Where is a good place to get information on your industry and competitors on the web for business planning?

Industry Information Resources is a free resource guide which provides links to industry resources and data for over 350 industries listed below. Individual pages for each industry list resources and data available from trade associations, publications, and research firms which address subjects such as industry overview, issues, trends, and outlook, financial ratios and benchmarking, compensation and salary surveys, and business valuation resources.


Industry Information Resources

Reuters has a free part of their site that has quick industry profiles that you may want to look at Industries | Reuters.com

The best place to get free industry information is on Industry Association sites. They often publish industry research though it is a bit biased. The best information (that you have to pay for )on competitors and the industry can be found in analyst reports.

Here is a link for the Department of Labor which provides some profiles on a number of industries Industry at a Glance: Overview

Below is a link to some industry profiles. Some of them are older but they are still useful:

http://www.sbaer.uca.edu/profiles/

Thanks for the links TXA it was helpful

Yes, the information was helpful TXA but a bit dated.

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