Mergent Intellect provides access to a robust business directory and the Nielsen PRIZM demographics module that will be VERY useful for either the business plan or consulting projects!
The U.S. Census Bureau collects all kind of data about Americans. To find Business information, select "Business and Economy" from the Browse by Topic menu..
The Consumer Expenditure Survey provides data about the buying habits of American consumers. It is the only Federal survey that provides information on the complete range of consumers' expenditures and incomes, and the characteristics of those consumers.
Data.census.gov is the platform to access data and digital content from the U.S. Census Bureau. The vision for data dissemination through data.census.gov is to improve the customer experience by making data available from one centralized place so that data users spend less time searching for data content and more time using it. For guidance on using data.census.gov, please see our Resources page at https://www.census.gov/data/adrm/what-is-data-census-gov.html.
An online mapping and reporting application showing where workers are employed and where they live with companion reports on worker characteristics and optional filtering by age, earnings, or industry groups.
Select and find out about NAICS-based or SIC-based Quarterly Workforce Indicators by state, geographic grouping, industry, year and quarter, sex, age group, and ownership. Also includes net job gains and losses from 2007Q4 onward.
Iowa Small Business Development Centers (SBDC) provide free, confidential, customized business advice in all 99 Iowa counties to businesses with 500 employees or less.
