Library Guides: Data Sets and Statistics Resources: Business

Business Statistics and Data Set Resources

Below are some examples of resources that you can use to find business resources. This is not a comprehensive list.

Fitch Connect This link opens in a new window
Provides country risk; industry analysis and forecasts; and company information. Get detailed information on a country along with reports and data on industries and the economy. Provides profiles of leading companies within the industry.
Hoover's Online This link opens in a new window
Brief company descriptions and financials for over 10,000 companies and approximately 4,000 company profiles plus industry information. (Not compatible with mobile devices - use desktop/laptop only.)

IMF Data Mapper
Interactive tool for various time periods by country, regions, or analytical groups
TIP: Population and unemployment are under World Economic Outlook dataset
OECD iLibrary Statistics
Contains Country Factbooks and other indicators. Find data by theme or select the "Popular queries" tab to quickly find common statistics.
OSHA Statistics and Data
Official website for the Department of Occupational Safety and Health. Allows search of SIC codes by keyword.

Passport This link opens in a new window
Complete New User Registration with university email to gain access.
Statistics and analysis of consumer products industries and service industries like travel and sports. Also covers consumer lifestyles as well as analysis of the economy, infrastructure, and business environment in over 200 countries.

Bureau of Economic Analysis
Includes gross domestic products (GDP) and other economic data from the Bureau of Economics.
Bureau of Labor Statistics
The official website of The Bureau of Labor and Statistics. Allows access to statistics on a number of employment related subjects.
City Data.com
Detailed statistics on population, cost of living, crime, education, housing and more. Search by city, county or zipcode.
Consumer Expenditure Survey
Provides information on the buying habits of American consumers, such as: data on expenditures, income, and consumer unit characteristics
GeoFRED
Regional data series includes: residential population, unemployment rate, earnings by place of work, and much more. Various tools allow users to customize and print thematic maps of U.S. economic data for geographies including states, counties, and metropolitan statistical areas
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Historical Statistics of the United States: Millennial Edition Online
A reference source for historical information covering virtually every quantifiable dimension of American history from 1790 to the turn of the 21st century.
Occupational Employment Statistics
Employment and wage estimates annually for over 800 occupations.
State and County QuickFacts
Quick access to overall retail and wholesale statistics by state, county, or city.

U.S. Census Bureau This link opens in a new window
Includes the Census of Population and Housing, Economic Census, Census of Governments and other Census Bureau surveys, data and publications.
World Bank Open Data This link opens in a new window
World Bank Group now provides free, open, and easy access to its comprehensive set of data on living standards around the globe—some 2,000 indicators, including hundreds that go back 50 years— through its new data portal.
This new site currently contains the full World Development Indicators (WDI), Global Development Finance (GDF), and Africa Development Indicators (ADI) as well as several other World Bank databases such as Global Economic Monitor (GEM), Education Statistics, etc.

Data.gov
The purpose of Data.gov is to increase public access to high value, machine readable datasets generated by the Executive Branch of the Federal Government.
Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED)
FRED® is a database of over 246,000 US economic time series from 77 sources. With FRED®, you can download data in Microsoft Excel and text formats and view charts of data series.

IMF Data This link opens in a new window
Free access to IMF macroeconomic and worldwide financial data, including balance of payment and direction of trade statistics.

The Supreme Court Database
Over two hundred pieces of information about each case decided by the Court between the 1791 and 2014 terms. Data points include parties to the suit, the legal provisions considered in the case, and the votes of the Justices.
UNdata
Offers free access to 60 million statistical records from 24 UN agencies. Searchable by keyword or browse by topic or country.
Wharton Research Data Services
Provides researchers worldwide with instant access to financial, economic, and marketing data though a uniform, web-based interface.
TIPS: 1. Use the search or browse tools to find documents in the top right corner; 2. Also check out the Publications link at the top for further searching

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