Company data licensing
Pewter Data
Pewter Data coordinates company-data licensing for established US businesses. Its licensing partner makes the offer, contracts with the owner and pays the business. Advisors can separately use Pewter’s referral program; their commission has different conditions and timing from the owner’s payment.
- Best suited to
- Established US businesses with retained operating records
- Published starting point
- 20+ full-time staff now or at peak; 3+ years of records
- Revenue model
- Partner license payment; closing fee applies
- Main decision
- Confirm eligible records, scope and written payment terms
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Who it’s for
Who is Pewter Data’s data program for?
Pewter’s owner page targets US firms working mainly in English, with at least 20 full-time staff now or at peak and three years of retained records. Operating and closed businesses can be considered. Meeting those criteria does not ensure an offer.
Illustrative preparation example: a shuttered distributor with 28 former employees could inventory purchase orders, email and exception-resolution records. Before requesting a valuation, identify who controls the archived systems and which customer contracts constrain reuse. Retained files alone do not answer those questions.
Get prepared
What should you prepare?
Prepare a short inventory before sharing records. Start with descriptions and counts, then agree on any sample.
- Systems: List email, shared drives and operating tools with the dates each covers.
- Authority: Identify who can approve a license and which records belong to customers or other parties.
- Exclusions: Mark sensitive categories and archives that cannot be included.
- Decision team: Choose an owner, IT contact and agreement reviewer.
Use our data preparation guide to turn that inventory into a first conversation.
Revenue & payments
How does payment work?
Owner process and licensing income
Pewter sizes the opportunity and coordinates an offer, negotiation, export and payment with its licensing partner. Owners approve terms before full export. Pewter states no upfront charge and a 10% closing fee. The partner signs the license and pays the owner. Official process and fee disclosure.
Separate public referral program
The partner page offers personal referral links or registered introductions. Its terms state 10% of the referred business’s licensing payment, capped at $100,000, once per business. Credit requires an accepted, consented introduction outside Pewter’s existing pipeline and a signed license within 12 months of acceptance; first registration wins competing claims.
Commission comes from Pewter’s received fee: half of each receipt goes toward it, payable within 30 days after month-end. It may lag the owner’s payment by months. No commission is owed for failed, reversed or refunded transactions, or if Pewter is not paid within 36 months. Tax documentation is required; the signed agreement governs. Referral commission is not owner licensing income. No owner-supplied Pewter affiliate URL is configured here.
How to read the advertised deal examples
Pewter explicitly says the market transactions it displays were other firms’ deals and that it did not advise on them. They are not evidence of a completed Pewter transaction, so we have not added them as Pewter deals in our feed. Read its market-evidence disclosure.
Rights & control
Which licensing terms deserve attention?
Ask for the proposed license before treating an estimate as an offer. Our licensing-model guide explains the decisions to compare.
- Which systems, date ranges and permitted uses are included?
- What may be excluded, and who approves the final sample?
- What exclusivity or resale rights survive the agreement?
- Which acceptance milestones trigger payment, and what deductions apply?
Explore your options
When should you compare another platform?
Compare Mode’s direct purchase process and Handshake’s company-data program. For a closed business, start with our defunct-company guide and confirm who can authorize a license.
Good questions, clear answers
Questions before you apply
Does a referral link guarantee commission?
No. The published terms require acceptance, an eligible closed transaction and payment to Pewter. Read the signed agreement before relying on expected income.
What should owners compare in an offer?
Compare the permitted uses, exclusions, exclusivity, acceptance requirements and net proceeds after disclosed fees. Ask which entity is responsible for each payment.
Sources and editorial approach
Provider information checked on 8 November 2026. Practical checklists are Data Mining Masters’ editorial guidance. This profile is based on public information, not a firsthand transaction or a guarantee of acceptance or income. How we compare platforms.
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