Industries/Global Commerce
Getting Started
The following resources can help you find industry information for all of your business needs. Whether it is for company information, NAICS codes, demographic, statistical, or competitor information, these resources can help.
Subject Guide for Industry Specific Directories
Web Sites
- The Doing Business Project - provides objective measures of business regulations and their enforcement across 183 economies and selected cities at the sub-national and regional level.
- United States Industry at a Glance - This site contains profiles of the nine industry divisions. Each profile is a fascinating collection of facts about the industry, and contains links to additional data.
- United States Economy at a Glance - This all in one chart provides official data on unemployment, hourly earnings, CPI, PPI, import prices, employment costs and productivity for the past 6 months. You can also locate here quick comparison charts for industries, regions, and individual states.
Online Databases for Industry Specific Searching
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First Research
Get the latest news, trends and hottest companies in over 250 industries and 750 industry segments. The industry prospector also includes HR metrics, industry growth forecasts and industry drivers.
Reference USA
This database provides addresses, sales information, executives, for over 11 million U.S. companies. Searchable by state, city, zip code, and SIC codes and yellow page headings. Searches can be customized by company size, sales volume, geographic location, industry, etc. Many of the listings are for small businesses. Can be used to identify businesses for job searches, market research, find census data, or identify neighbors within a certain distance of your home. Also available is a residential division for phone numbers and addresses.
Plunkett Research
Create your own industry report with weekly-updated market research, trends analysis, industry terms, statistics and profiles of thousands of industry-leading companies, industry articles, and industry associations and organizations.
Business Source Premier
Look to this source for industry profiles, business magazine and journal article needs. To find industry reports, type the word Datamonitor and combine it with a word to describe your industry in the search box.
Hoover's Online
Access to over 17 million worldwide companies with comprehensive profiles of most major companies in the world, corporate history, executives, products/operations data, financials, industry benchmarks, competitive landscape and news articles, with the ability to generate lists in targeted industries and to limit geographically.
Books
- Market Share Reporter - 380.1 M341
- Standard & Poor's industry surveys - 332.630973 S78
- U.S. Industry & Market Outlook - 381 U5801
Importing/Exporting
Databases
Piers Trade Finance
TCCL subscribes to Oklahoma export-import data of waterborne shipments. Each company profile includes top five commodities by country, cargo weight, number and estimated value of shipments.
Web Sites
- Oklahoma Manufacturing Alliance - ExporTech ProgramThe ExporTech program helps companies to enter or expand in global markets, by assisting in the development of a customized international growth plan, vetted by experts, and by building a team of organizations that helps companies move quickly beyond planning to actual export sales.
- Oklahoma Department of Commerce – Export Assistance The Oklahoma of Commerce offers assistance, financing, workshops, seminars, market research and many additional resources to help companies succeed in the international marketplace.
- U.S. Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration Export.gov brings together resources from across the U.S. Government to assist American businesses in planning their international sales strategies and to succeed in today’s global marketplace.
- Country-Specific Export Guides -The U.S. Commercial Service offers free country-specific export guides. Each guide provides background on the country’s political and economic environment, advice on how to sell U.S. products and services, and information on investment climate, trade regulations, market research, and trade financing.
Local Resources
Books
- International Trade Reporter - 382.10973 I61
- Lloyd’s Maritime Directory - 387.2025 L779
- Ports of Entry & U.S. Import Regulations - 343.087 P838