Industry Research: Industry Data Sources

• Value Line Investment Survey - provides industry snapshots and data, with each industry updated every 13 weeks. Note that VL uses its own industry groupings.


• GDP by Industry - data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis - uses NAICS

 

Ratios

• Industry Norms & Key Business Ratios (Dun & Bradstreet) REF HF5681.R25I525, annual [uses SIC codes}
• Almanac of Business & Financial Ratios (Troy) REF HF 5681.R25A44, annual (print & CD) [uses NAICS codes]
• Annual Statement Studies: Financial Ratio Benchmarks (RMA) REF HF 5681.B2R6, annual [uses NAICS codes]

Rankings

• Market Share Reporter, Gale Research, REF DESK HF5410.M37, annual
• Ward's Business Directory of U.S. Private and Public Companies, Gale Research, REF HG4009 .W35, annual, volumes 5 and 8 rank companies within SIC and NAICS industry codes
  
• Business Rankings Annual, Gale Research, REF DESK HG 4050.B88, annual