IBISWorld
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U.S. industry reports on 1,000+ established and specialty/niche industries, updated regularly. Reports estimate the past/current/future sizes of these industries, and the market share of key players (when available).
PitchBook
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Geography: US & Global
Includes "Market Size Estimates," for over 140,000 select markets. Search by market name or select from suggested markets. Market size estimates are based on available published sources. Filters allow you to customize estimate by: geography, estimate year, source, date published, and publisher.
Mintel Market Sizes
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Market size, share (including by brand name), segmentation, CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate), and economic data for a wide range of consumer goods categories. Includes 5 years' historical and 5 years' forecast data.
Mintel
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Geography: US
U.S. market research reports spanning U.S. sectors for consumer products and lifestyles. Availability of market size and share data varies by industry.
Passport Global Market Information Database
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Geography: US & Global
Global market research reports spanning major consumer product categories, including market size and market share.
MarketLine Advantage
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Geography: US & Global
Global reports of major industries. Market size data is in the "Market Overview" sections.
Business Source Complete
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Geography: US & Global
Covers virtually all business subjects. Includes content from many business magazines and trade publications, which may give insights into an industry's market size or market share.
There are a zillion vendors selling reports about every product or industry imaginable, and the UCI Libraries cannot possibly buy all of them.
Even if you can't afford to buy a report, there's no rule stopping you from citing content in a vendor's free preview!
The TAM - SAM - SOM Model is a useful method of estimating your market size.
Learn more about the TAM - SAM - SOM Model starting on page 149 of
The Handbook of Market Research for Life Science Companies [eBook] Access: UCI.
(Don't let the title fool you! This book is helpful for ALL industries, not just life sciences.)
Estimating B2B Market Size
In a B2B (business-to-business) market, companies make up your pool of potential customers, or market size.
To estimate the size of a B2B market, you need to determine the number of companies in your target market.
This can be approximated by creating a list of companies that meet specific criteria (e.g., industry, location, size, etc.)
Estimating B2C Market Size
In a B2C (business-to-consumer ) market, people make up your pool of potential customers, or market size.
To estimate the size of a B2C market, you need to determine the number of people in your target market.
The following resources can help you approximate the number of people that meet various demographic or behavioral (psychographic) criteria:
SimplyAnalytics
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Geography: US
Maximum 3 users at once! An easy-to-use interface offering thousands of demographic data variables that can be used to build custom maps and tables. Register for a free account to save and return to your work.
Mintel
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Geography: US
U.S. market research reports spanning U.S. sectors for consumer products and lifestyles. Includes extensive consumer survey data.
IBISWorld
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Geography: US
Brief, downloadable reports on key consumer behavior characteristics and demographics.
Census Bureau
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Population, housing, economic, and geographic information from the United States Census.
Population Reference Bureau
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Useful for quickly making estimates based on worldwide population information.
For additional resources for estimating B2C market size, see the Consumers page.
When researching market size and share, it's helpful to understand:
1. Market size and share information is not always readily available, especially for small, niche industries.
2. It may be necessary to estimate the market size by:
looking at a similar industry that can serve as a “proxy” or benchmark for your industry, or
using pieces of information from various sources to estimate the information you’re looking for.
3. Determining a company's market share for a product that accomplishes a specific task isn't clear-cut.
Companies rarely manufacture a single product (e.g., Apple manufactures phones, computers, watches, etc.).
A product rarely serves a single purpose (e.g., an Apple Watch monitors heart rate and counts counts steps).
Bottom line: The exact information you're looking for may not be available, and estimates may need to be made based on the information that is available.
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