IBISWorld

Query IBISWorld industry research — market size, financial ratios, risk scores, procurement data.

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What the IBISWorld connector does

The IBISWorld MCP server connects IBISWorld's subscription industry research to Claude, ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot. Eight read-only tools search industry, regional, company, procurement, macroeconomic and operator-size research, returning market size, growth, financial ratios and risk data. Sign-in is OAuth with your existing IBISWorld credentials, and the server returns only what your licence covers.

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IBISWorld tools (8)

  • fetch_metadata
  • fetch_chapters
  • search_company
  • search_industry
  • search_industry_region
  • search_procurement
  • search_business_environment
  • search_segment_benchmark

Tool names from Anthropic's directory listing. This server requires sign-in, so we could not read tool descriptions or parameter schemas.

Limits

  • The licence restricts what you may do with retrieved content. IBISWorld's Terms of Use permit viewing in a browser and printing a single copy, and prohibit reproduction, republication, upload to a third party, transmission and distribution without written authorisation. Storing MCP results in a database or warehouse is not covered by any published exception. This is the single most important constraint on this connector and it appears in none of its MCP documentation.
  • Training on the content is contractually prohibited. IBISWorld's AI Policy states standard contracts prohibit the use of subscriber-accessed content for training AI models.
  • The MCP terms are not published. IBISWorld states MCP is governed by additional terms beyond the standard agreement, available from your client relationship manager. We could not read them, so we make no claim about what they permit or restrict.
  • The section-fetching tool has three published names, fetch_chapters in Anthropic's directory and both fetch_section and fetch_sections within one IBISWorld document. The endpoint is gated, so we could not settle which the server answers to.
  • A fourth tool name, search_report, appears in IBISWorld's MCP FAQ and nowhere else. Treat it as illustrative prose, not a tool.
  • The two vendor documents disagree about platform support. The MCP FAQ names Claude, Microsoft Copilot and ChatGPT as of July 2026; the developer documentation says the server "is compatible with Claude". Anthropic's directory records works_with as Claude, the Claude API and Claude Code.
  • Bulk data is out of scope. IBISWorld states Atlas and other bulk-data tools are not available through MCP "at this time", and directs use cases to your client relationship manager.
  • We could not read tool schemas or safety annotations. The endpoint returned 401 to an anonymous request, so all parameter detail on this page comes from IBISWorld's published tables rather than from the server.
  • The .well-known handler is an interpolating catch-all. Every path under /.well-known/oauth-protected-resource/ returns HTTP 200 with a descriptor echoing whatever path was requested, including paths that do not exist. The 401's www-authenticate header names the real descriptor, and that header is what settles it — but automated tooling that trusts a 200 from that prefix will read a resource that is not there.
  • No rate limits are published for this connector. IBISWorld documents none in its MCP materials, and we did not test.
  • The research is not financial advice. IBISWorld's Terms of Use state its reports contain general information only, are not intended as financial product advice and must not be relied on as such, and recommend independent advice before financial decisions.

Frequently asked questions

Do I need an IBISWorld subscription to use the MCP server?

Yes, and a specific one. IBISWorld's documentation lists an active subscription with MCP access enabled as a requirement, and its MCP FAQ states MCP must be on your licence — your client relationship manager confirms or changes that. Pricing is quoted per organisation. There is no free or trial tier documented for this connector.

Can the IBISWorld connector see reports my subscription does not cover?

No. IBISWorld's MCP FAQ states the server only returns content from the products in your licence, because access is tied to your individual IBISWorld login. It is the same content you can already open on the IBISWorld platform. IBISWorld writes that an MCP subscription does not open up any data beyond that.

Can the IBISWorld MCP server change anything in my account?

Nothing in the published surface writes. All eight tools are named fetch or search, every documented parameter is a search term such as an industry name or country code, and Anthropic's directory records the connector's permissions as Read only. No tool carries a create, update, delete or export verb.

Does IBISWorld store the prompts I send through MCP?

IBISWorld states it does not capture the specific prompts submitted through MCP. Its MCP FAQ says the company tracks which tools were used to generate a response, at the account level only, for subscription compliance and bug-finding. That is IBISWorld's own statement about its side; your AI platform's retention is a separate question.

Can I store IBISWorld MCP results in my own database or data warehouse?

Not without written permission. IBISWorld's Terms of Use prohibit reproducing, republishing, uploading to a third party, transmitting or distributing its content except as expressly authorised in writing, and permit downloading only to view content and print a single copy. Building a system of record from retrieved content is the case that clause covers.

Can IBISWorld content be used to train or fine-tune an AI model?

No. IBISWorld's AI Policy states that standard IBISWorld contracts prohibit the use of subscriber-accessed content for training AI models. That is a contractual restriction on you, not a technical control in the server, so nothing in the connector will stop a pipeline that does it. Check your own agreement's addendum.

Which AI platforms work with the IBISWorld MCP server?

Three, as of July 2026: Claude, Microsoft Copilot and ChatGPT, per IBISWorld's MCP FAQ, which adds that further platforms are in testing. One subscription covers all supported platforms. Note that IBISWorld's separate developer documentation is narrower and says the server is currently compatible with Claude.

Why does the connector return the wrong industry report?

Usually because the prompt is not specific enough about geography. IBISWorld's guidance says prompts work best when they read as a clear question and include geographic specificity, and every search tool takes a required ISO country code. Its troubleshooting advice is to tune prompt specificity first, then add a standing instruction confirming the industry match.

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