What RISI does

RISI is a B2B market intelligence platform serving the global forest products industry, founded in 1985 and headquartered in Bedford, Massachusetts. The company provides independent price assessments covering 3,500+ pulp, paper, wood products, and packaging grades across 80 sub-grades and 2,800+ commodities, alongside real-time news, expert forecasts, mill-level operational data, risk management tools, and consulting services. Its core technology is a centralized intelligence platform delivered through web dashboards, Excel add-in, mobile app, and API integration, originally operating as RISIinfo.com.

Since being fully integrated into Fastmarkets.com, RISI now operates as a business unit within Fastmarkets Global Limited, a UK-domiciled commodity intelligence provider spanning agriculture, metals and mining, battery raw materials, carbon, and forest products. The integration extends RISI's addressable surface into adjacent commodity verticals while preserving its independent forest products methodology. Revenue is generated through annual enterprise subscriptions priced on a quote basis, targeting procurement, trading, and strategy professionals at pulp, paper, packaging, timber, recovered paper, wood products, and biomass companies across North America, Europe, Asia, and Latin America.

The company sells through a direct enterprise field sales motion supported by content marketing, industry events, webinars, email newsletters, and a podcast. Its competitive position rests on four decades of methodology credibility, breadth of price coverage across the forest value chain, and workflow integration via Excel and mobile distribution channels. The firm employs 51-100 staff including senior economists, regional editors, and product managers dedicated to pulp, paper, and wood products intelligence.

Name

RISI

Legal name

Fastmarkets Global Limited

Website

https://risiinfo.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1985

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

RISI provides independent price assessments, news, forecasts, and mill intelligence for the global forest products industry. Now integrated into Fastmarkets, it serves enterprise buyers across pulp, paper, packaging, timber, wood products, and biomass markets via subscription-based market intelligence.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Commodity Market Intelligence & Price Reporting

akta.pro primary industry

Softwood Lumber Distribution & Trading (IMAMAIAA)

Keywords

• Forest products intelligence
• Commodity price reporting
• Pulp paper markets
• Packaging market data
• Timber price assessments

Headquarters

HQ city

Bedford

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Subscription-based Market Intelligence: Subscription-based access to price data, news, analysis, forecasts, and mill intelligence for the forest products industry. Subscribers receive access to the Fastmarkets platform with different levels of content access.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

RISI provides independent market intelligence, price reporting, news, forecasts, and mill-level operational data for the global forest products industry, covering pulp, paper, packaging, wood products, timber, recovered paper, and biomass. Its offerings are delivered as subscription-based access through the Fastmarkets digital platform to enterprises across the forest products value chain, with pricing assessments across 3,500+ grades and 80 sub-grades.

Product overview

RISI is a forest products market intelligence platform that has been fully integrated into Fastmarkets.com. The platform offers a unified suite of price reporting, news, forecasts, and mill intelligence products covering the entire forest products value chain. Core offerings include Forest Products Prices (covering 3,500+ pulp, paper, wood products, and packaging grades), Forest Products News (real-time market coverage), and Forest Products Forecasts (expert market predictions). Additional services include Mill Intelligence, Risk Management, and Consulting. The platform provides access through multiple channels including the web platform, Excel add-in, and Mobile app. Market segments covered include Paper Packaging, Graphic Paper, Pulp, Recovered Paper, Wood Products, Timber, and Biomass. Former RISIinfo.com subscribers access these services through the Fastmarkets platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Forest Products Prices Subscription-based market-reflective price data covering more than 2,800 commodities and 80 sub-grades across pulp, paper, wood products, and packaging grades, used by forest products enterprises for price benchmarking and procurement decisions.
• Forest Products News Real-time and in-depth market news covering the entire forest value chain, providing subscribers with continuous coverage of market events, company announcements, and supply-demand developments.
• Forest Products Forecasts Expert insights and forecasting analysis providing subscribers with forward-looking market predictions and trend analysis for forest products commodities.
• Mill Intelligence Expert mill intelligence providing detailed operational, capacity, and production data for pulp and paper mills, supporting competitor benchmarking and supply chain analysis.
• Risk Management Risk management solutions supporting forest products market participants in managing commodity price exposure and hedging strategies.
• Consulting Professional consulting services providing customized research, strategic advisory, and bespoke market analysis for the forest products industry.

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• FastmarketscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRISI is now fully integrated into Fastmarkets.com, combining RISI's forest products market intelligence with Fastmarkets' broader commodity coverage including agriculture, metals and mining, battery raw materials, and carbon markets. The integration provides seamless access to the same trusted insights, data, and analysis on a more powerful platform.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Fastmarkets: Parent organization and broader commodity price reporting platform covering agriculture, metals & mining, battery raw materials, and carbon. Directly comparable as the host platform into which RISI has been integrated, with overlapping methodologies and customer bases.
• S&P Global Commodity Insights (Platts): Largest commodity intelligence provider globally, covering energy, petrochemicals, metals, and agriculture. Comparable to RISI as a price-reporting agency serving enterprise customers with subscription-based market data, though at much broader commodity scope.
• Bloomberg Intelligence: Research and data analytics arm of Bloomberg covering commodities and industrials. Comparable as an enterprise subscription intelligence provider, though with broader financial markets focus rather than commodity-specific price reporting.

Emerging players

• Wood Resources International: Specialized consulting and market research firm focused on global timber, pulp, and bioenergy markets. Comparable to RISI's wood products and timber intelligence offerings, though smaller in scope and consulting-led.

Direct peers

• ICIS (part of RELX): Commodity intelligence service for petrochemicals, energy, and fertilizers. Comparable as an enterprise subscription intelligence platform covering adjacent commodity verticals with similar buyer profiles (traders, procurement, analysts).
• Argus Media: Independent commodity price reporting and market intelligence provider across energy, fertilizers, and other commodities. Closely comparable to RISI as a subscription-driven price assessment business with methodology-based benchmarks for trading and procurement.
• ResourceWise (formerly Forest2Market / Fisher International): Forest products and pulp & paper market intelligence and consulting provider. Most directly comparable niche peer to RISI, covering timber, wood products, pulp, and paper with data, forecasting, and consulting services.

Others

• UPM-Kymmene (Biofore) / Stora Enso Market Intelligence functions: Large integrated forest products companies with internal market intelligence teams. Relevant as potential buyers or partners for RISI data and a benchmark for in-house vs. purchased intelligence in the forest products sector.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/risiinfo
• Facebookfacebook.com/risi

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A2 records

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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