Research Guides: Entrepreneurship: Industry & Market Research

General Industry Databases

IBISWorld This link opens in a new window
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Geography: US
Current and historic industry research reports for established and niche U.S. industries. Reports include key statistics and analysis of market characteristics, operating conditions, current and forecast performance, key players, and more. Also includes risk reports for established U.S. industries.
Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window
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Geography: US & Global
Content includes scholarly business journals (including open access journals), trade publications, news, conference proceedings, industry reports, country reports, company reports, and more. Very useful for researching small, niche industries!
MarketLine Advantage This link opens in a new window
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Geography: US & Global
Reports for well-established industries in many countries worldwide, including Porter's Five Forces analyses for those industries, covering almost every aspect of business-to-consumer and business-to-business activity
Plunkett Research This link opens in a new window
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Geography: US
Industry-specific research portals for the most important business sectors, from energy to e-commerce and retailing to financial services. Includes market research and trends analysis, glossaries, statistics, company profiles and contacts, and industry associations and organizations.
Fitch Connect This link opens in a new window
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Geography: US & Global
Global intelligence database with data, analysis, ratings, rankings, and forecasts for much of the world's countries and industries. Research features country risk, financial markets analysis, and industry research.

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Industry-Specific Databases

Mintel This link opens in a new window
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Geography: US
[Retail & Consumer] Market research reports that address behaviors, lifestyles, and trends for several major consumer segments. Industry reports covering retail and consumer product sectors that address market conditions, forecasts, prominent brands, trends, and customer decisions.

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BCC Research This link opens in a new window
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Geography: US & Global
[Technology & Healthcare] Industry reports addressing very specific technological niches across most high-tech and healthcare industry sectors. The reports contain detailed analysis of the industry including global market data, competitive landscape, trends, and more.
Frost & Sullivan This link opens in a new window
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Geography: US & Global
[Technology & Healthcare] Global industry research reports that integrate seven perspectives (competitive intensity, customer dynamics, industry convergence, disruptive technologies, global mega trends, new business models, and emerging markets) into a complete, overall view of the factors that impact covered industries.
eMarketer This link opens in a new window
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Geography: US & Global
[Digital & Media] Industry and market research data, charts, and reports on topics related to everything digital, including: internet usage, ecommerce, B2B, online marketing and advertising, social media, and mobile device usage.
Forrester This link opens in a new window
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Geography: US & Global
[Information Technology] Reports across all nuances and trends of IT. Research Reports include industry news, statistics, and forecasts. "Waves" offer a detailed, comparative analysis of products and services. Use the "premium web interface" link to see UCI's premium subscription content.

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Gartner This link opens in a new window
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Geography: US & Global (limited)
[Information Technology] Research applicable to all facets of IT. Content includes: Magic Quadrants (i.e., a graphical competitive positioning of four types of technology providers), Hype Cycles (i.e., a graphic representation of the maturity and adoption of technologies and applications), as well as other reports on vendors and technologies.

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Passport This link opens in a new window
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Geography: US & Global
[Retail & Consumer]
International industry and market research database. Market research covers consumer lifestyles in different countries. Industry research major consumer goods industries. Country and city reports cover business dynamics those regions (as available).

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Sports Market Analytics This link opens in a new window
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Geography: US
[Retail & Consumer] Market analytics for sports business. Research related to consumer demographics, consumer behavior patterns, financial statistics, attendance and media usage trends for major sports market segments, fans, participants, and sporting goods buyers.

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