LibGuides: Social Entrepreneurship Research Guide: Industries

Industry Information

Industry Codes

NAICS and SIC - determine the code for your industry and look at appropriate Economic Census and other reports.

Trade Associations & Local Advocacy groups

Look for links from nonprofit organization web sites and other areas. Use Google Advanced Search to identify local organizations, limiting to nonprofit and government domains. For example, search: massachusetts homeless site:.org,.gov

IBISWorld This link opens in a new window
Discover industry research reports for select US states, the UK, Australia, Canada, and China. These reports provide comprehensive overviews with SWOT analysis, performance and outlook data, products and markets analysis, competitive landscape insights, major companies, operating conditions, and key statistics, including financial ratios and industry averages.
Business Source Premier - EBSCOhost This link opens in a new window
Scholarly business journals in all business disciplines; plus company, industry, market research, and country reports and analyses. Includes Harvard Business Review.
Standard & Poor's Net Advantage This link opens in a new window
Financial and operating data on global public and private companies plus S&P Industry Surveys, Stock Reports (S&P Equity Research), Use this as a compact version of CapitalIQ.