Comprehensive collection of industry reports, including a range of industries focused on social and environmental concerns. Look for the 'Cost Structure Benchmarks' section for a breakdown of average industry costs.
Access: Off Campus Access is available for: UNC-Chapel Hill students, faculty, and staff; UNC Hospitals employees; UNC-Chapel Hill affiliated AHEC users.
Extensive source for labor and employment-related cost and expenses data collected by the U.S. government. Explore by subject, e.g. "Pay and Benefits", "Employment Cost", and "Labor Productivity and Costs".
Provides detailed directory information for millions of U.S. businesses, including a breakdown of companies' annual business expenditures.
Access: Off Campus Access is available for: UNC-Chapel Hill students, faculty, and staff; UNC Hospitals employees; UNC-Chapel Hill affiliated AHEC users. North Carolina residents with a borrower's card may access from off campus by visiting NCLive directly. Contact the Davis Library Service Desk for the NCLive password (instructions). Coverage: Current information only
Mintel Academic provides market reports across a range of consumer-facing industries. Look for the consumer insights section within reports for information on spending habits, buying patterns and other factors driving consumer purchases.
Access: Off Campus Access is available for: UNC-Chapel Hill students, faculty, and staff; UNC Hospitals employees; UNC-Chapel Hill affiliated AHEC users. Coverage: 2001 -
Provides data and insight on industries, economies and consumers worldwide. Focuses on Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) and Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) industries. Use it to compare pricing of competitor products/services across different consumer product categories.
Access: Off Campus Access is available for: UNC-Chapel Hill students, faculty, and staff; UNC Hospitals employees; UNC-Chapel Hill affiliated AHEC users. Coverage: Varies. Most data for past few years, some back to 1977.
Provides statistics, infographics, industry and market research reports, and publicly-available data for over 600 industries across 25 countries. Find information on consumer attitudes and beliefs regarding product/service pricing as well as purchasing/consumption patterns.
Access: Off Campus Access is available for: UNC-Chapel Hill students, faculty, and staff; UNC Hospitals employees; UNC-Chapel Hill affiliated AHEC users.
FDO Professional provides comprehensive information on grantmakers and their grants through a database that includes over 140,000 foundations, corporate giving programs, and grantmaking public charities in the U.S. and over 4,000 sponsoring companies. Search by keywords relevant to your social mission and use filters to narrow down your potential funding opportunities.
A funding guide for entrepreneurial and small business research and development funding information, resources, and services for UNC-Chapel Hill researchers and other community-based innovators.