Industry Research

"Every 5 years, the U.S. Census Bureau collects extensive statistics about businesses that are essential to understanding the American economy. " Includes data such as Total Number of Establishments; Value of Sales, Shipments, Receipts, Revenue; Primary Business Activity; Total Number of Employees; Total Annual Payroll; Total First Quarter Payroll; and industry specific statistics. You may want to search by state or release.

"All publications from economic censuses from 1967 onward are available online. " Some are listed on this page or on pages described here.

Tables for 2017 and 2012 census showing coverage at the US, States, Metro Areas, Counties, and Places. Other table showing other economic programs and their coverage.

Link to FTP access to the Economic Census prior to 2012.

US Census Department's history of the Economic Census and other surveys.

US Census Bureau products to access to demographic and economic data in dynamic formats. The two tools are the Small Business Edition and the Regional Analysts Edition. Each tool provides interactive maps, customizable dashboards, and download features.

Census Department release calendar with recent data and links.

US Census data, coupled with state data, on employment.
Topics include commuting, employment density, employment by sex, age, and industry, employee turnover, etc. Features the On the Map dynamic mapping tool.

Provides Texas regional economic data and analysis, the Texas Business Outlook Survey, and other industry specific data.

Includes information about business climate, workforce, infrastructure, target industries, the Texas Economic Development Guide, etc.

Distributes Census information for Texas and also "disseminates population estimates and projections for Texas, as well as other information".

Data about EU member countries, candidate countries, and the EFTA from the statistical office of the European Union. Statistics from 9 "themes" including general/regional, economy/finance, population/social conditions, industry/trade, agriculture/fisheries, external trade, transport, environment/energy, and science/technology.

The UN's Commodity Trade Statistics Database offers detailed imports and exports statistics reported by statistical authorities of close to 200 countries or areas. It includes annual trade statistics from 1962 to the most recent year.

The World Bank's DataBank "is an analysis and visualisation tool that contains collections of time series data on a variety of topics." You can create your own queries; generate tables, charts, and maps; and save, embed, and download data. Includes a large number of sources but not every data source by the World Bank. Includes flagship report: World Development Indicators