SymphonyIRI Group (formerly Information Resources, Inc.) is a leading market research firm, providing sales data for consumer packaged goods gathered from checkout scanners at more than 95,000 locations (excluding Wal-Mart, which doesn't release data) in the US and Europe. SymphonyIRI Group, Inc. sells the data through subscriptions to its InfoScan service, which offers access to the data as well as analytical software tools. In addition to checkout scanner data, SymphonyIRI Group, Inc. gathers information via consumer panels and offers test marketing services. SymphonyIRI Group, Inc., which changed its name in 2010, is owned by holding company Symphony Technology Group.