The U.S Census – https://www.census.gov provides an enormous catalogue of statistics and data on the US population, markets and the economy.
Dunn & Bradstreet - http://www.dnb.com/solutions/government/federal.html
Hoovers D&B Industry Analysis - http://www.hoovers.com/industry-analysis.html
Bureau of Labor Statistics - https://www.bls.gov/bdm/
Bureau of Economic Analysis - https://www.bea.gov/
Economic Indicator - https://www.census.gov/econ/index.html
Business Expenses - https://www.census.gov/econ/bes/
Survey of Income and Business Participation - https://www.census.gov/sipp/
American Fact Finder - https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml
Trade – Importers & Exporting information - https://www.trade.gov/mas/ian/smeoutlook/
Survey of Consumer Financing - https://www.federalreserve.gov/econres/scfindex.htm
Small Business Lending Index - https://www.biz2credit.com/small-business-lending-index
Kauffman Foundation Small Business Survey - http://www1.kauffman.org/kfs/
National Small Business Association = http://nsba.biz/research/
Small Business Administration – Firm Size Data - https://www.sba.gov/advocacy/data-establishments-firm-size
Free Small Business Data & Trends - https://www.sba.gov/business-guide/plan/market-research-competitive-analysis#section-header-5
SizeUp tool - https://www.sba.gov/tools/sizeup
Listing of Market Research tools and resources - https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/market-research-tools-resources
Global website ranking system provides in-depth web traffic analysis data. Check out your competitor’s website to see who is visiting, who is linking, and get a snapshot of performance trends. https://www.alexa.com/
Market Research tool - http://openstrate.gy/categories/market-data-new
Market Research tool - https://segmentationsolutions.nielsen.com/mybestsegments/
Determine the Best Location for your Business - https://cbb.census.gov/sbe/#
Ideal Location for your Business - https://www.zoomprospector.com/
List of Industry Trade Groups - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_industry_trade_groups_in_the_United_States
Free tool that leverages US Census data and other data sources to give you access to data in an easy-to-use format that you can explore either visually on a map or in data reports for cities, counties, and entire states - http://censusviewer.com/free-maps-and-data-links/
Economic, Demographic and Financial Information - https://www.economy.com/freelunch/
SBDC Net Business Snapshots - http://www.sbdcnet.org/category/small-business-research-reports
Industry Specific Financials - http://www.bizstats.com/