Market Share, Rankings and Competitors

Online Databases

TableBase
TableBase is a database comprised of tabular information of a strategic nature. The tables provide such information as: market share, market size, capacity, production, imports, exports, sales, product and brand rankings, forecasts and demographics.

Factiva
Select Companies/Markets
Type in the company name or ticker symbol
Click Search
Once the report come up, scroll down
See under Key Competitors

Business & Industry
Type the company's name in the Company box
Select search terms from the Concept and Marketing drop boxes.
For example:

Market Share
Market Size
Positioning

Hoover's Online
Hoover's, Inc. delivers comprehensive company, industry, and market intelligence that drives business growth. This database covers 12 million companies, with in-depth coverage of 35,000 of the world's top business enterprises. Offers a Stock Screener, and additional proprietary reports.

Commercial Websites

Forbes.com
Select Lists from the navigation bar.

Fortune
Select from the Company Lists.

Print Sources

Market Share Reporter
REF HF5410 .M33
MSR is a compilation of market share reports from periodical literature. Use to gather marketing research, economic analysis, planning, etc.

Business Rankings Annual
REF HG 4050 .B88
Lists of companies, products, services and activities compiled from a wide variety of published sources. The rankings included everything from accounting firms to yogurt!

D&B Business Rankings
REF HG 4057 .A24
Public and private businesses ranked within industry category and state.

Ward's Business Directory of U.S. Private and Public Companies
REF HG 4057 .A575
Whether it be for contacting a company or calculating its market share, the Ward's series is an invaluable tool for librarians, executives, students, analysts, marketers and all other professionals who require updated company and industry profiles. Your researchers will use Ward's to:

Identify market participants and study market share
Locate potential clients and create targeted mailing lists
Determine parent/subsidiary relationships
Analyze market position and find specific data on targeted companies

Dun & Bradstreet Million Dollar Directory
REF HC 102 .DB
Includes private and public companies - use volume 4 to get a list of U.S. companies by SIC.

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