Find Industry and Consumer Data:
- Mergent Online This link opens in a new windowCorporate information covering over 22,000 US and foreign public companies. Includes Up to 25 years of financial data, 10 years of full-image annual reports, SEC filings, corporate history, subsidiaries, key employees, properties, and long term debt.
- MarketLine Company Profiles This link opens in a new windowProfiles of 10,000 public companies in the U.S. and global. From Business Source Complete.
- Data Axle Reference Solutions This link opens in a new windowA directory public and private companies including over 30 million U.S.companies, 89 million U.S. residences, and 850,000 physicians and dentists.
- Hoover's Company Records This link opens in a new window40,000 public and private company profiles U.S. and global. Includes analysis, business description, financials, competitors, officers. From ProQuest Business Market Research Collection.
- Morningstar Investing Center (formerly Morningstar Investment Research Center) This link opens in a new windowIndependent investment analysis of stocks and mutual funds.
- IBISWorld This link opens in a new windowComprehensive, and up-to-date research on over 700 industries, including statistics, analysis, and forecasts. 1999 - present
- First Research Industry Reports Dun & Bradstreet This link opens in a new windowFirst Research industry reports and Business Monitor International (BMI) Industry Reports are here.
- ABI/Inform Collection This link opens in a new windowThe collection features thousands of full-text journals, dissertations, working papers, key business and economics periodicals. Country-and industry-focused reports, and major news sources like the Wall Street Journal. Its international coverage gives researchers a complete picture of companies and business trends around the world.. 1971-present
- Business Source Complete This link opens in a new windowScholarly and peer-reviewed publications, magazines on a wide range of topics including: marketing, management, company profiles, industry profiles, market research reports, SWOT analyses and more
- Mintel Academic This link opens in a new windowCovers 14 consumer categories with a concentration of business to consumer markets. Mintel provides brand share, market size and forecast as well as company profiles. With in-depth coverage of consumer insights covering a wide range of demographic profiles you'll learn what the consumer base is and why they choose one product over the next.
- Passport This link opens in a new windowPassport contains data on more that 190 countries. Find data on consumer market sizes, consumer expenditures, population characteristics, national characteristics, and more. Often includes forecast as well as historical data.
- Richard K. Miller & Associates This link opens in a new windowPublishes a wide range of market research handbooks that focus on various consumer-related markets. Comprehensive assessments include market forecasts, sector trends, and statistics.
- PolicyMap This link opens in a new windowElon students, staff & faculty have access.
An easy-to-use online mapping with data on demographics, real estate, health, jobs and more in communities across the US. Data is taken from more than 150 authoritative public and proprietary sources. - Social Explorer This link opens in a new windowVisualization and data-mapping tool with thousands of data indicators across demography, economy, crime and more
- Consumer Expenditure Survey This link opens in a new windowContains two surveys, the Quarterly Interview Survey and the Diary Survey, that provide information on the buying habits of America's consumers, including data on their expenditures, income, and consumer unit (families and single consumers) characteristics. The survey data are collected for the Bureau of Labor Statistics by the U.S. Census Bureau.
- Consumer SpendingU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis - data about the nation's economy
- Experian Mosaic ConsumerViewLeverage Experian Marketing Services' powerful consumer data to learn more about your customers, drive new business, and deliver intelligent interactions across all channels.
- Census Data Page (data.census.gov)Webpage for all current Census data.
- Statistical Abstract of the U.S. This link opens in a new windowFind data on the cost of living index, population by specific demographic groups, crime, income, and more. Data comes from various government groups, industry groups and associations, and private market research firms. The appendix contains a list of foreign statistical abstracts and contact information.
- Claritas MyBestSegments This link opens in a new windowDiscover the top consumer segments that live in your ZIP Code and uncover a brief snapshot about each segment's demographic and lifestyle characteristics.
NOTE: we do not have a subscription to this database so not all information will be available.
Analysis of consumer lifestyles to create a detailed customer profile. Market researchers conduct psychographic research by asking consumers to agree or disagree with activities, interests, opinions statements. Results of this exercise are combined with geographic (place of work or residence) and demographic (age, education, occupation, etc.) characteristics to develop a more 'lifelike' portrait of the targeted consumer segment
- Richard K. Miller & Associates This link opens in a new windowPublishes a wide range of market research handbooks that focus on various consumer-related markets. Comprehensive assessments include market forecasts, sector trends, and statistics.
- Passport This link opens in a new windowPassport contains data on more that 190 countries. Find data on consumer market sizes, consumer expenditures, population characteristics, national characteristics, and more. Often includes forecast as well as historical data.
- Claritas MyBestSegments This link opens in a new windowDiscover the top consumer segments that live in your ZIP Code and uncover a brief snapshot about each segment's demographic and lifestyle characteristics.
NOTE: we do not have a subscription to this database so not all information will be available.
- Digital Targeting SegmentsEquifax digital targeting solutions enable marketers to better deliver the right message to the desired target audience online based on consumers’ likely interests and economic profiles.
- Marist PollSports-based segmentation can provide valuable insight into the American consumer.
- Patchwork NationA reporting project of the Jefferson Institute, uses demographic and cultural data to cluster and organize communities