Research Guides: BA 315: Economy, Industry, and Competitive Analysis: Industry Research

Industry Research

IBISWorld This link opens in a new window
Industry research database covering thousands of established and emerging industries in the US, China, and global economies. Reports include market characteristics, segmentation, industry conditions, industry financial data, key success factors, and forecasting. Subscription includes US, China and Global Industry, US Company Benchmarking, Business Environment Profiles, US Specialized Industry, iExpert, and US Industry Spotlight modules.
Mergent Intellect This link opens in a new window
Contains basic public and private company profiles on more than 20 million North American companies and over 70 million global companies including recent financial information, subsidiaries, key competitors, and executive profiles. Also includes First Research industry profiles for more than 1000 industry segments, Key Business Ratios, job search information, and more.
Passport This link opens in a new window
Includes more than 115 internationally standardized statistics on industry sectors, country markets, and companies as well as full text market, company, & country reports; as well as expert analysis of emerging industry, country, and consumer trends.

D & B Business Rankings by Dun and Bradstreet, Inc.
Call Number: HG4057 .A237 (Knight Reference)
Publication Date: 2015
This publication ranks over 25,000 of the nation's leading private and public businesses by size as measured by sales volume and number of employees. These indicators are also used to rank these businesses within each state, within industry categories, and within the private/foreign-owned designation.
Business Rankings Annual by Brooklyn Public Library
Call Number: HG4050 .B88 (Knight Reference)
Publication Date: 2020
Business Rankings Annual collects and reprints business "Top 10" charts from a variety of publications for easy access. Consult the index for listings of every chart each business ranks in.