Comprehensive Business Sources

• ABI Inform (UMich Only)
  • Index of business periodicals and corporate information since 1970
  • Full text of many articles in pdf format

• BizOffice: Small and Home Based Business Resources
  • Extensive links to all aspects of home business

• Business, Economics and Labor (MichElecLib)
  • Meta-index to business and economics sources
  • Unique links under human resources, investment, insurance, small business, and workplace safety
  • Site is well organized and many items are annotated

• Business Sources (Kresge Business Library)
  • Links to web business sources and bibliographies of printed sources
  • Includes corporate web sites, which contain financial data, and connection to MENTOR, the on-line library catalog

• Global Insight (UMich Only)
  • Business database with news and time series data on general economics as well as the automotive, energy medical and pharmaceutical, and telecommunications sectors
  • For ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL DATA, choose DataInsight-Web on the lefthand side of the screen
    • Under historical data, choose Global Economy, Financial Markets, US Economy or US Regional Economy
    • Select in a separate box the indicator , the geography, and source; then choose frequency (e.g. monthly quarterly); then press GO
    • Highlight the table of interest and note any INFORMATION in the lower lefthand box (sometimes the spreadsheet doesn't identify a country or other information
    • Export the selected data
    • Subjects include IMF, Direction of Trade, Balance of Payments and OECD main economic indicators
    • US economic indicators include Daily Treasury Statements, housing, prices, retail trade, industrial output, labor markets, national accounts as well as state breakdowns for many of the indicators
    • Some time series date back 40 years
    • Sample search
  • For Automotive, Energy, Healthcare and Telecoms, use the link provided under MYINSIGHT SERVICES on the lefthand side of the main screen to select options which will eventually appear on the lower part of the lefthand side
    • AUTOMOTIVE - production and sales by country and by automotive company
    • ENERGY - primarily country reports on oil, gas, electricity, government policies, and political risks
    • HEALTH CARE - country data on causes of death, health care expenditures per capita, the pharmaceutical market; US FDA approved drug list
    • TELECOMMUNICATIONS - country data on land line and mobile phone as well as internet users; market penetration by company

• Hoovers Online (UMich Only)
  • Detailed profiles of individual companies
  • Lists of the largest salaries, companies and leading products
  • Stock market information

• Michigan Census Research Data Center (ISR/Census Bureau)
  • Joint project to provide qualified researchers with unpublished from the economic censuses, economic surveys, and decennial census
  • The data may permit users to identify individuals or companies so access requires a research proposal and approval
  • A list of the data sets appears at http://www.isr.umich.edu/src/mcrdc/data.html
  • This web site is separate from the mainstream material available through the Documents Center, ICPSR, or American Factfinder

• Outsourcing Statistics from Various Industries
  • Outsourcing statistics primarily come from business and industry periodicals
  • Consult Statistical Universe (UMich Only) to identify data on outsourcing
  • Your Tax Dollars At Work...Offshore
    • Report by Washington Alliance of Technology Workers, released July 2004
    • Eighteen businesses solicit offshore technology work for at least 30 states
    • Many states unaware they are using offshore contractors
    • Executive Summary

• Quarterly Financial Report for Manufacturing, Mining and Trade Corporations (Census Bureau)
  • Balance sheets for two and three digit SIC codes with historical data
  • Available on web since First Quarter 1996

• Price's List of Lists
  • Links to rating services for the top businesses and executive pay, places to live, universities, and campaign contributors

• Small Business Administration
  • National data on number of firms, financing, and disaster loans
  • State data on small business firms and jobs by type of industry; owner characteristics

• Statistical Universe (UMich Only)
  • Indexes and abstracts federal government statistics since 1974; business, association and state government data since 1980, and international agencies since 1983
  • Access through the Search Abstracts menu
  • Delimiters include Boolean operators and numerous proximity indicators, frequency, and comparative data (by city, by foreign country, by age, by disease)
    • Sample Search: gdp w/10 quarterly and by foreign country
  • About 15% of the abstracts link to full text
  • For items not hot-linked:
    • Write down abstract number (e.g. ASI 1997 9391-7) and bring to the Documents Center for the microfiche version
    • Search the title in Google

Company Information

• American Customer Satisfaction Index (UMich Business School)
  • Quarterly report since 1994 on consumer satisfaction with individual companies
  • Arranged by product or type of service with percent change over the previous survey and for the period
  • Satisfaction with local governments by type of service and type of area
  • Federal government satisfaction survey in 1999 arranged by agency, service, and type of consumer

• Company Annual Reports Online
  • Annual reports of European companies
  • Searchable by name or type of business

• Corporate Annual Reports (U-Penn)
  • Full text of selected corporate annual reports from the 1820s to 1975
  • Examples include the Pennsylvania Railroad for 1847; Sears for 1907, and Montgomery Ward for 1950
  • Browsable by name or product

• EDGAR (Securities and Exchange Commission)
  • Corporate annual reports and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission
  • Coverage date begins 1993

• Forbes Lists
  • Best big companies and small companies worldwide, searchable by various characteristics
  • Other rankings include the wealthiest people, real estate, and the best places to live or die

• Fortune 500
  • Revenues, earnings, employees, stock price returns, and current stock prices for the top 500 U.S. companies
  • Searchable by rank, company name, industry, and CEO
  • A separate index for the Global 500

• Foundation Tax Returns
  • Tax returns for Michigan foundations are available on microfiche in the Reference Room of the University of Michigan Graduate Library

• Inc. Top 500
  • Lists the 500 fastest growing private companies over the past five years
  • Browse the list or search by company name, keyword, industrial category or state

• Reference USA (UMich Only)
  • Custom search can be manipulated to extract the names of businesses in a zip code, city, MSA, or state
  • Criteria include sales volume, number of employees, industry, name and stock exchange ticker
  • Example: names of restaurants in Ann Arbor earning less than $500,000 per year

• Web 100
  • Links to web sites of the 100 largest U.S. and 100 largest international companies on the web
  • Also provides financial situation
  • Searchable by product, size, and company name

Advertising

• Advertising Age
  • Top periodical on advertising
  • Web site has advertising expenditures of top 100 business firms by type of media (newspapers, TV)
  • Data on Superbowl advertising
  • Various top ten lists, including brands, magazine and newspaper circulation, markets, advertisers (fast food, cereal)
  • Issues are also available on campus through Proquest and LEXIS-NEXIS Academic

Market Share

• Concentration Ratios/Economic Censuses
  • National data on number of companies and value of shipments by seven digit NAICS Code for 1997 and 2002
  • Separate columns give percent of shipments by 4, 8, 20 and 50 largest companies as well as the Herfindahl/Hirschmann Index
  • Additional link to 1992 concentration ratios by SIC code

• Price's List of Lists
  • Links to rating services for the top businesses and executive pay, places to live, universities, and campaign contributors
  • Includes market share by industry

Classification Systems

• Concordances for Trade Statistics (Haverman)
  • On-line concordances between the Standard Industrial Trade Classification, Tariff Schedules of the US, Harmonized Schedules, Standard Industrial Classification, and International Standard Industrial Classification
  • Uses various combinations and classification dates

• International Standard Industrial Classification (UN)
  • Various versions of the international classification system

• North American Industrial Classification System
  • Joint U.S., Canadian, and Mexican classification system replaced the Standard Industrial Classification in 1997
  • Final structure of the system in various formats
  • Comparability tables between the 1997 NAICS and the 1987 Standard Industrical Classification
  • Background papers explaining the system
  • NAICS Bibliography (Georgetown)
    • U.S., Canadian, and Mexican sources and background information
    • List of government and commercial vendors providing indexing services of NAICS and its relationship to the SIC

• Standard Industrial Classification Manual
  • Four-digit classification for industries used by Census Bureau and most business publications
  • Industries and description searchable by keyword
  • From OSHA and NTIS
  • Seven digit code for the minerals and manufactures appear in the Numerical List of Manufactured and Mineral Products (Doc. Cen. HD 9725 .N851)
  • Six digit codes for the retail, wholesale and service industries appear in the SICIndex on the 1987 Economic Census CD-ROM (Doc Cen Do6)

Comprehensive Industry Data

• Census Bureau
  • Search under Subjects A-Z for a complete listing of available data
  • Economic Census
    • Censuses of construction, manufactures, minerals, retail trade, service, transportation and wholesale trade industries
    • See Economic Censuses on this web page for additional information
  • Additional Economic Series
    • County Business Patterns (establishments and payrolls by industry for states, counties, and zip codes, 1994+)
    • Annual Capital Expenditures Survey (by type or industry)
    • Building Permits (by county or place since 1996)
    • E-Commerce (E-sales in manufacturing, retail, wholesale and service industries since 1999)
    • Current Industrial Reports (shipments by manufacturing industry) regularly update the Economic Censuses
    • International Trade Data (exports and imports with U.S. cross-classified by country and commodity since 1996 by SITC or NAICS code)
  • Census Bureau Classification Systems
    • Includes links to the various classification systems used by the Bureau, including SIC, SITC, and NAICS

• County Business Patterns
  • National, state and county data on the number of establishments, employment, and payroll by four digit SIC number for all industries through 1997; uses NAICS code beginning 1998
  • Issued on an annual basis
  • Census Bureau Interative Data Base provides searching by industry within a county and comparative data
  • Zip Code Business Patterns is searchable by zip code and provides industry data with comparisons between states
  • Full text of printed reports is also available from the Census Bureau web site
  • County Business Patterns from the University of Virginia provides 2-digit SIC data for states and counties, 1977-97
  • Corresponding County Business Patterns CD-ROM in the Documents Center (DoX11) and Zip Code Business Patterns as DoX67
  • Current issues of the paper copy are located in the Documents Center (HD 7106 .U5 A2-Stat.Ref.) with older issues since 1946 in the Graduate Library Stacks
  • Zip Code Business Patterns (DoX67)
    • Runs with 20/20 Browser
    • Can get data for all zips: establishments, employment by size range
    • Can get all industries for one zip: establishments, employment by size range
    • See dbf or txt files on the disk's data directory a full range of data including total employment by zip (usually has an "area reference" name)

• Current Industrial Reports
  • Shipments by manufacturing industry on a monthly, quarterly, or annual basis
  • Manufacturers, Shipments and Inventories (M3) is on a separate web page

• Economic Censuses
  • Censuses of construction, manufactures, mineral industries, retail trade, service industries, transportation and wholesale trade are conducted at five-year intervals ending in 2 and 7
  • Data includes number of establishments, employees, payrolls, and sales or shipments
  • Information available for the nation and states; varying detail available for metropolitan areas, counties, cities and zip codes
  • Businesses classified by the Standard Industrial Classification until 1992 and by the North American Industrial Classification System since 1997
Data Retrieval Options
• Historic Economic Census Locations at the University of Michigan
  • Spreadsheet listing the paper and CD call numbers as well as URLs for all economic censuses, 1810 to present

• Economic Censuses 2002
  • PDF versions of all industry and geographic reports (in lieu of print)
  • Second alternative are drill down tables, which allow you to select one geography (state, county, city, metro area) and multiple subsectors within one industry (e.g. manufacturing, wholesale trade)
  • American Factfinder
    • Access Data Sets/Economic Census
    • You can choose multiple geographies by clicking on the Show All Geographic Types on the list geography screen
    • Factfinder also permits filtering and sorting

• Economic Censuses 1997
  • Provides the drill-down (industry by one geography), pdf, and American Factfinder options
  • Web page has a separate link to zip code statistics
  • Also in the Documents Center on CD-ROM Do 173 but not zip code equivalent available

• 1997 and 1992 Economic Census Equivalencies (UMich)
  • List of two-digit NAICS codes and 1997 economic census reports from the Census Bureau's web site
  • Projected two digit equivalencies for the SIC number and corresponding report in the 1992 economic census

• 1992 Economic Census (Census Bureau)
  • PDF versions of printed reports are the only versions available on the web
  • CD-ROMS in Documents Center: Do60 (most geographies) and Do56 (zip codes)

• 1987 Economic Censuses
  • No web version available
  • Paper copy in stacks under the call numbers for the separate series
  • Also on CD-ROM in Documents Center with EXTRACT software: Do6

• CD-ROMS in Documents Center

  Year	Place	Zip Code
  1987	Do 6	Do 6
  1992	Do 60	Do 56
  1997	Do 138

Economic Census Definitions
• Standard Industrial Classification Manual from OSHA/NTIS is a numerical classification used by the Census Bureau for presenting data through 1992

• North American Industry Classification System used to classify industries beginning 1997.
Economic Census Updates
• County Business Patterns (establishments and payrolls by industry for states and counties
• Current Industrial Reports (shipments by manufacturing industry)
• See Metropolitan Statistical Areas for the names and county components of MSAs in the Economic Censuses

Economic Census Guide
• Economic Censuses and Related Publications (Michigan State University)
  • Excellent and clear description of the Censuses, their history, questions asked and how the data is reported
  • Includes links to the data and its updates

• Economic Development Web Site (UMinn)
  • Charts compare national data sources (County Business Patterns, REIS, BLS) for subject coverage of employment and earnings factors and for usability
  • Links to state economic development data
  • Principles of economic development and data analysis

• Economic Time Series (Ted Bos)
  • Monthly, quarterly and annual data often dating back to the 1940s
  • Economic indicators, corporate profits, index of industrial production, manufacturing orders, retail sales
  • Data in ASCII format for easy access but may also be manipulated

• FedStats
  • Comprehensive listing to statistical programs of over 70 federal government agencies
  • Arranged by agency or program; includes explanatory material and contacts
  • Search engine indexes individual statistical tables by keyword or agency and provides direct connection

• Gross Domestic Product (U.S.)
  • Value of goods and services produced within the United States
  • Data can be found in the Bureau of Economic Analysis and most web sites on this web page and the Comprehensive Economics Web Sites page and
  • Foreign data may be found in the Foreign Economics web page

• Gross State Product
  • Value of goods and services produced by labor and property within a state
  • Bureau of Economic Analysis provides data by state and industry beginning 1977
  • Gross state product by broad industry sector also appears in Chapter 14, Income and Wealth, of Statistical Abstract of the United States

• Minority and Women-Owned Business
  • National, state, county, metropolitan area and place data on all minority-owned businesses for 1992 to present
  • Number of establishments, employment, and payrolls by two-digit SIC
  • Black, Asian, Hispanic, and Women business owners

• Regional Economic Information System, 1969- (BEA)
  • Personal income by source, per capita income, income by two-digit SIC industry, full and part-time employment by industry, and regional economic profiles
  • Data for states, counties, and metropolitan areas 1969 to present

• State of the Cities
  • Central city and metropolitan area data for over 300 areas in the U.S.
  • 1970, 1980 and 1990 Census data includes population, housing, occupation, income, education, poverty, race, and family characteristics
  • Labor force and unemployment data since 1990
  • Central city and metropolitan area data from County Business Patterns since 1992 by SIC or NAICS code
  • Choose file, then area, and then data table

• State Personal Income, 1969- (BEA)
  • Personal income and fulltime/part-time employment by industry
  • Industries, data, and years available from pull-down menus

Accommodations and Food Services

• Census of Accommodations and Food Services
  • First reports monitoring sales under the North American Industry Classification System were issued in 1997; prior reports issued as part of the Census of Retail Trade and Census of Service Industries
  • Subjects include hotels and motels, bed and breakfasts, boarding houses, RV camps, full service restaurants, bars, fast food and caterers
  • 2002 Geographic Area Series
    • Also on American Factfinder
  • 1997Geographic Area Series
    • Also on American Factfinder and Docs CD-ROM Do 173
  • For 1992, see Docs CD-ROM Do111 and for 1987, see Docs CD-ROM Do6 under Census of Retail Trade or Service Industries

• National Restaurant Association
  • Sales projections and forecasts, including data on consumers and menus
  • Selected articles on trends (e.g. baby boomer preferences)

Administrative Support and Waste Management Services

• Census of Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services
  • First reports monitoring sales under the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS 56) issued in 1997
  • Includes employment agencies, carpet cleaning, travel reservations, pest control, locksmiths, hazardous waste disposal, recycling, telephone call centers
  • State reports have data for the state, MSAs, counties and cities
  • Some subjects previously covered by the Census of Service Industries
  • 2002 Geographic Area Series
    • Also on American Factfinder
  • 1997Geographic Area Series
    • Also on American Factfinder and Docs CD-ROM Do 173
  • For 1992, see Docs CD-ROM Do111 and for 1987, see Docs CD-ROM Do6 under Census of Service Industries

Agriculture

• Census of Agriculture 2002
  • Interactive tool for extracting data at the state, county, zip code and Congressional district level
  • Number of farms, livestock, crops, owner characteristics, and chemicals used
  • Downloadable into csv or gis formats
  • Also available in pdf format

• Census of Agriculture 1997
  • Interactive tool for extracting data at the state, county, zip code and Congressional district level
  • Number of farms, livestock, crops, owner characteristics, and chemicals used
  • Downloadable into csv or gis formats
  • Also available in pdf format

• Census of Agriculture - 1992 (Agriculture Department)
  • State reports are very large files in Adobe Acrobat format
  • Subject reports, atlas, and state/county summaries are unique and more usable

• Census of Agriculture, 1987, 1992, 1997 (Cornell)
  • Extraction tool permitting a comparison of county-level data on farms, livestocks, crops, and agricultural chemicals for a three-census period

• Commodity Prices
  • Search web pages using Google
  • Sample search: "commodity prices" "pork bellies"

• See also Agricultural Statistics

Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation

• Census of Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation
  • New NAICS industry in 1997 includes theater and musical groups, individual artists, museums, amusement arcades and parks, water parks, spectator sports, casinos
  • Data for states, MSAs, counties and places
  • Prior to 1997, some data found in the Census of Service Industries
  • 2002 Geographic Area Series
    • Also on American Factfinder
  • 1997Geographic Area Series & Docs CD-ROM DoX138
    • Also on American Factfinder and Docs CD-ROM Do 173
  • For 1992, see Docs CD-ROM Do111 and for 1987, see Docs CD-ROM Do6 under the Census of Service Industries

Construction

• Census of Construction Industries (Census Bureau)
  • Establishments, employees, payrolls and receipts for construction industries by type of establishment (masonry, electrical contractors)
  • Reports include national, regional and state data
  • 2002 Geographic Area Series
    • Also on American Factfinder & Docs CD-ROM DoX138
  • 1997Geographic Area Series
    • Also on American Factfinder and Docs CD-ROM Do 173
  • For 1992, see Docs CD-ROM Do111 and for 1987, see Docs CD-ROM Do6

• See also Construction Cost Index

• See also Housing Statistics for additional construction and housing stock data

Educational Services

• Census of Educational Services
  • First reports under the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS 61)
  • Establishments, employees, receipts and payrolls of specialized schools: business, computer, flight training, fine arts, language, automobile driving
  • College and universities (NAICS 6113) is not included
  • Prior to the 1997 Economic Census, the subject was covered, in part, by the Census of Service Industries
  • 2002 Geographic Area Series
    • Also on American Factfinder & Docs CD-ROM DoX138
  • 1997Geographic Area Series
    • Also on American Factfinder and Docs CD-ROM Do 173
  • For 1992, see Docs CD-ROM Do111 and for 1987, see Docs CD-ROM Do6 under Census of Service Industries

• See also Education Statistics

Finance and Insurance

• Census of Finance and Insurance
  • First reports monitoring sales under the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS 52); there were no previous equivalents
  • 2002 Geographic Area Series and link to the Industry Series
    • Also on American Factfinder and Docs CD-ROM DoX138
  • 1997Geographic Area Series
    • Also on American Factfinder and Docs CD-ROM Do 173

Health Care and Social Assistance

• Census of Health Care and Social Assistance
  • New industry established by the North American Industry Classification System in 1997
  • Includes doctor and dentist offices, outpatient care (alcohol abuse, kidney dialysis), diagnostic laboratories, hospitals, family and youth services, rehabilitation, and child day care centers
  • Prior to 1997, parts were included in the Census of Service Industries
  • 2002 Geographic Area Series
    • Also on American Factfinder & Docs CD-ROM DoX138
  • 1997Geographic Area Series
    • Also on American Factfinder and Docs CD-ROM Do 173
  • For 1992, see Docs CD-ROM Do111 and for 1987, see Docs CD-ROM Do6 under Census of Service Industries

• See also Health Statistics

Information

• Census of Information
  • First reports monitoring sales under the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS 51)
  • Subjects include book and software publishing, movie production, broadcasting, telecommunications, and data processing
  • This was a new industry created in 1997; parts of earlier years appear in the Censuses of Manufactures, Services, and Transportation/Communications
  • 2002 Geographic Area Series and link to the Industry Series
    • Also on American Factfinder and Docs CD-ROM DoX138
  • 1997Geographic Area Series
    • Also on American Factfinder and Docs CD-ROM Do 173
  • For earlier years, see Censuses of Manufactures, Service Industries, and Transportation

Management of Companies

• Census of Management of Companies
  • First reports monitoring sales under the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS 55); there were no direct equivalents in previous years
  • 2002 Geographic Area Series and link to the Industry Series
    • Also on American Factfinder and Docs CD-ROM DoX138
  • 1997Geographic Area Series
    • Also on American Factfinder and Docs CD-ROM Do 173

Manufactures

• Census of Manufactures
  • Employees, payrolls, value added, value of product shipments for detailed manufacturing industries
  • Oldest economic report, appearing in the Decennial Census, 1810-1930 (HA 201 year) and moving to its own census in 1939 (HD 9724.A45)
  • Various classification systems used over time, including alphabetical, SIC and NAICS (1997+)
  • 2002 Census of Manufactures
    • Geographic Area Series
      • Establishments, employees, payrolls and shipments for detailed industry for states, counties, places and metro areas
      • Drill down or pdf format
    • Industry Series
      • Drill-down and pdf reports on a primarily national basis
    • Both series also available through American Factfinder & Docs CD-ROM DoX138
  • 1997 Census of Manufactures
    • Industry Series
      • Individual reports for each NAICS industry
      • Employment, payrolls, value added, materials consumed, industry specialization, and product shipments
      • Some data for largest states
    • Geographic Area Reports:
      • Drill down and PDF versions of state reports with data for the states, MSAs and large counties
      • Total manufacturing establishments, employees, payrolls, value added and value of shipments
      • Some areas have data for individual manufacturing industries
    • Also on American Factfinder and Docs CD-ROM Do 173
  • 1992 Census of Manufactures
    • Both the industry and area series are available in pdf format from the Census Bureau
    • For 1992, see also Docs CD-ROM Do111
  • For 1987, see Docs CD-ROM Do6; for 1982 and 1997 see Docs CD-ROM DoX121

• Annual Survey of Manufactures
  • Includes three series: national data, state data, and value of product shipments
  • Series in pdf format begins on the web in 1994
  • Data uses SIC or NAICS code

• Concentration Ratios
  • National data on the number of companies accounting for a percentage of the value of shipments
  • 2002 Concentration Ratios due June 2006
  • 1997 Concentration Ratios in Manufacturing
  • Concentration Ratios, 1947-92 (College of Wooster)

• Current Industrial Reports
  • Production data for U.S. manufacturing industries on monthly, quarterly, or annual basis, 1993+
  • Replaces the printed reports, which have ceased publication

• U.S. Industry and Trade Outlook (Docs HC 106.5 .A22B)
  • Tables for manufacturing industries
  • Value of shipments (i.e. production) for the industry and product with annual totals in dollars and a percentage change for each year
  • Import and export data
  • Series goes back in Graduate Library stacks to 1960 with same call number
  • Suspended data for 1995-200 appears in Chapter 31 of Statistical Abstract of the United States
  • Entire publication not available on the web

• See also Comprehensive Industry Sources

Minerals

• Census of Mineral Industries
  • National and state data on mineral extraction industries
  • Number of establishments, employment, payrolls, and value of product shipments
  • 2002 Census of Mining
    • Geographic Area Series
    • Industry Series
    • Also on American Factfinder
  • 1997 Census of Mining
    • Geographic Area Series
    • Industry Series
    • Also on American Factfinder and Docs CD-ROM Do 173
  • 1992 Census of Mineral Industries
    • Industry and Area Series (pdf)
    • Also on Docs CD-ROM Do111
  • For 1987, see Docs CD-ROM Do6

• Commodity Prices
  • Search web pages using Google
  • Sample search: "commodity prices" aluminum

• Mineral Commodities (USGS)
  • Mineral commodity data includes production, prices, imports, and exports dating from 1991
  • State and foreign mineral production for the current year
  • Equivalent of the Minerals Yearbook
  • Data found on the main page under Publications/Specific Information

• See also Comprehensive Industry Sources

Professional, Scientific and Technical Services

• Census of Professional, Scientific and Technical Services
  • First reports monitoring sales under the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS 54)
  • Subjects include accounting, advertising,legal, engineering, interior design, and computer design services as well as research and development
  • Some data for earlier years available through the Census of Service Industries
  • 2002 Geographic Area Series and link to the Industry Series
    • Also on American Factfinder & Docs CD-ROM DoX138
  • 1997Geographic Area Series
    • Also on American Factfinder and Docs CD-ROM Do 173
  • For 1992, see Docs CD-ROM Do111 and for 1987, see Docs CD-ROM Do6 under Census of Service Industries

Real Estate, Rental and Leasing

• Census of Real Estate, Rental and Leasing
  • New census for 1997
  • Covers real estate offices, car leasing and rental, and consumer goods rental
  • 2002 Geographic Area Series
    • Also on American Factfinder & Docs CD-ROM DoX138
  • 1997Geographic Area Series
    • Also on American Factfinder and Docs CD-ROM Do 173

Retail Trade

• Census of Retail Trade
  • 2002 Census of Retail Trade
    • Establishments, employees, payrolls and sales for retail industry
    • Includes grocery stores, gas stations, sporting goods, clothing, etc.
    • Geographic Area Series
    • Industry Series
    • Also on American Factfinder & Docs CD-ROM DoX138
  • 1997 Census of Retail Trade
    • 1997Geographic Area Series
      • Includes drill-down and pdf tables
    • Subject Reports include Merchandise Line Sales
    • Also on American Factfinder and Docs CD-ROM Do 173
  • 1992 Census of Retail Trade
    • Geographic Area Series
    • See also Docs CD-ROM Do111
  • For 1987, see Docs CD-ROM Do6

• Consumer Price Index (BLS)
  • Measures the rate of price change for food, shelter, fuel, apparel, transportation, medical care, entertainment, and other service items
  • Data may be formatted in several different ways to facilitate analysis
  • The direct links are to national data

• Merchandise Line Sales
  • Example: sales of books versus coffee at book stores
  • 2002 Census of Retail Trade and 2002 Census of Accommodations and Information
  • 1997 Census of Retail Trade and 1997 Census of Accommodations and Food Services
  • 1992 Census of Retail Trade
  • Some data also available in Survey of Buying Power and Media Markets on SRI microfiche in the Documents Center (2003 C9486-1)

• Retail Trade
  • Advance monthly retail sales in text format
    • Time series since 1988 provides seasonally adjusted data by sector (e.g. automotive dealers, grocery stores)
    • Data at a national level
  • Monthly retail sales data
    • For the U.S., states, and metropolitan areas since 1986
    • In spreadsheet format

• Simply Map (UMich Only)
  • Displays and exports both data and maps of business and 1980-2000 Census data for states, counties, cities, zip codes, census tracts and block groups
  • Business variables include Quality of Life (crime, weather), types of businesses, retail sales, consumer expenditures, consumer price index, and types of households (young, middle age, old) by income
  • Create workspace; choose highest level of geography; choose variables; choose lowest level of geography; export image or data to your own workspace
  • Sample search for crime

• See also Comprehensive Industry Sources

Service Industries

• Census of Service Industries
  • Beginning 1997, service industries includes automotive repairs, dry cleaners
  • Most other services have been given their own NAICS numbers; see the main Main Economic Census web page
  • Prior to 1997 it included hotels, hospitals, and a wider variety of establishments
  • 2002 Geographic Area Series
    • Also on American Factfinder & Docs CD-ROM DoX138
  • 1997Geographic Area Series
    • Also on American Factfinder and Docs CD-ROM Do 173
  • 1992 Census of Service Industries
    • See also Docs CD-ROM Do111
  • For 1987 see Docs CD-ROM Do6

• Consumer Price Index (BLS)
  • Measures the rate of price change for food, shelter, fuel, apparel, transportation, medical care, entertainment, and other service items

• Service Annual Survey
  • Receipts and expenditures of service industries for past ten years
  • Detail of industry breakdown varies
  • National data only

• Service Industries Trends
  • Very current information about employment, productivity, and GDP in individual service industries and in the service industries of individual countries
  • Data and annotated web links by country, region or service sector
  • Some data in spreadsheet or zip format
  • Also includes developments in country laws and regulations

• See also Comprehensive Industry Sources

Transportation

• Census of Transportation
  • Establishments, employees and payrolls for passenger services, airlines, communications
  • Includes truck use and commodity flow
  • Covered utilities until 1997
  • 2002 Geographic Area Series
    • Also on American Factfinder & Docs CD-ROM DoX138
  • 1997Geographic Area Series
    • Also on American Factfinder and Docs CD-ROM Do 173
  • Census of Transportation - 1992
    • See also Docs CD-ROM Do111
  • For 1987, see Docs CD-ROM Do6

• Commodity Flow Survey
  • Shipment of goods by type of transportation (truck, air, rail, water, pipeline, and mixed)

• Vehicle Inventory and Use Survey
  • State reports for on heavy and lightweight truck use as well as sport utility vehicles (SUV) and station wagons
  • Include industry for which used, mileage, and components of vehicle
  • Known in 1992 as the Truck Inventory and Use Survey
  • Some data dates back to 1963

Utilities

• Census of Utilities
  • Utilities includes natural gas, electric, water and sewage removal providers
  • Until 1997 some of this data was included in the Census of Transportation
  • 2002 Geographic Area Series
    • Also on American Factfinder & Docs CD-ROM DoX138
  • 1997Geographic Area Series
    • Also on American Factfinder and Docs CD-ROM Do 173
  • For earlier years see the Census of Transportation

• See the Energy Information Administration for weekly updates on energy products, needs, supplies, and trade

Wholesale Trade

• Census of Wholesale Trade
  • Wholesale trade includes redistributors, importers, exporters, sales offices, jobbers, etc.
  • Until 1997 it also included warehousing, which switched to the Census of Transportation
  • 2002 Geographic Area Series
    • Also on American Factfinder and Docs CD-ROM DoX138
  • 1997Geographic Area Series
    • Also on American Factfinder and Docs CD-ROM Do 173
  • 1992 Census of Wholesale Trade
    • PDF Reports include a geographic area series and commodity line sales
    • See also Docs CD-ROM Do111
  • For 1987, see Docs CD-ROM Do6

• Producer Price Indexes
  • Measures the rate of price change in wholesale commodities or price changes by stage of processing
  • Provides various options for time series data back to 1986

• Wholesale Trade
  • Press releases of national wholesale trade data for the past 10 years
  • Monthly data by three-digit SIC number

• See also Comprehensive Industry Sources

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