Opta provides data for more than 30 sports in over 70 countries, with clients ranging from leagues and federations to broadcasters and betting websites.

Opta Index Limited was founded in 1996 to analyze Premier League football matches and was contracted by Sky Sports for their television broadcasts of the 1996–97 season.

The following season, Opta became the official statistics provider for the league itself and became sponsored by Carling.

[7] In 2011, the company entered the US market when it opened an office in New York and partnered with Major League Soccer.

[8] Opta is headquartered in London, with additional offices in Europe located in Limerick, Aveiro, Munich, Bassano del Grappa, Milan, Paris, Madrid and Amsterdam.