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Business and Industry Statistics

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Statista integrates statistical data from over 80,000 topics in areas such as business, education, finance, media, politics, society, and technology. Statista gathers data from over 20,000 sources, including market reports, trade publications, scientific journals, and government databases. Datasets cover 170 industries and over 150 countries. The reports, charts, infographics, and statistics found in the database can be viewed online or downloaded.

American Factfinder
Part of the US Census Bureau site, but can narrow down trends to a specific community (your town).
Bureau of Labor Statistics Sites on the Web
Provides links to the main U.S. Federal Statistical Agencies, state labor market statistics, and National Statistical Agencies for other countries
County Business Patterns
Provides "data is useful for studying the economic activity of small areas; analyzing economic changes over time; and as a benchmark for other statistical series, surveys, and databases between economic censuses."
Industrial Reports
From US Census; Covers specifically monthly, annual, and periodic measures of industry activity to provide data "used to satisfy economic policy needs and for market analysis, forecasting, and decision-making in the private sector."
International Labor Statistics
Has several, but see:
ILOSTAT - The new database of labour statistics (2008 to current)
LABORSTA - database of labour statistics (1969-2008)
IRS Tax Stats
"wide range of tables, articles, and data that describe and measure elements of the U.S. tax system."
IRS.gov
This one is great for getting industry/sector balance sheets and income statements for the overall industry
National Center for Charitable Statistics
Data on US-based non-profit organizations. Use the "Find and Organization" to search a specific org. Can also search by geographic area.
US Census Bureau
Information on people, households, economic indicators, foreign trade, education, religion, and other specifics.
US Economy at a Glance
Current and back data on economy; a go-to quick look.
FedStats
Provides statistics from over 100 government agencies. Options for searching are to use: the Topics A-Z for a listing of topics, sort by geographical area, sort by eBooks, or by the specific agency.