IBISWorld MCP Server

IBISWorld is an industry research firm that publishes structured reports, financial benchmarks, risk scores, and market forecasts across more than 50,000 industries globally. Their data is typically delivered through PDF reports, a REST API, the Snowflake Marketplace, and integration partners such as nCino, RelPro, and Microsoft Copilot.

As of May 2026, IBISWorld does not publish an official Model Context Protocol (MCP) server. Their public materials discuss MCP as an emerging delivery channel that would let AI agents query industry research, risk scores, and market indicators directly, but no IBISWorld-hosted MCP endpoint or official GitHub repository has been released. The IBISWorld API (api.ibisworld.com) uses OAuth 2.0 and exposes endpoints such as industry reports, business environment profiles, company data, classification systems, and downloads.

To use IBISWorld data inside an MCP-aware agent today, teams generally wrap the IBISWorld REST API in their own MCP server, use a community/third-party MCP project that supports it, or access IBISWorld data through a partner surface like Microsoft Copilot. Some community projects (for example TAM-MCP-Server) reference IBISWorld in their marketing copy, but their actual code typically integrates with public data sources rather than IBISWorld directly.

Status: no official MCP server

IBISWorld has not published an official MCP server as of May 2026. The integrations page lists partner platforms (nCino, Snowflake Marketplace, RelPro, Microsoft Copilot) and the REST API, but no MCP endpoint.

Option 1: Wrap the IBISWorld REST API in your own MCP server

1. Request API access from IBISWorld (https://www.ibisworld.com/access/api/). Access requires an IBISWorld subscription with API entitlements.
2. Obtain OAuth 2.0 client credentials from your account manager.
3. Build a small MCP server (Node or Python) that exposes tools mapping to IBISWorld endpoints such as /industry/v3/reportlist, industry reports, business environment profiles, company, and classification systems.
4. Register the server in your MCP client. Example skeleton config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ibisworld": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["./ibisworld-mcp/index.js"],
      "env": {
        "IBISWORLD_CLIENT_ID": "your-client-id",
        "IBISWORLD_CLIENT_SECRET": "your-client-secret",
        "IBISWORLD_API_BASE": "https://api.ibisworld.com"
      }
    }
  }
}

Option 2: Use Microsoft Copilot integration

IBISWorld announced a collaboration with Microsoft Copilot that surfaces industry insights inside Copilot workflows. This is not an MCP server but is the closest officially supported AI-agent path today.

Option 3: Snowflake Marketplace

IBISWorld datasets are available on Snowflake Marketplace. Pair that with a Snowflake MCP server to expose the data to agents indirectly.

If or when IBISWorld ships an official MCP server, the canonical reference will be their integrations page at https://www.ibisworld.com/integrations/.

• Pull IBISWorld industry outlook, financial ratios, and risk ratings into a sales prep agent that drafts client meeting briefs.
• Enrich CRM accounts with industry growth rates, key external drivers, and major-player concentration from IBISWorld reports.
• Power a banking or lending agent with industry risk scores and benchmarks for credit decisioning workflows.
• Generate market sizing and TAM/SAM/SOM analyses using IBISWorld revenue and industry segment data.
• Surface NAICS/SIC classification lookups and industry definitions inside research and due-diligence agents.

• "Pull the latest IBISWorld outlook and key external drivers for NAICS 541512 and summarize for a client call."
• "What is the 5-year forecast revenue growth and profit margin benchmark for the US commercial banking industry per IBISWorld?"
• "Compare IBISWorld risk ratings for the construction, hospitality, and trucking industries."
• "List IBISWorld industry reports relevant to a manufacturer of electric vehicle batteries."
• "Generate a market sizing brief for the Australian aged care sector using IBISWorld data."

• IBISWorld is a recognized authority on industry research with coverage of more than 50,000 industries across global, country, and specialized report series.
• The underlying REST API is well documented and uses standard OAuth 2.0, making it straightforward to wrap in a custom MCP server.
• Data is also available through Snowflake Marketplace and Microsoft Copilot, giving multiple integration paths for agent workflows.

• No official IBISWorld MCP server exists as of May 2026; teams must build their own wrapper around the REST API.
• API and data access require a paid IBISWorld subscription with API entitlements, which is enterprise-priced.
• Community MCP projects that mention IBISWorld often do not actually integrate with it, so users should verify before relying on them.

• Statista MCP integrations: similar market research data, exposed through community MCP wrappers around the Statista API.
• TAM-MCP-Server (github.com/gvaibhav/TAM-MCP-Server): open-source MCP server for market sizing that aggregates free data sources like FRED, World Bank, OECD, BLS, and Census.
• Snowflake MCP server: query IBISWorld datasets purchased through Snowflake Marketplace via a Snowflake-native MCP server.