Industry Research: Industry Reports

This database provides access to country risk and industry reports for over 200 countries. Their industry reports cover 22 high-level industry sectors and include current and archived industry report content. Use the Data Tool to download historical and forecast data. Review our step-by-step FitchConnect guide to learn how to navigate this database. Please note, the library's subscription does not cover all of the content in this database.

Provides country statistics and profiles, lifestyle indicators and analysis, market data and analysis, and company profiles and market shares. Category Briefing reports often include the following: Trends, Competitive Landscape, Prospects and Category Data. Industrials Canada (available by selecting the Industrial subtab within the Economies main tab) offers ISIC reports for over 150 industry sectors from a B2B perspective. Includes both data and analysis for sectors covered.

See the Passport User Guide and video tutorials for help with searching and navigating this resource. Passport has also produced a short video demonstrating how this resource helps one understand the value chain associated with an industry, and how to define an effective market entry strategy.

Includes Canadian, U.S. Industry Reports (NAICS), China Reports and U.S. Industry iExpert Summaries, Global Industry Reports and U.S. Business Environment Profiles. The Specialized Industry Reports cover smaller more niche industries which are harder to find. These reports are comprehensive and include the following tabs: Industry at a glance, Performance, Outlook, Products & Markets, Competitive Landscape, Operating Conditions and Key Statistics.

Procurement Reports include over 1,000 business-to-business product and service markets in the United States and will facilitate industry research especially in areas such as purchasing, supply chain management and strategic sourcing.

Formerly Datamonitor 360, includes Industry (Datamonitor) reports, country information, company analysis, case studies and financial deals.

Statista is a statistics portal and comprehensive, easy-to-use resource offering access to charts and tables, reports, dossiers, infographics, and a business plan data export feature. It is international in scope with coverage of many sub-industries. Statista draws on secondary sources for statistical information including the government, as well as industry, scientific, marketing, and trade organizations. This resource also offers Statista’s own proprietary/internal statistics generated through research and surveys they conduct with partner organizations. Statista also offers a wide range of consumer and market data, including consumer market forecasts and digital market outlooks.

Access First Research industry reports via Megent Intellect. First Research reports cover 500 industry profiles and 1000 industry segmentation profiles. Broad industry categories can be expanded for niche reports. To access the reports scroll down and select the First Research link, then input your email address on the left side of the interface.

Provides analysis of over twenty key industries. Main areas contained in each report include: the industry landscape, market trends and market outlook. To access the industry reports click on the Report Search tab within Mergent Online.

Bloomberg is a real-time financial service that provides current and historical data, news and financial analysis of companies, stocks, bonds, and indices. Economic statistics are also available. To search for U.S. industry information type BI for a list of industries available. Restricted to the York University Community and available in the Bronfman Business Library only.

Hoovers provides high level information on a wide variety of industries. To find industry reports, and other types of information, click 'Research Industries' and use the search form to locate various industry information and reports.

Investext provides access to analyst reports for publicly-traded companies. The reports are produced by analysts from investment banks, brokerage houses, and consulting firms. Reports include analyses on company and industry financial performance, SWOTs, M&A, trends, challenges, and much more. Investext includes current and historical analyst reports. Quick search tips: (1) Search for a publicly-traded company’s most recent analyst reports using the Company Search field > On report landing page, click Reports tab > click Broker Research reports link; (2) To conduct more advanced searches such as historical reports, initiating coverage reports, or reports from specific investment banks, click on the Investext tab (far right-hand side tab) to go to the advanced search form.

Industry Canada for business and industry includes industry surveys, company directories, and patent and trademark databases. Much of the information on individual industries is found under Information by Industrial Category and also via Canadian Industry Statistics (arranged by NAICS) .

Provides short introductory reports on each industry and detailed reports on the key companies in each industry.

This module shows undergrad and grad students how to get started with company, industry, market, finance, and business article research. The module contains how-to videos, step-by-step database worksheets, and embedded quizzes to show students how to conduct business research effectively.

This webpage includes a set of step-by-step business database tutorials. There are tutorials that cover company, industry, market, finance, accounting, sustainability, and business article / book research.