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What your company’s data is worth

A free check against the buyer programmes that publish their terms.

Prepared by the Buckingham Capital Consulting data services team · 10 November 2026

AI developers pay for the records companies create in their daily work: emails, documents, support tickets and project histories. Buyers that publish their terms state payments of $100,000 to $3 million or more for an approved company archive. This check shows which programmes your data may fit.

Check your company’s data

Five questions. The result shows which published buyer programmes your data may fit and what they say they pay.

How many full-time employees does the company have, or had at its peak?
How many years of records does it hold?
What is the company’s situation?
Where is it based?
Which records does it hold? Choose all that apply.

What buyers pay for

Buyers pay for records that show how real work gets done, which they cannot collect from the public web.

  • Internal emails and chat, which show how people explain, negotiate and solve problems
  • Documents, reports and client work, which show expert writing and how drafts improve
  • CRM records, support tickets and project histories, which follow a task from request to outcome
  • Source code and its history
  • Financial and transaction records, once identifiers are removed

See also: How to sell data to AI companies · Published AI data deals

How we prepare it

  1. RightsWe confirm the company owns the data and can license it, and which records must stay out because of client contracts or law.
  2. De-identificationPersonal, client and confidential details removed or transformed before any buyer sees the data.
  3. PackageThe archive organised and described the way buyers ask for it, with volumes and samples.
  4. IntroduceWe put the package to the buyers whose published terms it meets, and support the company through their checks.

See also: Data de-identification

Published buyer programmes

ProgrammeWho qualifiesWhat buyers state they pay
Enterprise data30 or more full-time employees, any industry; US first, then other Western markets$100,000 to $3,000,000 or more per approved data package
Closed companiesCompanies that have closed, in more than ten countries$100,000 to $3,000,000 or more per approved data package
Large companies100 or more employeesAgreed directly, not published

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Further detail

Personal data and the law

Company records almost always contain personal data: names in emails, customer details in tickets. Under UK and EU data protection law, the company needs a lawful basis to share it, and buyers expect it to be removed or transformed first. We de-identify the data before it leaves the company and keep a record of what was done.

Client confidentiality

Work done for clients is often covered by confidentiality terms. Those records stay out unless the contracts allow their use, or the client agrees. We review this before anything is packaged.

Closing or selling a company

A company that is closing, being sold or restructuring often holds years of records with no further use to the business. Licensing them can return value to the owners or creditors. Insolvency practitioners and buyers of companies should check what the archive is worth before it is deleted.

Questions

How much is my company’s data worth?

It depends on volume, years, quality and what the records cover. Buyers that publish their terms state $100,000 to $3 million or more for an approved company archive. The final figure follows the buyer’s own checks.

Who buys company data?

AI developers and the data companies that supply them. Some run open programmes with published terms; others buy through direct agreements.

Do we lose ownership of the data?

Usually not. Most deals are licences: the buyer may use a defined dataset for set purposes, and the company keeps ownership.

Can we sell data that includes customer details?

Only after personal details are removed or transformed and the company has a lawful basis to share what remains. Client work covered by confidentiality terms stays out unless the contracts allow it.

Can a closed company sell its data?

Yes. Some buyers run programmes for closed companies. The person who controls the company’s assets, such as a liquidator, needs to agree.

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