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Resource Guide

Find information, guidance, and inspiration from industry resources with this comprehensive guide.

ABI/Inform Collection
ABI/Inform Collection

Dissertations, theses, ebooks, newspapers, periodicals, historical collections, governmental archives, cultural archives, and other aggregated databases.

UMKC
Almanac of Business and Industrial Financial Ratios

Print title; available at Miller Nichols Library in the Robot. Request using the link and pick up at the service desk.

Bizminer
Bizminier

Industry reports, market trends, competitive analysis, demographic information. Focused to zip code level. Essential information for start-ups, business plans, corporate benchmarking, valuation.

Kansas City Business Journal
Book of Lists

Electronic format available through the Kansas City Business Journals database. (Find a Book of Lists for more cities through the Business Journals database.)

Business Analyst Online - ESRI
Business Analyst Online - ESRI

Provides fundamental financial and stock price data for financial modeling for both active and inactive public traded companies. Access is limited to UMKC Bloch School faculty, and students. Contact your professor or email us to set up an account.

Business Source Premier
Business Source Premier

Includes thousands of business magazines and journals. Also loads country reports, Datamonitor's Marketline reports, and SWOT analyses.

Census Bureau Data
Census Bureau Data

Taking the place of American FactFinder, data.census.gov is the new central location to access U.S. Census Data.

Community Analyst Online - ESRI
Community Analyst Online - ESRI

Combines detailed demographic and business data to enable users to explore site location, run reports for a specific address, and do market research. Access is limited to UMKC Bloch School students, faculty and staff. Contact your professor or email us to set up an account.

Google Finance
Google Finance

Excellent place to find currently-active public company financials.

GuideStar
GuideStar

A source for nonprofit financials that file a 990 tax form. Registration (free) is required to view most data and information.

IBISWorld
IBISWorld

An industry report database covering more than 700 U.S. industries, as well as global industry reports and Chinese industry reports. Reports include key statistics, segmentation, market characteristics, industry conditions, key competitors, industry performance, and more.

Industry Concentration Ratios
Industry Concentration Ratios

Visit data.census.gov and search for "concentration" and view all tables. The latest available report will appear at the top. This will display the table at the 2-digit level of the NAICS industry classification.

Kansas City Business Journal - electronic
Kansas City Business Journal - electronic

Great source for researching local business development. This is part of the Business Journals collection, which includes more than 40 cities.

MarketResearch.com Academic
MarketResearch.com Academic

Provides market research reports for some U.S. and global markets. Report prices are listed for your information only. Students will not be charged when downloading reports.

Mergent Online
Mergent Online

Global company financial data; executive biographies; histories; competitors' lists. Public companies only. This is the only resource that also maintains defunct company records.

NAICS (North American Industry Classification System)
NAICS (North American Industry Classification System)

The standard used by Federal statistical agencies in classifying business establishments for the purpose of collecting, analyzing, and publishing statistical data related to the U.S. business economy.

Reference Solutions/Data Axle: U.S. Businesses
Reference Solutions/Data Axle: U.S. Businesses

More than 44 million U.S. public and private businesses. Lists executives, financial information, public filings, and news articles.

Reference Solutions/Data Axle: U.S. Consumer/Lifestyles
Reference Solutions/Data Axle: U.S. Consumer/Lifestyles

Market research data on U.S. consumers.

Reference Solutions/Data Axle: U.S. Jobs/Internships
Reference Solutions/Data Axle: U.S. Jobs/Internships

Search for full-time, part-time, contract work, internships and temporary positions.

SEC EDGAR
SEC EDGAR

Government-maintained database of company filings and reports maintained by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). This database is searchable for 10Ks, 10Qs, proxy statements, beneficial ownership, and other required forms. Public companies only.

US Census Bureau Business & Economy Topics
US Census Bureau Business & Economy Topics

Data, maps, and resources related to business and the economy, as well as a dozen subtopics.

Yahoo Finance
Yahoo Finance

Quick reference for current active public company financials.