Business: Small Business Start-up and Entrepreneurship Guide

Find Industry and Market Research in ABI/INFORM

D&B First Research

• Use the "hamburger" icon (three horizontal lines)
• Choose Browse
• Choose D&B First Research
  • Browse for a topic such as Coffeehouses
  • Sections include Products, Operations, technology, Competition, Finance and Regulation

Plunkett Analytics

• Use the "hamburger" icon (three horizontal lines)
• Choose Publications
• Search Plunkett Analytics using the "in Title" option
  • Example title: Restaurants, Fast-Food, Pizza Delivery, Takeout and Family Industry (U.S.) Analytics . . .
  • Includes financial benchmarks, metrics, and revenue forecasts

Additional Reports from ABI/INFORM

•  See the Finding Industry and Market Reports (video from ProQuest, 4:45) guide for more tips

Examples from FRED

• Search funerals
  • U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Producer Price Index by Commodity: Miscellaneous Products: Burial Caskets [WPS1591], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; March 28, 2022.
  • U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Personal consumption expenditures: Funeral and burial services [DFUNRC1A027NBEA], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; March 28, 2022.