Industry classification codes organize companies into industrial groupings based on similar production processes, similar products, or similar behavior in financial markets. The two most-used systems in the United States are NAICS and SIC although there are others. Upon entering such a code, many business databases provide a list of companies within that code thereby defining a market. Here is a partial list of media codes as an example:
Research and analyze worldwide companies and industries. Extensive reference content from scholarly journals, news, market research reports, market share reporter, SWOT reports and more.
Access the Business Rankings Annual through the Business Insights database.
Find MartketLine industry reports on the media industry, broadcasting and cable and market research in different countries in the Business Source Complete database.
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