Guides: Management: Industry Research

Industry Overviews

Gale Business Insights: Essentials This link opens in a new window
Broad yet detailed coverage of international business, including timely case studies, full-text articles, and robust data sets coupled with authoritative references and tools for analysis.

Directory of Business Information Resources
Call Number: Ref HF54.52.U5 D567 2013
Publication Date: 2013-01-20
Complete coverage of 99 industries: Associations, newsletters, journals, trade shows, directories & databases

Government Information Resources

Annual Survey of Manufacturers
The Annual Survey of Manufactures (ASM) provides sample estimates of statistics for all manufacturing establishments with one or more paid employee.
Bureau of Economic Analysis: Industry Factsheets
BEA's Industry Facts provide industry specific information on value added, intermediate inputs, and gross output in real and current dollars.
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Industries at a Glance
Snapshot of national data (organized by NAICS) featuring information such as basic industry description, workforce statistics, and workplace trends.
Economic Census
Official five-year measure of American business and the economy. It is conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau, and response is required by law. Features operational and performance data for 4 million businesses, including large, medium and small companies representing all U.S. locations and industries.
Monthly and Annual Retail Trade Survey
ARTS provides national estimates of total annual sales, e-commerce sales, end-of-year inventories, inventory-to-sales ratios, purchases, total operating expenses, inventories held outside the United States, gross margins, and end-of-year accounts receivable for retail businesses and annual sales, total operating expenses, and e-commerce sales for accommodation and food service firms located in the United States

SIC and NAICS Codes

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) is used to classify industry areas. These codes will help you compare data across resources, as most business-related research tools allow you to search by NAICS.

Introduction to NAICS
Direct link to page within the Census Bureau explaining NAICS codes. Can search by keyword, code, or browse to determine which code is applicable.
US Census Correspondence Tables
Portal for looking up NAICS codes, checking correspondence between previous years classifications as well as NAICS to SIC comparisons.
Encyclopedia of American Industries
Essays describing each of the over 1K NAICS codes.