Industry Information

Use the following resources to find general overviews of industries, lists of companies within an industry, statistics, and ratios.

Industry Resources (pdf)

Starting Points

Start by looking for information about an industry in print resources and then search in article databases. See below for suggested resources to your research with.

Standard & Poor's industry surveys

Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage

Business Source Complete

Articles & eResources

LexisNexis Academic

For articles that give general overviews of industries.

Mergent Online

To find List of Companies within an Industry. Directory databases will help create lists by industry code or name.

Statistical Abstract of the U.S.

For industry statistics.

Books & Library Materials

The following are print resources for finding ratios or benchmarks. Start with sources that aggregate company ratios and financial data by industry or company size. If that is not possible, gather data from companies and determine the averages.