LibGuides: FINANCE RESEARCH GUIDE: Industry Profiles

Industry Classification

North American Industry Classification System
Differentiates types of businesses

The standard used by Federal statistical agencies in classifying business establishments for the purpose of collecting, analyzing, and publishing statistical data related to the U.S. business economy.
Index

Best Resources for Industry Information

BizMiner Academic
Contains industry financial analysis and marketing research reports by industry and size.

Provides startup and small business statistics, such as annual sales and market share; failure rates; entrepreneurial activity rates; startup profit & loss detail and ratios; and detailed small business balance sheets, P&L and ratios.; Research reports; Current
IBISWorld
Comprehensive collection of Industry Market Research and Industry Risk Ratings, for the US and select International markets.

Research reports contain trends, statistics and analysis on market size, market share of competitors, and industry growth rates. Performance analysis includes emerging industry trends as well as recent production performance and 5-year forecasts.; Reports; updated every 4 months
ReferenceUSA International Businesses
In-depth profiles of 56 million business including 16 million verified and 40 million unverified business that are updated weekly.

Reports and data; 1995 - present
Standard & Poor's Global NetAdvantage
Broad spectrum of industry, company and investment analysis including S&P Industry Surveys, Stock Reports (S&P Equity Research), and new Markets tab with drill downs to industry and sub-industry key ratios, benchmarks, constituents, etc. Company data covers a global universe of over 3 million private and public companies.
Wall Street Transcript Security
Reports and comments of Wall Street experts and CEO/Company interviews for 1997

From: 1997-present
First Research
This is a leading industry intelligence database that provides industry profiles with information synthesized from hundreds of sources. Each industry profile is updated quarterly.