The databases listed below are resources that we subscribe to that build and distribute industry reports. While these databases will be helpful, you can also use the websites of the industry trade organizations to help you better understand the industry as a whole. Trade organizations are helpful for research purposes because they often do their own research and distribute their own reports. You might find these websites by doing general internet searches combining words that describe your industry + words like association, organization, federation, and institution.
Passport is a global market information database examining countries, consumers and industries. It offers integrated access to internationally comparable statistics, market reports and interactive visualization tools.
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Includes company and industry profiles and country PESTLE reports, as well as alternative data, such as tenders, social media, and job analytics.
Contains detailed reports on over 700 industries in the United States. Also includes company and segment benchmarking metrics. Reports are based on the NAICS code.
PitchBook tracks the private and public equity markets. It provides data on the venture capital, private equity and M&A landscape, including information about funds, limited partners, service providers, founders, investors and buyers.
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A statistics portal that provides data from marketing surveys and industry studies.
