DataMarket was a privately held Icelandic company that specialises in providing access to and visually displaying data from public and, to a lesser extent, private institutions and companies. DataMarket was established in

Reykjavík Reykjavík ( ; ) is the capital and largest city of Iceland. It is located in southwestern Iceland, on the southern shore of Faxaflói bay. Its latitude is 64°08' N, making it the world's northernmost capital of a sovereign state. With a po ...

, the capital of Iceland in 2008.

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Technology blog labeled DataMarket as being "Impressive, and interesting". One of DataMarkets contracts was to graphically visualize the 2011 budget for Reykjavík municipality. DataMarket has gotten wide media coverage in Iceland. Initially DataMarket focused on the Icelandic market by incorporating data from various public institutions such as

Statistics Iceland Statistics Iceland ( is, Hagstofa Íslands) is the main official institute providing statistics on the nation of Iceland. It was created by the Althing in 1913, began operations in 1914 and became an independent government agency under the Prim ...

, the

Central Bank of Iceland The Central Bank of Iceland ( is, Seðlabanki Íslands) is the central bank or reserve bank of Iceland. It has served in this capacity since 1961, when it was created by an act of the Alþingi out of the central banking department of Landsbank ...

, the Icelandic Directorate of Labour, the Icelandic Marine Research Institute, National Energy Authority of Iceland,

Registers Iceland Registers Iceland ( is, Þjóðskrá Íslands) is the main official civil registry for the nation of Iceland Iceland ( is, Ísland; ) is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Arctic Ocean. Iceland is the most ...

the Report of the Althingi Special Investigation Commission Antecedents and Causes of the Collapse of the Icelandic Banks in 2008 and Related Events ( is, Aðdragandi og orsakir falls íslensku bankanna 2008 og tengdir atburðir), better known as The Report of the Investigation Commission of Althing ( is ...

and the private Icelandic consultancy firm Capacent to name a few. Shortly later it branched out and DataMarket now provides access to international data from

Eurostat Eurostat ('European Statistical Office'; DG ESTAT) is a Directorate-General of the European Commission located in the Kirchberg, Luxembourg, Kirchberg quarter of Luxembourg City, Luxembourg. Eurostat's main responsibilities are to provide statis ...

United Nations Statistics Division The United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), formerly the United Nations Statistical Office, serves under the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) as the central mechanism within the Secretariat of the United Nations t ...

The World Bank The World Bank Group (WBG) is a family of five international organizations that make leveraged loans to developing countries. It is the largest and best-known development bank in the world and an observer at the United Nations Development Grou ...

and the

Gapminder Foundation Gapminder Foundation is a non-profit venture registered in Stockholm, Sweden, that promotes sustainable global development and achievement of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals by increased use and understanding of statistics and o ...

. DataMarket won two awards at the annual 2011 Icelandic Web Awards, awarded by the non-profit Iceland web industry association, one for the most interesting web and one for the best service and information web. In 2014, DataMarket was acquired by

Qlik Qlik ronounced "klik"(formerly known as Qliktech) provides a business analytics platform. The software company was founded in 1993 in Lund, Sweden and is now based in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, United States. The company's main products ...

. In 2020, DataMarket was retired by Qlik.

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External links

* {{Official, http://www.datamarket.com/
www.datamarket.is
Information technology companies of Iceland Internet properties established in 2008 Data visualization 2008 establishments in Iceland Internet properties disestablished in 2020 2020 disestablishments in Pennsylvania 2014 mergers and acquisitions