Business Sources: Industry & Market

Insights on current technology trends, vendors, and technology-enabled business strategies.

by U.S. Census Bureau
National and state data by NAICS includes number of employees, payroll, cost of materials, capital expenditures, value of shipments, and more.

The Annual Integrated Economic Survey (AIES) is a re-engineered survey designed to integrate and replace seven existing annual business surveys into a streamlined single survey.
The surveys integrated into the AIES are:
Annual Capital Expenditures Survey (ACES)
Annual Retail Trade Survey (ARTS)
Annual Survey of Manufactures (ASM)
Annual Wholesale Trade Survey (AWTS)
Manufacturers’ Unfilled Orders Survey (M3UFO)
Report of Organization (COS)
Service Annual Survey (SAS)

by U.S. Census Bureau
Extensive statistics collected about U.S. business every 5 years.

Economic data by industry.

by the Federal Reserve
National data by industry is provided on a monthly basis.

The NAICS code is used in a variety of reference sources to designate the industries in which a company is engaged. NAICS replaces the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC), which is still used by some publications.

The public library subscribes to D&B Hoovers, Plunkett Research, Mergent Intellect, Value Line, Morningstar Investment, Weiss Financial Ratings, Small Business Builder, and Reference Solutions (formerly Reference USA), which may also be useful for business research.