Industries and Markets

Online Electronic Databases

Industry Statistics and Surveys

• Adams Job Almanac, profiles of 7,000 companies, arranged by industry. Descriptions include common positions, educational backgrounds and benefits. For each industry, there is a listing of associations, magazines, online services and other information sources.
• The American Almanac of Employers, focuses on 500 large, growing companies that are likely to hire. General information for job seekers, including web sites, how to research companies and outlook for specific industries and occupations. Company information includes salary and benefits, rankings based on growth and sales, observations about the firm’s reputation, and growth and hiring practices.
• CorpTech Directory of Technology Companies, four volumes covering over 50,000 companies that manufacture or develop high technology.
• NAICS/SIC Codes: The United States Manual 1997, the North American Industry Classification System as used jointly by the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Replaces the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Manual of 1987. Many indexes, directories, and statistical sources are organized by the NAICS code.
• Standard and Poor’s Industry Surveys, Survey articles for 52 industry categories. Includes in-depth industry, profiles, trends and current, operating environment, key ratios and statistics, glossary, and industry information sources. Updated quarterly.
• Gale Country & World Rankings Reporter, markets and marketing section includes sales data and rankings for selected products, import and export data, and sources for further research.
• Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate, USA: Industry Analyses, Statistics and Leading Organizations
• Service Industries USA: Industry Analyses, Statistics and Leading Companies
• Manufacturing USA: Industry Statistics and Leading Organizations, Contains statistics and rankings for industry sectors, synthesized from federal and private data sources, updated biennially.
• Market Share Reporter, Or World Market Share Report, Both are annual compilations of reported market share data on companies, industries, products and services. Data for private, public and international businesses.
• Dun’s Census of American Business, a statistical reference covering 9 million U.S. businesses. Displays a number of establishments in each line of business and groups them according to sales volume and number of employees, at national, state, and county levels, published annually.
• Business Rankings Annual, over 25,000 public and private businesses ranked by sales volume and employee size and within state and industry category.
• The Career Guide: Dun’s Employment Opportunities Directory, annual directory covers more than 6,000 companies, listing information of interest to job-hunters such as disciplines hired, training, benefits, and internships.
• U.S. Industry & Trade Outlook, replaces U.S. Industrial Outlook. Industry reviews, analysis and forecasts are based on data from public and private sectors. Hundreds of geographical snapshots illustrate industry and trade trends for U.S. and international industries.
• Encyclopedia of American Industries, a comprehensive resource on American manufacturing, non-manufacturing and service industries. Individual essays provide detailed information, including important historical events, relevant trends and statistics, profiles of major companies, work force characteristics, research and technology. Includes suggested resources for additional research.
• Encyclopedia of Emerging Industries, describes newly flourishing industry segments, ranging from cigars to web developers, includes industry snapshots, background, current conditions, industry leaders, and international aspects.
• WEFA Industrial Monitor, provides analysis of over 130 U.S industries with reviews and forecasts covering sales, outputs, imports, exports, and other key indicators.
• Moody’s Industry Review, a comprehensive statistical references containing key financial information, operating data, and ratios on approximately 4,000 companies. Updated twice a year.
• Handbook of North American Industry, ten years of data for 20 manufacturing industry groups and 15 other industries, projections of employment in the year 2005, by industry and occupational group. Primarily based on U.S. Canadian, and Mexican government sources.
• FINDEX, a world wide directory of commercially available market research reports and industrial studies and surveys.
• Wards Business Directory, eight volumes covering public and private companies. Includes rankings by size and sales volume within industries and within states.

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• County and City Extra: Annual Metro, City, and County Data Bank, statistical information for states, counties, metropolitan areas, and cities with a population over 25,000. Includes data on income, occupation and education, basic housing, and population.
• Official Guide to American Incomes, income data for U.S. population and households.
• Editor and Publisher, Market Guide, data for U.S. and Canadian daily newspaper markets covering principal industries, climate, retail outlets, transportation services, etc. Includes comparative economic rankings and charts for cities and counties.
• Lifestyle Market Analyst, lifestyle profiles for over 9 million households. Market profiles for 211 designated market areas.
• Household Spending: Who Spends How Much on What, household spending statistics organized by consumer segments, (age, income, etc.), and major product and service category.
• The American marketplace: Demographics and Spending Patterns, statistics are arranged in eight topic areas, tables are based on federal government data.
• Demographics U.S.A., City Edition, Both give demographic, economic, and commercial/industrial data, five-year projections are for population, number of households, buying power indexes.
• Survey of Buying Power, current estimates show state, county, and MSA variations in population, income and retail sales. Effective Buying Income, (EBI), figures are provided. Also contains various geographic area rankings by such factors as: race, household EBI over 50,000, eating and drinking place sales, age, household expenditures, etc., published annually.
• Survey of Buying Power of the United Kingdom, current estimates show United Kingdom MSA variations in population, income and retail sales. Effective Buying Income, (EBI), figures are provided. Also contains various geographic area rankings by such factors as: race, household EBI over 50,000, eating and drinking place sales, age, household expenditures, etc., published annually.
• Rand McNally Commercial Atlas & Marketing Guide, current economic and demographic statistics and trends illustrated by maps, tables, and charts arranged by geographical breakdown. Has information on trade patterns, manufacturing activity and population changes. Annual.