How long does it take to get paid for company data?
The timeline, buyer type by buyer type
| Buyer type | Published timing | Pays when |
|---|---|---|
| Fastest-paying marketplace | 7 days after passing review | Review complete |
| Wind-down and shut-down specialists | 1 to 4 weeks | Archive sold or processed |
| Code buyers | Quotes in days | Repository accepted |
| Enterprise buyers (connector review) | Wire in 2 to 4 weeks of signing | Signing |
| Enterprise buyers (scoped review) | Contact in 1 to 2 days; several weeks to scope | Deal close, signed agreement, or data acceptance |
| Buyer built for small operators | About 60 days net | Sale closes |
Buyers' own pages and named press, checked October 6, 2026, sources on file.
Where the time goes
- Introduction, same day. Several buyers only credit the first introduction, so this happens the day you decide.
- Scoping call, within a week. What systems, what years, what is excluded.
- Rights check, one to three weeks. Contractor IP, customer contracts. This is the step owners control.
- Export, a half day to a few days. Your admin, walked through by the buyer.
- Review and de-identification, two to eight weeks. Longer for regulated data.
- Agreement and payment. Days once the review is done.
See what your company's records could get.
Ten questions, under five minutes, built from the buyers' own published ranges.
Get my estimate →What slows a deal down
- Contractor code without IP assignments. Fix: get the assignments signed now.
- Customer contracts nobody has read. Fix: read the three biggest this week.
- Borrower, patient or client identifiers mixed into everything. Fix: nothing, except patience; the buyer's review takes longer.
- An export that lost the history (a code snapshot, Drive files without versions). Fix: export the right way; the system pages say how.
How to be fast
Decide, get introduced the same day, and answer the rights questions within the week. Owners who do those three things see offers in weeks. Owners who wait for the perfect moment watch buyers change terms; one did in September 2026.
In short
- Fastest: the fast-pay marketplace (7 days after review), the wind-down firms and code buyers (days to two weeks).
- Typical operating company: two to eight weeks. Regulated industries: two to six months.
- Rights checks (contractor IP, customer contracts) are the step owners control and the one that most often slows things.
- Several buyers credit only the first introduction. Decide, then move the same day.
Questions owners ask.
Who pays me, the buyer or Briggs Analytics?
The buyer pays you directly under your agreement. The buyer separately pays us a referral fee. We never touch your money or your data.
Can I get an advance?
No buyer publishes one. The small-operator buyer's fee model (paid from the sale) is the closest thing to no money down.
What if the review finds problems?
The buyer narrows scope or lowers the offer. You can decline. No sale, no fee.
Does a lawyer slow it down?
One hour of review does not. Waiting a month to book that hour does.
