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.
• Market Share Reporter
  Arranged by SIC code. Look up data by company or by product.
  Ref. HF 5415.1 .M36
• Mergent - US and international public companies. Covers up to 15 years of financial data, including annual reports in pdf format and SEC filings. Log off after using!
• EDGAR database - freely available SEC filings of public companies. Sometimes they will include the Annual Report to Shareholders.

Industry Information

• 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 once a year. This publication provides brief monthly updates on all the industries that S&P surveys. Ask at the circulation desk for current issues.
• Industry Norms and Key Business Ratios.
  Ref. HF 5681 .R25 D81 (latest ed. at the circulation desk)  
• County Business Patterns - Industry data for state, county, zip code and metropolitan areas.

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

Demographics & 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.
• Economic Indicators Database - Monthly data from 1998-present.
• Standard & Poor's Industry Surveys: Trends & Projections.
  Ref. HC 101 .S72
  A monthly publication that highlights the most important economic indicators and the economic climate in general.

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.