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Online market information
It helps to know where to start looking for market information - here are some hints and tips on useful sources of data.
There are many
sources of data available for 'desk research' and increasing
access to online information and databases. Opportunities are
only really limited by your imagination. Below are some basic
sources of market data which could be a good starting point for
any investigation. These are arranged in the following groups:
Company information & directories
| Site |
Link |
Details |
| Companies
House |
www.companieshouse.gov.uk |
Access
to all basic information on all registered companies.
Free data includes nature of business (SIC codes),
contact details and dates of last/next accounts. Can
purchase further information, including accounts and
general company information such as management and
appointments |
| KOMPASS |
www.kompass.com |
Excellent
source of company data including management, turnover,
address, employees, export sales, product types, trade
names etc. Includes UK and overseas companies. Some
information must be purchased |
| UK
Electronic Yellow Pages |
www.eyp.co.uk |
WWW-based
equivalent of the UK Yellow Pages |
| US
Electronic Yellow Pages |
www.yellowpages.com |
WWW-based
equivalent of the US Yellow Pages |
| Kellys |
www.kellysearch.com |
Contact
details for 12,000 UK companies - can search by product
or company name. |
| European
business directory |
www.europages.net |
Searchable
company information |
| Applegate |
www.applegate.co.uk |
Information
on UK companies and products. Company details and key
people. |
| Thomsons
UK business directory |
www.inbusiness.co.uk |
UK
business contact details |
| Telephone
directories on the web |
www.infobel.com/teldir |
Links
to phone directories internationally |
| Websters
online (US mainly) |
www.webstersonline.com |
Companies
searchable by product, company, SIC and NAIC codes |
| US
Industrial assessment centres / department of energy |
iac.rutgers.edu/ |
Energy
assessments, but with useful company information
(employees, turnover etc) |
| SIC
code look up |
www.melissadata.com/lookups/sic.asp |
Searchable
database of SIC codes |
| US
Census bureau |
www.census.gov/epcd/www/naics.html www.census.gov/epcd/www/econ97.html
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Searchable
NAICS with links to economic census data |
| The
competition commission |
www.competition-commission.org.uk/ |
Reports
on mergers and acquisitions, but with detailed reviews of
markets in question |
General market data
| Site |
Link |
Details |
| Trade
Partners UK |
www.tradepartners.gov.uk |
Information
for potential exporters, including market data for around
the world |
| Euromonitor |
www.euromonitor.com |
Business
intelligence and market research. Summaries free. |
| Business
Monitor International |
www.businessmonitor.com |
Publisher
of specialist business information on global emerging
markets. Contains news, analysis, forecasts and data.
Need to register and some information carries a cost |
| Hoovers |
www.hoovers.com/free/ |
Access
to a wide range of company and market information.
Includes basic contact details. |
| Newsalert |
www.newsalert.com/ |
US
company news, financials and links (Now CBS Market
Watch). Some market info and reports. Mix of free and
paid outputs. |
| US
Small Business Administration |
www.sba.gov/regulations/siccodes/ |
List
of SIC codes and links to searchable database of SIC
Codes |
| RBA
Business information |
www.rba.co.uk/sources/index.htm |
Lots
of links to potentially useful business information
including: market research, statistics, news,
directories, share info |
| Newspaper
society |
www.newspapersoc.org.uk |
Advertising
costs, facts and figures, circulation and distribution |
| Periodical
publishers association |
www.ppa.co.uk |
Circulation
information on magazines - good for gaining insight into
consumer interests and trends |
| UK Trade &
Investment |
www.uktradeinvest.gov.uk |
Information on markets,
sectors and companies. Links to trade associations. Good
high level market overviews. |
Market research and reports
| Site |
Link |
Details |
| Marketresearch |
www.marketresearch.com |
An
aggregator of global business intelligence and market
reports. Reports at a price - typically $400 - $5000 for
full reports. Very comprehensive. Need to register. |
| Freedonia |
www.freedoniagroup.com/ |
Commercial
market research. Free summaries of high level statistics. |
| Market
Search |
www.marketsearch-online.co.uk/ |
Comprehensive
database of market reports - each one costs. |
| Mintel |
www.mintel.com |
Market
reports and market statistic databases - information
costs |
| Report
finder |
www.the-list.co.uk/acatalog/ |
Good
list of market reports with free executive summaries |
| Mori |
www.mori.com |
Market
and public opinion research agency. Lots of hard data
about general public opinion. |
National & International Statistics
| Site |
Link |
Details |
| Office
of National Statistics |
www.statistics.gov.uk |
The
official UK statistics site. Free economic and social
data. Includes data on a range of industries, crime,
social issues, population, transport, tourism, education,
health etc. There is access to a vast array of economic
data, including a vast database of time-series data,
useful for investigating social or manufacturing trends |
| Annual
abstract of statistics |
www.statistics.gov.uk/statbase/explorer.asp |
Summaries
of national and regional statistics |
| National
Institute for Economic & Social Research |
www.niesr.ac.uk |
Economic
research. Generally macroeconomic data at a UK level, but
good for establishing overall trends |
| Eurostat |
europa.eu.int/comm/eurostat/ |
Statistical
office of the European communities; Market, business,
industry, demographic info |
| OECD
(Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development) |
www.oecd.org/home/ |
Statistical
information about many companies - economic trends,
demographics, industry information, national accounts,
patent stats, etc. Some useful reports |
| United
Nations industrial development |
www.unido.org |
International
data and reports on developing industrial markets -
supporting sustainable industrial development |
| Geohive |
www.xist.org |
Geopolitical
data, statistics on the human population, the Earth and
more. Links to statistics for many countries |
| USA
Government statistics |
www.stat-usa.gov |
Business,
trade and economic information |
Technology & design
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