Business - The Basics

IBIS World

Passport from Euromonitor

• Reports for over 20 broad industries with international scope
• For example, find analysis on the footwear industry in the US or home furnishings in China
• Lots of great market and consumer reports as well

ABI Inform 

Business Insights: Essentials

Business Source Complete

• By Michigan State University, the Industry Profiles page has detailed overviews of 20 industries. Check out the Resources link in the left menu of an industry page for other industry-specific websites. FREE!

• A vast source of industry information, including number of establishments within an industry, payroll, revenue, and more. Data can be filtered by geography down to county or city.

• Many databases allow for searching by industry codes such as NAICS. NAICS codes, and its older counterpart, SIC, are classification codes for specific industries. 

• Some databases also allow searching by SIC
• However, SIC codes are dated and tend to be less specific