Web Sites for Industry Information

  • The Doing Business Project - provides objective measures of business regulations and their enforcement across 183 economies and selected cities at the sub-national and regional level.
  • United States Industry at a Glance - This site contains profiles of the nine industry divisions. Each profile is a fascinating collection of facts about the industry, and contains links to additional data.
  • United States Economy at a Glance - This all in one chart provides official data on unemployment, hourly earnings, CPI, PPI, import prices, employment costs and productivity for the past 6 months. You can also locate here quick comparison charts for industries, regions, and individual states.

Trade Journals

TCCL Research Wizard

The TCCL Research Wizard, a fee based service, can supply the numbers and background information to inform, guide and support your marketing plan or business strategy. Market Research Specialties Research Wizard sources contain most of the information you need to make good marketing decisions. Some of the specialty areas include the following:

  • Local, state, and national demographic & economic data
  • Market statistics on production, consumption and sales
  • Current health of the market
  • Forecast for demand and projected trends
  • Identification of market leaders

Industry Research Databases

  • Mergent Intellect

    Mergent Intellect (incorporating enhanced content for Hoover's and MDDI Global Reach databases) is a highly flexible web-based application that features a deep collection of worldwide business information that enables companies to generate insightful business intelligence. Coupling Mergent's expertise in developing products for the reference marketplace with D&B®'s private company database, Mergent Intellect offers new and existing clients a unique opportunity to access private and public U.S and international business data, industry news, facts and figures, executive contact information, the ability to access industry profiles and much more.

  • Reference USA

    Addresses, sales information, executives, for U.S. companies. Many search criteria and searches can be customized by company size, sales volume, geographic location, industry, and more.