IBISWorld API

The IBISWorld API provides programmatic access to industry research data, market intelligence reports, business environment profiles, classification systems, and economic forecasts for thousands of industries across global markets.

OpenAPI Specification

ibisworld-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: IBISWorld API
  description: >-
    The IBISWorld API provides programmatic access to industry research data,
    market intelligence reports, business environment profiles, classification
    systems, and economic forecasts for thousands of industries across global
    markets. Authentication uses OAuth 2.0 bearer tokens.
  version: v3
  contact:
    name: IBISWorld API Support
    url: https://www.ibisworld.com/api/
  termsOfService: https://www.ibisworld.com/terms-of-use/
servers:
  - url: https://api.ibisworld.com/v3
    description: IBISWorld API production endpoint
tags:
  - name: Industry
    description: Industry research reports and market intelligence data.
  - name: Company
    description: Company-specific information and lookups.
  - name: Business Environment
    description: Macroeconomic and business environment profile data.
  - name: Classification
    description: Industry classification systems and taxonomies.
  - name: Downloads
    description: Bulk data export and download operations.
paths:
  /industry/v3/reportlist:
    post:
      summary: List industry reports
      description: >-
        Retrieves the list of available industry reports for a given country
        and language. Returns report metadata including codes, titles, publish
        dates, and report collections.
      operationId: listReports
      tags:
        - Industry
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
                - Country
                - Language
              properties:
                Country:
                  type: string
                  description: Country code (e.g., US, UK, AU).
                  example: US
                Language:
                  type: string
                  description: Language code (e.g., en).
                  example: en
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A list of industry reports.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/Report'
        '401':
          description: Missing or invalid bearer token.
        '429':
          description: Rate limit exceeded.
  /industry/v3/sections:
    post:
      summary: List report sections
      description: >-
        Retrieves the list of report sections that can be requested for a given
        industry report (for example definition, outlookanalysis, financialratios).
      operationId: listSections
      tags:
        - Industry
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                Country:
                  type: string
                Language:
                  type: string
                ReportCode:
                  type: string
                  description: The IBISWorld report code.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A list of available report sections.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/Section'
        '401':
          description: Missing or invalid bearer token.
  /industry/v3/report:
    post:
      summary: Retrieve industry report
      description: >-
        Retrieves the content for a specific industry report and the requested
        sections.
      operationId: getReport
      tags:
        - Industry
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
                - ReportCode
              properties:
                ReportCode:
                  type: string
                Country:
                  type: string
                Language:
                  type: string
                Sections:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Report content payload.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
        '401':
          description: Missing or invalid bearer token.
  /company/v3/lookup:
    post:
      summary: Look up company
      description: Retrieve company-specific industry context and classification.
      operationId: lookupCompany
      tags:
        - Company
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                CompanyName:
                  type: string
                Country:
                  type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Company match results.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  type: object
        '401':
          description: Missing or invalid bearer token.
  /environment/v3/profilelist:
    post:
      summary: List business environment profiles
      description: Retrieves available business environment profiles by country.
      operationId: listEnvironmentProfiles
      tags:
        - Business Environment
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                Country:
                  type: string
                Language:
                  type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A list of business environment profiles.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  type: object
        '401':
          description: Missing or invalid bearer token.
  /classification/v3/systems:
    post:
      summary: List classification systems
      description: Returns supported industry classification systems and codes.
      operationId: listClassificationSystems
      tags:
        - Classification
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                Country:
                  type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A list of classification systems.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  type: object
        '401':
          description: Missing or invalid bearer token.
  /downloads/v3/list:
    post:
      summary: List available downloads
      description: Retrieves the list of available data exports for the account.
      operationId: listDownloads
      tags:
        - Downloads
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                Country:
                  type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A list of available downloads.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  type: object
        '401':
          description: Missing or invalid bearer token.
components:
  securitySchemes:
    OAuth2:
      type: oauth2
      description: OAuth 2.0 bearer token authentication.
      flows:
        clientCredentials:
          tokenUrl: https://api.ibisworld.com/oauth/token
          scopes: {}
  schemas:
    Report:
      type: object
      properties:
        Code:
          type: string
          description: The IBISWorld report code.
        Title:
          type: string
          description: Report title.
        PublishedDate:
          type: string
          format: date
          description: Date the report was last published.
        ReportCollection:
          type: string
          description: The collection the report belongs to.
    Section:
      type: object
      properties:
        Code:
          type: string
        Name:
          type: string
        Description:
          type: string
security:
  - OAuth2: []