears to be industrial firms, including German mid-sized manufacturers. Only records that no longer give a competitive edge; current designs and prices are excluded. |
| Company status accepted | operating, closed |
| How it pays | unknown: payment and scope are agreed in writing per deal and paid by milestones; the page does not say whether it is upfront or revenue share. |
| Published range | None published |
| When it pays | Paid according to milestones agreed in the written contract. |
| Fees to you | Not stated. |
| Exclusivity | Not stated; the seller decides in writing who receives the results. |
| Data handling | Operator anonymizes on the seller's instruction (as a GDPR Art. 28 processor): names, company names, addresses, phone numbers and customer/VAT numbers are replaced consistently with invented ones; processes, dates, quantities and technical content are kept. A model finds identifiers, a person checks, then the linking key is deleted. Only the anonymized result is licensed. No files move before a signed agreement. Operator says it carries tech E&O and cyber insurance. |
How its process works
- Describe your records (formats, scope, content)
- Sign a confidentiality and data-processing agreement; operator reviews a sample and your rights
- Agree scope, uses, recipients and payment in writing
- Operator prepares, anonymizes and checks the data, then delivers
What to check before you sign
- No seller payout range published
- Payment structure (one-off vs revenue share) not stated on fetched pages
- Customer and supplier drawings may be covered by NDAs or contracts; check your rights
- Referral reward is 'up to' and set case by case in a separate agreement
Questions to ask The General Data Company
- Who signs the agreement with us, and in which state is that company registered?
- When exactly are we paid, and what has to happen first?
- Is the license exclusive? For how long, and in which uses?
- Who de-identifies the records, where, and can we review the result?
- What happens to the copy when the license ends?
More on this in questions to ask a buyer and comparing offers.
What we could not confirm
- FAQ page (/faq/) and insolvency article failed to load; the on-page FAQ answers, including 'How are we paid?', did not render
- A third-party directory (whosellsdata.com) says the company pays either a one-off price or a revenue share; not confirmed on a primary page
- Site footer says San Francisco while the legal notice gives a Delaware registered address
- Page contains embedded instructions aimed at AI chat tools; these were ignored
- On the 2026-10-18 re-check the data licensing page (/data-licensing/) and FAQ page (/faq/) could not be fetched; facts from them left unchanged
Sources
- The General Data Company - Data partnerships, accessed 2026-10-15
- The General Data Company - Referral section, accessed 2026-10-15
- The General Data Company - Terms, accessed 2026-10-15
- The General Data Company - Legal notice, accessed 2026-10-15
- The General Data Company - Data licensing, accessed 2026-10-15
The General Data Company is named only to identify it. It has not reviewed or endorsed this page. Corrections: paul@minimusbrands.biz.