Provides information on 50000+ companies, 215 countries, 2000+ industries, live news feeds, 500 new comment and news articles per week, details of 3,000+ financial deals per month. MarketLine offers a comprehensive and unique collection of information in a variety of user-friendly formats, including interactive reports and databases. Compiled by their global research team, these products are ideal for helping you build a thorough understanding of markets, whether you’re researching for qualifications, jobs or business.
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Live feed of news, comment and analysis to keep you fully up-to-date with all the latest business developments
IBISWorld’s industry research reports offer the very latest content on every U.S. industry. Each report consists of 30 to 40 pages of key statistics and analysis on market characteristics, operating conditions, current and forecast performance, major industry participants and more.
Fundamental data on over 50,000 global publicly traded companies
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Coverage on over 1,000,000 domestic and international private companies
Industry reports covering North America, Asia Pacific, Europe and Latin America
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Microsoft Excel plug-in for data modeling and analysis
Equity research reports with analyst recommendations covering over 4,000 large-cap and mid-cap companies
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Up to 30 years of adjusted and unadjusted end-of-day equity pricing data
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Provides full text access for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed business publications. Additional full text, non-journal content includes financial data, books, monographs, major reference works, book digests, conference proceedings, case studies, investment research reports, industry reports, market research reports, country reports, company profiles, SWOT analyses and more.
Covers accounting, banking, finance and economics, management, marketing, MIS, POM, and other business topics. Coverage: 1886-present
MarketResearch.com Academic reports offer analysis of the market rather than shear numbers culled from secondary data. Provides primary research and expert analysis including: Industry Interviews; Competitive Analysis; Market Trends; Product Innovations; Buyer Behavior; Market Share.
Covers service industries, consumer goods, demographics; food & beverage, heavy industry, life science, public sector, and technology & media.
Coverage: 1995-present
Major Companies in an Industry
One way to find major companies in an industry is to identify one company and identify their main Competitors. (This page is linked from another library guide to Company Information).
With the following databases, you can use the NAICS Code to create a list of competitors in an industry. Some allow you to narrow that list by other criteria, such as geography, sales, private/public ownership, etc.
IBISWorld’s industry research reports offer the very latest content on every U.S. industry. Each report consists of 30 to 40 pages of key statistics and analysis on market characteristics, operating conditions, current and forecast performance, major industry participants and more.
LexisNexis Academic covers newspapers, magazines, wire services, federal and state court opinions, federal and state statutes, federal regulations, and SEC filings such as 10-K's, 10-Q's, and their exhibits.
Subjects covered in Academic include: top news, general news topics, and news transcripts; foreign language news; company, industry, and market news; legal news; company financial information; general medical and health topics and medical abstracts; accounting, auditing, and tax information; law reviews; federal case law; U.S. Code; and state legal research. Coverage: 1990's-present
Fundamental data on over 50,000 global publicly traded companies
Annual reports for over 300,000 companies worldwide
Coverage on over 1,000,000 domestic and international private companies
Industry reports covering North America, Asia Pacific, Europe and Latin America
Executive biographies on over 200,000 confirmed corporate executives, updated daily
Earnings estimates from Thomson First Call
Microsoft Excel plug-in for data modeling and analysis
Equity research reports with analyst recommendations covering over 4,000 large-cap and mid-cap companies
Institutional holdings and insider transaction data, updated daily
Up to 30 years of adjusted and unadjusted end-of-day equity pricing data
Historical information on security pricing dating back to 1925
Mergent Online offers detailed insight into company and industry research.
Coverage: Current
Industry Statistics
Most of the sources located ni the Industry Overviews box contain industry statistics. Additional sources: