Research Guides: Career Research: Industry Research

Government Resources

Bureau of Labor Statistics: Statistics by Industry
BLS reports on over 100 industries, organized by NAICS code or industry name, focusing on employment, labor, and trends.
Deloitte: Consulting services for industries
Deloitte offers industry prediction reports for state government, banking and securities, commercial real estate, energy and resources, insurance, payments, process and industrial products, renewable energy, retail and talent strategies industries
US Census Bureau: Business & Industry
The "Data by Sector" menu to the left provides access to official government data from the U.S. Census on topics related to broad industry sectors.
US Census Bureau: Current Industrial Reports
The Current Industrial Report (CIR) program provides monthly, quarterly, and annual measures of industrial activity, including data on production and shipments of selected products
US Census Bureau: Economic Census: Industry Snapshots
The Industry Snapshots present key statistics from the Economic Census and per capita ratios using data from Population Estimates for a user-selected industry.
Valuation Resources: Industry Information Resources
The resource guides provide sources for industry information, research, and analysis for more than 400 industries. Individual guides for each of these industries identify resources available from trade associations, research firms, and other sources, with resource categories referenced in these guides including industry analysis, trends, statistics, and forecasts, financial statements and financial ratios, compensation and salary surveys, and business valuation resources.
Yahoo: Industry Center
Industry Index allows you to find financial market data by industry, compare performance of top companies within an industry, and find news and top-ranked analysts.

Industry Research Databases

With Industry Research, you are researching major business groupings and looking for trends, checking who the competitors are, and analyzing the growth of an industry. The easiest way to think about industry research is to think about who the competitors are. For instance, if you’re starting a restaurant, your competition is other restaurants. So, you’re in the restaurant (or food service) industry.

Business Insights: Global This link opens in a new window
User-friendly resource, combining authoritative information and statistical data with analytical tools to explore real world application. The Industries Tab allows you to look at different Industry and Market Reports as well as essays and more.
Gale Academic OneFile This link opens in a new window
The Advanced Search option enables searching on specific document types such as Industry Overview and Industry Ranking as well as Company and Brand names.

Additional Resources

BizStats
BizStats is the home of free, accurate business statistics.
Ernst & Young Industry Reports
Ernst and Young provide reports on specific industries by a global leader.
Millie
Northern Light's goal in providing Millie is to give you at-a-glance market and competitive intelligence on a variety of industries. The heart of Millie is the presentation of immediately useful information on industry dashboards, so browse through them. There you will find featured stories, continuously updated news content, and links to additional topics.
U.S. International Trade Administration: Industry and Analysis
The Industry & Analysis’ (I&A) staff of industry, trade and economic analysts devise and implement international trade, investment, and export promotion strategies that strengthen the global competitiveness of U.S. industries.
US Census Bureau: Quarterly Financial Report
Estimates of industry financials, including selected financial and operating ratios (i.e. ROA, ROE). Data for thirty-four, primarily manufacturing, industries.