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Business Reference Sources

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Statista: The Statistics Portal
Tool for researching quantitative data, statistics and related information

Business Dynamics Statistics - US Census Bureau
Offers options to create your own thematic maps, bar charts, and time series visualizations for a variety of business measures, sectors, and states.
Create Your Business Plan (SBA)

Reference USA
A reference directory that contains detailed information on nearly 12 million U.S. businesses.

Census Business Builder: Regional Analyst Edition - 3.0
Includes over 150 demographic and economic variables for all states and all counties.
Census Economic Indicators
Provides statistical updates on categories such as poverty, homeownership, new home sales, and more.
Small Business Encyclopedia
Accounting Terminology Guide
Annual Reports
70,000+ annual reports from over 5000 public companies
Hoover's Online
Provides company profiles, corporate directory (searchable by company name, industry, ticker symbol, sales, location), market quotes, and business news. Includes Hoover's company profile database. Also provides hypertext links to over 5000 company Web sites.