LibGuides: Business Resources : Web Sites

Useful Web Sites on Business and Management

North American Industry Classification System
NAICS Association, LLC offers an array of highly reliable and valuable resources to assist companies in determining all things pertaining to NAICS and SIC Codes. This includes Free Search Engine and Drill-down tools to assist in assigning appropriate Codes to any business
EDGAR - Search and Access
You can search company information collected by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission using a variety of search tools.
ThomasNet
Free registration required. Search ThomasNet to find manufacturers, distributors and service providers. More than 607,000 industrial companies in North America are included, indexed by 67,000 product and service categories.
House Committee on Small Business
Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives.

The following web sites have extensive statistical and demographic information.

Bureau of Labor Statistics: Economy at at Glance
The site provides economic data on a national level and by region, state and many metropolitan areas.
Census Bureau Home Page
This is the place to go for quick access to U.S. demographic information. There is information in the categories of people and households, business and industry, and geography.
Data.gov
The home of the U.S. Government’s open data Here you will find data, tools, and resources to conduct research, develop web and mobile applications, design data visualizations, and more.

United States Census This link opens in a new window
Data.census.gov is the new online source for accessing population, housing, economic and geographic data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Data available include: Decennial Census of Housing and Population - 2000 and 2010 Results from each of these data programs are provided in the form of data sets, tables, thematic maps, and reference maps. (Formerly American Fact Finder).