Research Guides: Company and Industry Research: Industry Financials, Rankings & Market Research

Industry Financial Data and Ratios

Industry Index
Yahoo! Finance
BizStats
Free business statistics and financial ratios, brief overviews provided by BizMiner (2010 data)
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by Industry
U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Economic Analysis

Rankings

Top Ten Industries
Dow Jones Index. Change the drop-down menu to the date range you like (default is last 3 months). From Market Watch, The Wall Street Journal

Company Rankings by Industry

Industry Center
From Yahoo! Finance, select an industry to see its top-performing companies.
Fortune 500

Market Research

Market Reports

Market research data is available for broad categories of selected industries. If you cannot find your industry in the sources below, choose one that is close. When selecting a geography, use North America or the United States as your region.

Mintel Academic This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
Market drivers, sizes and trends, market segmentation, along with consumer attitudes and purchasing habits
Simmons Insights (Formerly MRI University Reporter) This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
Key magazine planning data resources, summary tables of key audience and product usage data from national probability samples. This resource is limited to 10 simultaneous users.