Business, Management & Economics: Company, Industry, Executive, Consumer, Country Info, etc.

Look up a company's ticker symbol. If it doesn't have one, it's a privately traded company.

Yes, Google! Type in the name of the company and see the box that appears at the top right of your search results. You will find its official name there. Use that in your future searches for much more precise results.

Look up a publicly traded US company's SEC filings.

Look up annual reports by company name, industry, sector, or stock exchange.

Annual Reports for companies from 1800 to 1975.

Measures 10 economic sectors, 41 industries, and over 200 companies and government agencies for customer satisfaction. From the University of Michigan's Ross Business School.

Search data from the Census including maps, tables, and reports. You can get information on population, housing, and fact sheets on towns, counties, zip codes, and states.

An industry association web site that includes information about consumer behavior and spending. Look under the Industry Information tab.

Free newsletters and reports on consumer topics. Their raw data is subscription only.

See their Industry Expertise section.

Newsletter about "entrepreneurial ideas" based on trends.

Newsletter about consumer trends.

Huge amounts of industry information gathered by the U.S. government once every five years.

Industry profiles from Michigan State University's Global Edge project.

Link to a saved search for industry overviews from EBSCO Business Source Complete. You can search within these search results.

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This web site from the Library of Congress links out to dozens of useful sites that rank businesses in different industries and categories.

You will need to know the NAICS and SIC code to start. Your industry may have more than one NAICS or SIC code.

Profiles of industries and professions intended for job hunters.

Search for the name of a CEO to get profiles and news items about them. Also industry, technology, and strategy/intelligence information.

US Dept. of State profiles for each country.

Learn about the communication styles, displays of emotion, clothing, rules about punctuality, what level of formality is expected, common stereotypes about and held by, preferred qualities in managers, and how workplace conflict is handled for different countries and regions.

Detailed entries for every county. This is a public domain resource.

Series of area study handbooks from the Library of Congress. These are public domain resources.

This contains the Fortune 500 for 2022.

This contains the Fortune 500 for 2022.

Industry profiles from Michigan State University's Global Edge project.

Country guides and "doing business in" fact sheets for US businesses that want to expand internationally. From BusinessWire.

Global financial and economic data.

Reports on economic issues and risk in different countries.

Maps and country statistics about all the countries of the world, from hundreds of sources.

A database of official statistics from various governments and non-governmental organizations.

World macroeconomic and trade data. Click on the Statistics tab.

Search indicators and create reports related to population, health, and the environment around the world. Different parts of the world have different kinds of information available - it is not consistent. Data sources include the US Census, other national censuses, the UN, and the International Energy Agency.

Market reports on industries in various countries as well as trade issues in those countries.

Statistical profiles on oil, gas, and energy issues for different countries and regions.

Bilateral relations fact sheets and sometimes also has links to country background notes.

Census import and export data going back many years. Usually fairly up to date - for example, January information should be available by March. You need to figure out the code for the product you're looking for.

Statistical databases from the United Nations. You can search by keyword or browse by country. There is also a glossary and a description of each of the datasets.

International socioeconomic development data, including t he World Development Indicator (WDI) and the Global Development Finance (GDF.)

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