Links to related Library Guides
- Industry News and Trade Magazines lists hundreds of freely-accessible sources
- Industry Research Research Guide provides additional industry resources
Rutgers Online Databases
IBISWorld research reports provide trends, statistics, and analysis on market size, market share of competitors, and industry growth rates for over 1,000 industry sectors.
You can also consult MarketLine for industry profiles.
Mergent Online includes Investext, a collection of some industry (but mostly company) reports from analysts at over 400 investment banks, brokerage firms, and independent research organizations. This collection provides access to the two most current reports on 125 industries represented by publicly-traded companies.
Using Government Data
Done every five years by the Census Bureau, the Economic Census provides comprehensive and detailed statistics on employer businesses and serves as the benchmark for nearly every business survey conducted by the Census Bureau. It was last done in 2017 and statistics will continue to roll out throughout 2020.
- Webinar on tips and tricks on how best to access data by state and sector.
- Economic Census Data Tables - To learn how to review 2017 business data, click here, and for glossary information, go here.
- Interactive graphic of what has been released by state.
- Fun Facts about the Economic Census
- The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) - 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.
Compare manufacturing data over time via the Industrial Statistics Database: INDSTAT 4. Located on the UNIDO (UN Industrial Development Organization) platform, it contains manufacturing sector data from 1990 to the present.