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Company Research Guide
Tips for finding public and private company information, histories, financials, stock reports, and news.
Industry Research Guide
Tips for finding industry analysis, industry financial ratios, market research, industry news for industry research.
What is the outlook and what are trends for the larger industry and market?
- The resources below will help you understand the industry or industries in which you will operate.
Tools for broad industry research
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IbisWorld is a great resource to get a broad understanding of large industries within the United States.
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Use this as an introduction to industries to become more familiar with what’s happening in your prospective industry.
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First Research is a nice compliment to IbisWorld and will also cover broad industries.
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Use First Research to get a different perspective on the industry than IbisWorld offers.
- First Research
Provides industry profiles on over 600 industry segments. The reports are very easy to read and can help you gather a quick understanding of the industry.
- Use Statista to find statistics your industry, consumers, and potential competitors.
- Use Business Source Complete to find trade publications about the industry in which your new company will operate.
- Trade Publications can give you "insider" information into what's happening in an industry.
- Business Source Complete
Provides full text access of more than 3500 journals, trade publications, magazines, company reports, and more, in the disciplines of business, including marketing, management, accounting, banking, finance and more.
Also useful for finding company profiles, industry profiles, and SWOT analysis for companies.
