Industries - Surveys & Data - BPL 5100: Business Policy

Find Industry News

Use news databases to identify industry trends and monitor current industry developments.

Factiva
News from the Dow Jones and Reuters wire services, the Wall Street Journal, Barron’s and more than 9,000 other newspapers, magazines and trade journals. To search for industry news, use the “Industry Lookup” to select Factiva’s industry code. Combine this code with index terms like market share or industry trends/analysis from the “Subject Lookup."
Business Source Complete
Includes articles from the Harvard Business Review.
ABI/INFORM Global
Includes over 1800 business magazines, trade journals and scholarly journals. Click on the “Topic Guide” tab at the top of the page to use a searchable thesaurus of industry names.
Nexis Uni
Search regional, national and international newspapers, and business magazines.

Find Industry Ratios

Industry ratios are an aggregate measure of industry performance. Publishers gather data from the financial statements of hundreds of firms to calculate industry averages.These are then used as a benchmarking tool in comparing a company's performance to that of its industry.

RMA Annual Statement Studies
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Sixteen common ratios along with balance sheet and income statements for over 600 lines of business. Data comes in six groups of sales ranges for companies earning under one million to those earning over twenty-five million.

Industry Norms and Key Business Ratios
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Ratios for over 800 lines of business. Comparison data for the industry is measured at the median, and upper and lower quartiles. Published by Dun & Bradstreet.

IBISWorld
RMA industry ratios are now available in IBISWorld. Search by industry name or NAICS codes. Download current and historical ratios to Excel.

Find an Industry Profile

Industry overviews examine current market forces, analyze performance, identify recent trends, list leading companies, and provide aggregate financial data and forecasts.

S&P NetAdvantage
The S&P Industry Surveys cover about 50 industries of interest to U. S. investors. They include an overview of the industry, describe current issues facing the industry, analyze major industry segments, and list major companies in the industry. They describe industry specific performance metrics and include a list of trade associations, key trade journals, and government agencies.
IBISWorld
Profiles of over 700 United States industries, including small service industries and major industry sectors. Also available are Global Industry Reports.
FitchConnect
Industry profiles, country risk analysis, financial market reports, and company profiles with SWOT analysis. Covers 22 industry sectors in 70 global markets.
Statista
Statistics, graphs, tables and reports for over 600 industries in U.S. and international markets. Reports come from market research firms, trade associations, and government agencies.

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Find Market Research

Market research reports are especially useful for brand and product information including market share data, the demographics of consumers and their life style characteristics, and forecasts of market trends.

Passport (Euromonitor)
(Baruch & SPS users only) Global market research database covering over 200 countries and 17 economic regional groups. Provides statistics (including forecast data via the Interactive Statistical Database), strategic analysis, reports, profiles and breaking news on industries, countries, companies, and consumers worldwide.
Mintel Academic
Market research reports and news on many consumer products. Covers many emerging and niche industry sectors.
Business Source Complete
This business news database includes industry reports from Marketline (formerly Datamonitor) . Marketline Industry Profiles cover the U.S., Europe, Asia and South America. Search by industry name and the word Marketline (change the default to "All Text").
MarketResearch.com
Provides reports from Fredonia, Kalorama, Packaged Facts and other market research firms. Covers consumer goods, services, technology, life sciences and heavy industry sectors. (Our subscription does not include the company reports in this database.)

Step-by-step Tutorials

Business Source Complete
Search tips for using Business Source.
Factiva
How to search Factiva.
FitchConnect
How to find industry reports in FitchConnect.
IBISWorld: How to Search
How to find industry reports in IBISWorld
Passport (Euromonitor): How to Search
How to search Passport (Euromonitor) for business, trade and economic analysis and statistics.
Passport (Euromonitor): How to Search for Industries
How to find industry analysis in Passport.

Sample Industry Surveys

Hot Drinks in the USA
From Passport
Automobile Industry
From S&P NetAdvantage
Online Music Streaming in the United States
From Marketline.

Other Sources

Associations collect industry data, publish surveys, monitor regulatory changes and keep their members up-to-date on industry news. Use Google or another search engine to identify association websites.

Search Government Websites

govinfo
Govinfo provides digital access to official publications from all three branches of the Federal Government. Search or browse A to Z, Category, Date,
Congressional Committee, and Government author.

USA.gov
USA.gov is the U.S. government's official web portal to all federal, state, and local government web resources and services.
A-Z Index of U.S. Government Departments and Agencies
Alphabetical list of U.S. government agencies with links to the website and contact information (phone and email).
Regulations.Gov
Proposed regulations and related documents published by over 160 U.S. Federal government departments and agencies.You can search, view, and comment on the proposals.