Conduct market research utilizing industry statistics from the sources below.

 

Organization

Description

Cost

APPA

American Pet Products Association provides statistics on the Pet industry.

Free data.  Membership required for Pet Product Manufacturers.

BizStats

BizStats is the home of free, accurate business statistics – well organized and easy to access.  Provides detail information by industry type.

Free

Census Bureau

Census Bureau web page listing Small Business statistics.

Free

Entrepreneur.com

List a variety of Business statistics from Minority Businesses to Human Resource issues.

Free

Fetch! Pet Care Offers some interesting statictics on pet ownership in the U.S. Free

First Research

Covering over 300 industries and updated every 90 days.

$129 per industry profile

Hoovers

Find out who the competitors are in your industry from the Hoovers database of companies by industry.

Free

IBS World

See detailed statistics by industry type.  If you’re planning on getting into a specific industry this is a good first source to do some research.

Free

Indulge your Pet

Great statistics on pets if you are considering getting into the pet industry.

Free

Krestie T.

List Statistics about Home-Based Businesses

Free

National Restaurant Association Restaurnat statistics.  See restaurant statistics breakdown by states. Free

NVCA

Statistics on Venture Capital lending

Free

SRC Freedemographics.com

Demographic and market analysis.

Free

The University of Michigan Document Center

Provides detail information by industry type.

Free

USA.gov

 

U.S. Government website which provides access to Business Data and Statistics.  Find information from Wages to Unemployment Rates nationally and regionally.

Free

US Census Bureau Statistics about small businesses broken by state and industry. Free