The Trade Economy Index · 2026 Edition
Data & downloads
The whole index is machine-readable and static. Every file below is plain JSON, versioned with the 2026 edition, and free to cite with attribution. Numbers carry a source; aggregates never identify an individual company.
Core files
| File | What it contains |
|---|
| index.json | Index summary: name, trade count, comp count, file manifest. |
| trades.json | All trades with scores, quadrant, reputation and firmographic summary fields. |
| methodology.json | Full scoring model: axes, weighted sub-scores, quadrants, provenance. |
| comps.json | Public-company validators: returns, margins, EV/EBITDA, market cap. |
| reputation.json | Per-trade reputation & professionalization aggregates from public review listings. |
| firmographics.json | Per-trade company size, revenue, age, and employer-rating distributions. |
| level-benchmarks.json | Level CFO aggregate operating benchmarks (margin, collections, quote conversion, billing speed). |
Per-trade files
One full data object per trade: scores, sub-scores, research (labor, market, economics, cash cycle, AI exposure, consolidation, tech stack), market structure, reputation, firmographics, Level CFO benchmarks, and comps. Path pattern: /data/trades/<slug>.json
License & citation
Free to cite and reuse with attribution. Suggested citation:
The Trade Economy Index, 2026 Edition. Compiled by Sam Yang, Level CFO. tradesindex.org.
Level CFO aggregate operating benchmarks are published under CC BY 4.0 (last updated 2026-07-20). Public-source figures retain their original source and URL in each file.
Machine agents: see /llms.txt for a structured guide to this dataset.