Research Guides: Hospitality & Tourism: Industries

Find Industry Information Online

IBISWorld This link opens in a new window
Industry market research reports, economic, and demographic data to support business research; reports include statistics, industry structure, product & customer segmentation, performance analysis, major players, market share, and 5-year forecast analysis for 680+ industries.
Mergent Intellect This link opens in a new window
Companies (private and public), industries, and key business ratios.
Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window
Business research database, providing full text for 8,800 periodicals, including 1,100 peer-reviewed publications, plus company profiles. Subjects covered include marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics. (Courtesy of WVInfoDepot)

Finding Industry Codes (SIC & NAICS)

Search by industry classification codes to generate lists of companies in that industry.

NAICS (North American Industrial Classification System)
Search for NAICS and SIC codes. The codes may be used to search for economic data on industries.
NAICS - U.S. Census
Official U.S. Government website provides the latest information on NAICS revisions, as well as NAICS reference files and tools.

Reference Books

Highly recommended. These books are located in the Downtown Campus Library Reference Collection. Search Mountainlynx by subject or keyword to identify books on specific industries.

Industry Norms and Key Business Ratios by Dun & Bradstreet
Call Number: Ref HD2771 .D86d
Publication Date: 2012
Composite financial information and operating ratios arranged by SIC Code.
S&P Capital IQ Industry Surveys by S&P Capital IQ
Call Number: Ref HG4921 .S752
Publication Date: 2015
S&P's Industry Surveys track more than 50 North American industries and 10 global industries and include information about the current industry environment, industry trends, key industry ratios and statistics, etc.