Company Information

• Company Dossier via LexisNexis allows you to look at a Snapshot of information. Each section in the dossier contains summary data and a link to its sources. Please follow the link to each source to find more details.
• Business Source Premier - Enhanced Search includes many types of full-text sources, including articles, Datamonitor industry analyses, company overviews, country profiles and market research information.
• Business & Company Resource Center brings together company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and articles.

Industry Information

• Business Source Premier - Enhanced Search - includes Datamonitor industry analyses, company overviews, country profiles and market research info. You can limit your results after running your search using the "Filter Results By" option at the top of the screen to "Industry Profiles."
• Standard & Poor's Industry Surveys.
  Ref. HC 101 .S72
  Use the index at the Reference Desk to determine which industry your company is classified in. Then, ask for the latest S&P Industry Survey for that industry at the Circulation Desk. You can browse previous reports in the reference collection.
• S&P's Industry Surveys: Monthly Investment Review
  Ref. HC 101 .S721
  S&P only issues a comprehensive report on each industry it profiles twice a year. This publication provides monthly updates.
• Industry Norms and Key Business Ratios.
  Ref. HF 5681 .R25 D81 (latest ed. at the circulation desk)  
• Almanac of Business and Industrial Financial Ratios.
  Ref. HF 5681 .R25 T68 (latest ed. at the circulation desk)  

Industries are frequently classified by the following classification systems: the Standard Industrial Classification or SIC code, and the North American Industrial Classification System or NAICS code.

• NAICS to SIC Correspondence Tables

Contact Information

Economic Data

• US Census Bureau Economic Briefing Room - major economic indicators collected in one place and updated as they are released.
• Economic Census - provides data about industries, including the number of establishments, revenue, and employment. Data can be viewed for the US as whole, or by state, county, and metropolitan area.
• Statistical Abstract of the United States - Statistical handbook for the US; available in print at the reference desk.

Consumer Data

• Global Market Information Database - Includes international industry statistics, as well as social, demographic, and consumer spending data.
• Statistical Abstract of the United States - Statistical handbook for the US; available in print at the reference desk.
• Consumer Expenditure Survey - Average annual expenditures by consumer characteristics (age, income, ethnicity, etc.)
• American Marketplace via LexisNexis - data on topics such as education, health, income, labor force, living arrangements, population, spending, and wealth. 1992-present.
• American Customer Satisfaction Index - satisfaction scores by industry and by company.