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Business Resources

Use the resources below to find information on your industry.

 

Mergent Online: Mergent Online offers company financials, descriptions, history, property, subsidiaries officers, and directors. Click here to watch a video on how to search for company information in Mergent Online. 

 

Data Axle: Database of 24 million businesses with company information, executive titles, sales volume, industry code, and number of employees. Help using this database.

 

Statista: Statista is a statistics portal that integrates data on over 60,000 topics from over 18,000 sources in one place. Statistical categories include media, business, finance, and politics. Infographics with popular statistics are available for use in presentations or your research papers. Click here to watch a video on how to find statistics in Statista. 

Additional Resources

  • Business Source Premier - Reports Browse by Market Research Reports or Industry Profiles. Select "Industry Profiles" on the left to browse or search for industry profiles.
  • D&B Key Business Ratios- Key Business Ratios on the Web (KBR) provides immediate online access to competitive benchmarking data. This powerful tool lets researchers examine industry benchmarks compiled from D&B®’s database of public and private companies, featuring 14 key business ratios (users choose a one-year or three-year set of ratios) for public and private companies in 800 lines of business.
  • Census Business Builder-  Regional Analyst  Overview & Small Business Edition Overview videos provide a brief overview of the key features of the Census Business Builder tool, and how to use it 

  • Economic Census- A great source for U.S. economic, social, and demographic statistics, particularly for small areas and local communities. Includes information on the national and local U.S. economy, businesses, and industry data.

  • NAICS: North American Industry Classification System- 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.