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Air Transport World.
Their "Stats Online" has rankings. The World
Airline Report has the top 25 carriers and airline traffic
data. They also have Maintenance
and Training directories and an excellent links page.
Airline Business.
Rankings of airports, passenger travel, airline
groups, regional, etc. The information is both current and
historical (archive section).
Airport Rankings.
Information for: passengers, cargo, aircraft
movements, the busiest airports for the year to date.
AsiaWeek
1000.
Covers the countries of Japan, South Korea,
Australia, Taiwan, Singapore, China, Hong Kong, India,
Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia, New Zealand, and
Pakistan.
BizMiner.
This is primarily a subscription web product
although it does include some free information.
Business Week.
Publishes the Best 50 Performers (published in
March). There is either a direct link on their intro page or
it is under the tab "BW Magazine - Special Reports section."
Business
Week Global 1000. 1989-99. PDF document that provides a
detailed timeline for the years 1989 to 1999. Subtitled, "A
Year of Tumultuous Change, from Japan's Bubble to the
Triumph of the Net," it summarizes each year's highlights in
the global economy. The 1999
version is available.
Chain Store Age.
Monthly financial rankings from 1996.
Fast Company.
This is not a list/ranking per se but is a
compilation of companies this publisher feels are "the
world's most interesting and innovative companies."
Forbes.
Published the Forbes
500 (published in June), as well as other lists like: Best
Small Companies and Top
500 Private Companies. Their most current (and some
historical) can be found on their web page.
Fortune.
Publishes the Fortune 500 (published in June),
the Global 500, 100 Fastest Growing Companies, Small
Business 100, Americas Most Admired, Global Most Admired,
and 100 Best to Work for. Their current lists (and some
historical) can be found on their web page.
FT Global 500.
Full list of the world's biggest companies in
Europe, the UK, US, Japan and Asia Pacific are all available
in easily downloadable formats.
Hoovers 500.
The Hoover's 500 includes the largest
enterprises in the United States. Includes public/private
companies as well as partnerships, cooperatives,
government-owned corporations, mutual companies,
not-for-profit health care enterprises, universities, and
joint ventures. Links to the free company capsule and the
subscription based company profile.
Inc 500.
This is a list on America's Fastest Growing
Private Companies. It is possible to search the 500 lists
going as far back as 1982. They also have something called
the Inner
City 100 which recognizes America's fastest growing
urban businesses.
Industry
Week 1000.
Report on the world's 1,000 largest publicly
held manufacturing. This free database allows the user to
view the entire IW 1000 or sort the list by several
categories including industry, country, ranking, and
financial performance measures. Among the financials
captured in the database are revenue, net income, profit
margin, revenue growth, total equity, and earnings per
share. This magazine also has special issues with rankings
on the Best
Plants and the 100 World's Best Managed
Companies.
Information
Week 500.
Listing of the most innovative users of IT. This
issue covers 20 vertical industries (Banking, Chemicals,
Construction And Engineering, Consumer Goods, Electronics,
Energy, Food & Beverage Processing, Health Care,
Hospitality And Travel Services, Information Technology,
Insurance, Manufacturing, Media, Metals & Natural
Resources, Pharmaceuticals, Professional Services, Retail
& Distribution Services, Telecommunications,
Transportation, Utilities).
Local companies. American City
Business Journals
This company publishes the local City Business
Journals mentioned in Private
Company Research. Each issue generally contains a list
or lists. At the end of the year these are compiled into a
single publication called the Book of
Lists. Regular subscribers get the book as part of
their subscription, however, they can be purchased
separately.
National Retail Federation.
From their trade publication STORES - Top 100 Retailers, Top 100
Specialty Stores, Top 200 Global Retailers. Current and
historical lists from 1998/1999 forward.
SNL
Financial.
Rankings and other financial data on the
following industries: Banks, Insurance,
Financial
Services, Energy, and Real
Estate.
Special Issues.
SpecialIssues.com is a subscription based
service. However, it provides, for free, Gary Prices List of
Lists - a compilation of special issues ranking
companies from a wide variety of business and trade
magazines. There is an alphabetical list of the magazines
covered as well as industry groupings.
START Magazine.
Publishers of three manufacturing related
rankings: Large Admired Manufacturers, Mid-market Admired
Manufacturers, Small Admired Manufacturers.
VAR
Business Annual Report Card.
Benchmark of partner satisfaction from 1996.
Companies grouped according the following areas: Advanced
Desktops and Workstations, Entry-level Servers, Midrange
Servers, Voice & Data Networking, Enterprise Operations
Platforms, Database Software, Storage Management Software,
Security Management Software, Application Development &
Deployment Tools, Web & Internet Applications, Disk
Drives, Network Storage, Display Technology, IP & Data
Services, Network Color Printers.
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The Bankers' Almanac World
Ranking. East Grinstead, West Sussex : Thomas Skinner
Directories, c1985-.
LC Call Number: HG1503 .B18
LC
Control Number: 87644659
Three sections: alphabetic listing, world rank,
country-by-country ranks.
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Business Rankings Annual.
LC
Call Number: HG4050.B88
LC Control Number: 89640244
By SIC code and the country compiled from
various sources.
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D&B Business Rankings.
Bethlehem, PA : Dun & Bradstreet, Inc., c1997.
LC Call
Number: HG4057.A237
LC Control Number: sn 97048304
Sales volume and employer size for companies by
size, by state, by SIC Code, for public companies by size,
and for private/foreign owned companies by size.
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Market Share Reporter. Detroit,
MI : Gale Research, c. 1991 -
LC Call Number:
HF5410.M35
LC Control Number: 91649704
This publication is a compilation of top lists
of companies and products which originally appeared in
various publications, and articles. It is a companion to the
World Market Share Reporter, but focuses on the United
States, Mexico, and Canada.
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Ward's. Detroit : Gale
Research, c1990-.
LC Call Number: HG4057.A575
LC Control
Number: 90656245
There are 3 sets of rankings. First, within SIC
by sales. Second, state by state within SIC then by sales.
Third, within NAICS by sales. Ward's business directory of
U.S. private and public companies.
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World Market Share Reporter.
New York : Gale Research Inc., c1995-.
LC Call Number:
HD2757.15.W67
LC Control Number: 95660036
This is a publication that is a compilation of
top list of companies, products pulled from various
publications, articles, etc. It is a companion to Market
Share Reporter.
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There are
also sources that have industry overviews but will give
rankings within the profile.
Dun and Bradstreet/Gale Industry
Reference Handbooks. Stacy A. McConnell, editor ; Linda
D. Hall.
LC Call Number: HG4907.D86
LC Control Number:
00500443
This is a series arranged by Industry
(Entertainment & Hospitality; Construction &
Agriculture; Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals; Insurance
& Health & Medical Services; Computers &
Software & Broadcasting & Telecommunication). Within
each there is industry overviews, statistics, rankings,
association, companies, trade shows, financial norms,
directory, and much more.
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Encyclopedia of Emerging
Industries. Detroit : Gale, c1998- .
LC Call Number:
HD2324.E528
LC Control Number: 98660099
Fairly in-depth industry overviews with
charts/graphics.
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Encyclopedia of Global
Industries. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, 1996-.
LC
Call Number: HD2324.E53
LC Control Number: 97661013
Fairly in-depth industry overviews with
charts/graphics.
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S&P Industry Surveys. [New
York] Standard & Poor's Corp.
LC Call Number:
HC106.6.S74
LC Control Number: 77183941
Industry
Surveys are by industry. Within the survey there are
often rankings/figures but each has tables in the rear of
the report that give much financial information by company
by financial statement.
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US Industry Profiles. New York
: Gale Research, Inc., c1995-c1998.
LC Call Number:
HC101.U1638.
LC Control Number: 97640658
Industry overviews with reference sources
(various print and electronic) with charts/graphics.
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