How do I find information about U.S. industries?
- IBISWorld This link opens in a new windowbisWorld provides in-depth analysis on over 1400 industries in the United States. Reports are updated annually and include information on the industry’s performance, outlook, products&markets, competition, and industry statistics.
- Proquest One BusinessProfiles, analysis, and statistics of hundreds of industries in the U.S. and worldwide, provided by First Research.
- Business Source PremierMarketline Industry Profiles are available in this database. Select Industry Profile in Publications Type before searching.
- Statista This link opens in a new window
Statista provides access to statistics on more than 80,000 topics from 170 different industries. The statistics portfolio for all industries and topics is updated daily.
- County Business PatternsPublished annually by U. S. Bureau of the Census. For each 4-digit SIC industry gives county totals, in number of employees, payrolls, and number of establishments by employment size class. Includes finance, insurance, and real estate SIC categories that are not covered in the census itself.
- Survey of Current BusinessThis is the most important single source for current U. S. business statistics. It covers general business indicators, commodity prices; construction and real estate; domestic trade; foreign trade of the U. S.; labor force; employment and earnings; finance; transportation and communication; etc. Besides these regularly quoted statistics, special statistical reports appear at intervals. The best known is the annual "National Income and Product Accounts" issue.
