Why Choose Barbour ABI

Barbour ABI provides quality data that the industry actually needs to make the right communications at the right time.

We focus on confirming project start and finish dates over the phone rather than using modelling for over 92% of our live projects at the point of contract award. That’s the highest confirmed project timeline data in the industry.

Adding the right contacts to people actually working on projects is a big deal for our clients. We make sure we do that as well as showcase historical relationships through our relationship data feature. This lets you know who works with who the most, so you can optimise your bidding strategy. 

Barbour ABI also provides 1-2-1 client service from day one. No matter the subscription package, you’ll get support from the get-go so you can make the most out of your subscription. Need help training a new team? No problem, we can visit your office or you’re welcome to come to ours. We’re people first, always. 

There are dozens of reasons why you should choose Barbour ABI, but what’s important is we find the best fit for you within our product portfolio.

No.

To give an accurate picture of winnable work and certified projects in our Monthly Snapshot report, we exclude things such as phase developments, hybrid applications, framework agreements and masterplans from the values included in that specific report. This is to ensure that we have the most cleansed data to share in this monthly report.

Given that we clearly state this in the methodology for that report, our competitor is knowingly providing a false comparison by stating their overall database is 48% larger in project value than ours, based on that report.

Our overall project database value is of course also higher once frameworks and master plan values within our database are factored in.

Barbour ABI has an extensive product portfolio that is highly customisable based on your company’s exact needs. 

The Project Leads Platform

Our most popular product, the Project Leads Platform provides a full view of the construction landscape. Contractors, subcontractors, product manufacturers, service providers, recruiters, and even more business types use this platform is a variety of different ways to win more work and build a sustainable pipeline.

You tell us your target sectors and regions, and we provide you with the right project and contact information to have the right conversations at the right time.

Analytics

Analytics by Barbour ABI provides companies with bespoke dashboards that shows them their construction universe as micro or macro as desired.

Benefit from:

• Aggregated views of all projects in your chosen sectors and refine through your chosen filters
• Benchmark project timings through historical data
• View competitor work and industry relationships
• Compare win and loss rates to bolster bidding data

Companies build profits and make data-driven decisions with our dashboards.

Consultancy 

As experts in market research and consultancy projects for the UK construction industry, we deliver intelligence to your company to inform and develop business strategy. We design consultancy packages specific to your exact needs in:

• Online surveys
• Market sizing
• Business strategy
• New product development
• Attitudinal research
• Pricing research
• Acquisition research

Construction Product Directory 

Barbour Product Search is a leading product directory that puts construction product manufacturers in front of 550k visitor each year. Our product directory works to showcase your products, news, catalogues, tech data sheets, and more to our key decision maker audiences made up of specifiers, contractors, and architects.

Market Research

Barbour ABI’s market research arm, AMA Research provides market leading construction insight. Choose from over 150 off-the-shelf market reports covering various building products, sectors, and more.

Barbour ABI has the highest confirmed dates on the market. 92% of projects are confirmed via direct contact by contract award stage with key contacts. This is achieved through our Cheshire only based team of researchers who make a million calls per year. 

For 80 years of us being a business we’ve made it a conscious effort to listen to our clients’ needs and have built products based on that. 

Here’s some of what we have that the competition doesn’t: 

Relationship Data Feature

You get more than just project and contact information within our project leads platform. We also give you insight to historical relationship data to see who has worked with who, and on which projects. This slick feature can’t be found on our nearest competitor’s platform. 

Cheshire Based Research Support

Having our entire team based only in the UK has its perks for us and our clients. You can visit us at any time to discuss research methodology and see our researchers in action. You can also query us at any time about projects and companies listed on the platform and our in-house team will be on the case. Since we’re UK based we can start having the conversations we need to have with the right people immediately to get your answers, and we often reply within 24 hours.  

Dedicated Client Success Team

We don’t just hand you your sign in information a leave you alone. Barbour ABI provides every client a dedicated client success manager no matter the package value. They help you with your strategy using our data from day one, and help you realise success. 

Want to find out more about how we stand out against the competitor? Book a demo today to find out. 

Of course! We have experts on-hand to help you at any point of your journey with Barbour ABI. You can book a session through your account manager and we’ll set you up for success. 

We specialise in all areas in the construction industry so we’re well equipped in finding the right training solution that’s effective for you and your team. 

Did you know we also offer on-site training? We can come to you, or we’re very happy to host your team in our Cheshire-based office.

Yes!

Our data can be accessed in your own CRM via our API and developer license.

We have an in-house development team, as well as several partners who specialise in manipulating our data for all major CRM systems including Microsoft Dynamix, Salesforce and Hubspot.

No. We only put bidders on the platform if we get confirmation from the industry. We do this to give you the best, most accurate data on the market so you don’t have to ‘predict’ results. Our competitor predicts bidders on their platform.