Industry Analysis - Data Sources: Selected Data Sources for Industry Analysis

In General

Federal Statistics Agencies: https://nces.ed.gov/FCSM/agencies.asp

Over 100 agencies engaged in the production and dissemination of official federal statistics, expect for general statistics information listed below, search specific industry statistic agencies to find more data. For example, more airline statistics are available from Bureau of Transportation Statistics, airline and airports statistics.

US Census Bureau - U.S. Department of Commerce

• Industry Statistics Portal; and selected visualization (not supported as of March 1 2019)

US Census Bureau has more than 60 surveys and programs on business and industries. The Industry Statistics Portal guides you to find the specific surveys for the NAICS industries. For industry data by geography, please find it at Economic Census: [Finding Economic Data By Geography].

• Economic Census of 2017

"The 2017 Economic Census is a legitimate survey of the U.S. Census Bureau. The Economic Census is conducted every five years collecting data for years ending in “2” and “7”. 

• 2017 Economic Census Reference Map: All States

"Interactive reference maps for geographies published in the 2017 Economic Census are available through the TIGERweb Economic Census application. Shape files for the 2012 Economic Census are also available for comparability. All levels of geographies published in the economic census are accessible in the application, except for Regions and Offshore Areas. The TIGERweb map layers consist of legal and statistical boundaries as well as roads, railroads, and water features." 

Bureau of Economic Analysis - U.S. Department of Commerce

• Industry Economic Accounts

It includes annual industry accounts (GDP by industry and annual input-output accounts), benchmark input-output Accounts; and US travel and tourism satellite accounts.

Bureau of Labor Statistics – U.S. Department of Labor

• Industries by Supersector and NAICS Code

An Index to the Industry Resources from Bureau of Labor Statistics. The list of industries is arranged in North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code order. It covers the topics include workforce Statistics, Earnings and Hours, Fatalities, Injuries, and Illnesses, Prices, Workplace Trends, etc.

The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - leading nonprofit economic research organization.

• Economic Indicators and Releases

It provides links to the major economic indicator sources; updated on daily basis

Selected Data for Industry Structure Analysis

• Number of Establishments, Employment, Annual payroll by industry, employee size and location

Source: County Business Patterns  (US Census Bureau);
Finding Data: From the [main] page, view the data in tables or download the data.

Source: Statistics of U.S. Businesses (US Census Bureau);
Finding Data: Download the excel sheet tabulated by Enterprise Employment Size

• Firm/Establishment Age, Entry/Exit No./ Rate, Job Creation by firm size, state and industry

Source: Business Dynamics Statistics (US Census Bureau);
Finding Data: from the [Data] page, click [Firm Characteristics Data Tables] or [Establishment Characteristics Data Tables].

• Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by Industry

Source: Gross-Domestic-Product-(GDP)-by-Industry Data (Bureau of Economic Analysis);
Finding Data: download the XLSX sheet from the website

• Production and Use of Commodities by Industry

Source: Input-Output Accounts Data (Bureau of Economic Analysis);
Finding Data: download from the website

• Product Line and Revenue by Industry

Source: Economic Census (US Census Bureau);
Finding Data: from American Factfinder, choose topics - dataset: 2012 Economic Census; refine your search result by entering topic “product lines“ and browse the list.

• Exports & Imports by NAICS Commodities 

Source: USA Trade Online (Foreign Trade Division of the U.S. Census Bureau) Provides specific U.S. export and import information on more than 18,000 commodities worldwide. Includes 2- through 10- digit HS detail for both import and export commodities including: monthly data dating back to January 2002, cumulative year to date data dating back to 2002, annual data dating back to 1992, and district-level data;
Finding Data: Access the database using the ID and password for UMaine users.

Source: Foreign Trade: State Trade Data (Foreign Trade Division of the U.S. Census Bureau).
Finding Data: follow the links to locate the data sets.

Source: Exports from Manufacturing (US Census Bureau)
Finding Data: Download Excel sheet and browse by tables. Table 4 includes detailed data for states and industries.

• Concentration Ratios & Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI) by industry

Source: Economic Census: Concentration Ratios (US Census Bureau); All of these reports classify industries by the percent of output accounted for by the largest 4, 8, 20 and 50 companies. Only the manufacturing reports include the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index. 
Finding Data: follow the labels in the page to find PDF or data in American Factfinder or use another similar page.

• Merger Transaction Statistics by industry from Pre-merger notification Program

Source: Annual Competition Reports (Federal Trade Commission);
Finding Data: check the exhibit statistics tables.

• Competition Enforcement Cases by Industry

Source: FTC Competition Enforcement Database; Annual Antitrust Enforcement Activities Reports (1999-2008);
Finding Data: search cases by industry and competition topics.​

Selected Data for Business Conduct Analysis

• Business Expenditures (including advertising/promotion, Labor Cost and many more)

Retail Trade Industries

Source: Monthly & Annual Retail Trade (US Census Bureau) - Latest Annual Retail Trade Report - Latest Detailed Operating Expenses (Annual (2013) will be released on March 6, 2015)

Whole Sale Industries

Source: Monthly & Annual Wholesale Trade (US Census Bureau) - Latest Annual Wholesale Trade Report - Annual Wholesale Trade Survey – 2012 (Annual (2013) will be released on February 27, 2015): including Detailed Operating Expenses, of U.S. Merchant Wholesalers, except MSBOs;

Service Industries

Source: Annual & Quarterly Services (US Census Bureau) - Latest Annual Services Report - Table 5: Estimated Selected Expenses for Employer Firms: 2007 through 2013

Manufacturing Industries

Source: Annual Survey of Manufactures (US Census Bureau);
Finding Data: from American Factfinder, choose topics - dataset:  2011 Annual Survey of Manufactures; from the list, find [General Statistics: Statistics for Industry Groups and Industries: 2011 REFRESH]

Mining, Construction, Manufacturing Industries
Source: Economic Census 2012 (US Census Bureau).
Finding Data: from American Factfinder, advanced search, type in a topic, i.e. manufacturing survey 

NOTE AMERICAN FACTFINDER WILL NOT BE UPDATED AS OF JULY 2019. Go to data.census.gov and search 'manufacturing' for manufacturing data from the 2017 Economic Census

• Research and Development (R&D) Expenses

Source: Business Research and Development and Innovation (National Science Foundation).
Finding Data: expand data tables and find the data on the list.

Selected Data for Industry Performance Analysis

• Industry revenue, sales, net income, and financial ratios

Source: US Census Bureau

Manufacturing, Mining, Trade, and Selected Service Industries

Source: Quarterly Financial Report (US Census Bureau), includes sales and profits and profits after tax data for above industries

Finding Data: Option 1: from historical QFR data page, choose the format PDF or Excel; select the year and quarter and click submit; Option 2: Use TIME SERIES / TREND CHARTS , and select Report: Quarterly Financial Report; select specific industry and then select net sales, receipts, or operating revenue, click Get Data

Retail Trade Industries

Source: Monthly & Annual Retail Trade (US Census Bureau). Advance Monthly or Monthly Retail Trade Report à Retail and Food Services Sales; Retail Inventories and Inventories/Sales Ratios; Latest Annual Retail Trade Report àSales; Gross Margin; and E-commerce report etc.

Whole Sale Industries

Source: Monthly & Annual Wholesale Trade (US Census Bureau). Latest Monthly Wholesale Trade Report or Latest Annual Wholesale Trade Report 2012 (Annual (2013) will be released on February 27, 2015): including Sales and Inventories of U.S. Merchant Wholesalers; Purchases and Gross Margins of U.S. Merchant Wholesalers;

Service Industries

Source: Annual & Quarterly Services (US Census Bureau) - Latest Annual Services Report àTable 4: Estimated Sources of Revenue for Employer Firms: 2010 through 2013; Table 1: Estimated Revenue for Employer and Nonemployer Firms: 2007 through 2013; Table 8: Estimated Revenue by Product and Class of Customer for Employer Firms: 2010 through 2013 and more.

Manufacturing Industries
Source: Annual Survey of Manufactures (US Census Bureau);
Finding Data: from American Factfinder, choose topics - dataset:  2011 Annual Survey of Manufactures; from the list, find [General Statistics: Statistics for Industry Groups and Industries: 2011 REFRESH]

Mining, Construction, Manufacturing Industries
Source: Economic Census 2012 (US Census Bureau).
Finding Data: from American Factfinder, choose topics - dataset:  2012 Economic Census and search in topic or table name: “Detailed Statistics by Industry”

NOTE AMERICAN FACTFINDER WILL NOT BE UPDATED AS OF JULY 2019. Go to data.census.gov and search 'manufacturing' for manufacturing data from the 2017 Economic Census

Source: IRS

Source: 2017 Almanac of Business and Industrial Financial Ratios (Wolter Kluwers)
Fining Data: use in library the print version (call number: Ref HF5681.R25 A45) and CD. The data is computed from the Department of Treasury, Internal Revenue Service’s statistical sampling of the tax returns of all corporations, including revenues and selected financial ratios.

Source: IRS Tax Stats; including detailed financial statistics for industries and sectors based on different tax forms.