First Research, Inc.
First Research, a D&B company, is the leading provider of Industry Intelligence Tools that help sales and marketing teams perform faster and smarter, open doors and close more deals. First Research performs the “heavy lifting” by analyzing hundreds of sources to create insightful and easy to digest Industry Intelligence that can be consumed very quickly to better understand a prospect’s or client’s business issues. Customers include leading companies in banking, accounting, insurance, technology, telecommunications, business process outsourcing and professional services such as ADP, Bank of America, Merrill Lynch and Sprint. Used by more than 60,000 sales professionals, First Research can benefit any organization which has prospects in multiple industries.
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Wood Flooring Manufacturing
1/14/2013 | published by: First Research, Inc.
... Industries, and Wood Flooring International (WFI). COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE Demand for wood flooring is closely tied to residential real estate construction, both new and remodeling. The industry is highly competitive because the product is largely a ...
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Metal Ore Mining
1/14/2013 | published by: First Research, Inc.
... (both based in the US), as well as Anglo American (UK); BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto (both dually headquartered in Australia and the UK); Jiangxi Copper (China); Vale (Brazil); and Xstrata (Switzerland). China dominates the ...
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Professional Services Sector
1/14/2013 | published by: First Research, Inc.
... Engineering Group, Omnicom, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, as well as Accenture (Ireland), Capgemini Group (France), and WorleyParsons (Australia). Global annual revenue from consulting services, advertising and marketing services, engineering services, and ...
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Laundry Facilities & Dry Cleaning Services
1/14/2013 | published by: First Research, Inc.
... and Martin Franchises. The US laundry facilities and dry cleaning services industry includes about 30,000 companies with combined annual revenue of about $10 billion. The industry includes about 20,000 companies that provide retail laundry and ...
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Medical & Diagnostic Laboratories
1/14/2013 | published by: First Research, Inc.
... Alliance HealthCare Services, LabCorp, Quest Diagnostics, and RadNet. The commercial medical and diagnostic laboratory industry in the US consists of about 8,000 companies with combined annual revenue of about $45 billion. Medical labs account for ...
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Breweries
1/14/2013 | published by: First Research, Inc.
... (UK). Worldwide, breweries produce about 1.9 billion hectoliters of beer annually, according to the Barth Report. The largest beer producing nations include Brazil, China, Germany, Russia, and the US. Growth in developing markets such as ...
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Coal Mining
1/14/2013 | published by: First Research, Inc.
... include Alpha Natural Resources, Arch Coal, and Peabody Energy (all based in the US), as well as Anglo American (UK); BHP Billiton (dually headquartered in the UK and Australia); Coal India; ShenHua Group and Yankuang ...
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Construction Machinery Manufacturing
1/14/2013 | published by: First Research, Inc.
... (Japan), Liebherr Group (Germany), Sany Heavy Industry (China), and Terex (US), along with the construction divisions of heavy equipment manufacturers CNH (The Netherlands), Deere (US), and Volvo (Sweden). The global construction machinery manufacturing industry generates ...
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Cookie & Cracker Manufacturing
1/14/2013 | published by: First Research, Inc.
... Division, Campbell Soup's Pepperidge Farms unit, Snyder's-Lance, Interbake Foods, and Otis Spunkmeyer. The industry is highly concentrated: the top 50 companies account for more than 90 percent of industry revenue. The cookie and cracker manufacturing ...
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Discount Department Stores
1/14/2013 | published by: First Research, Inc.
... include Kmart, Kohl's, Target, and Wal-Mart. The US discount department store industry includes about 5,000 stores with combined annual revenue of about $121 billion and is expected to see revenue remain flat in the next ...
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Electrical Contractors
1/14/2013 | published by: First Research, Inc.
... electrical contracting industry includes about 70,000 companies with combined annual revenue of about $100 billion. High growth is forecast for the next two years. Key growth drivers include the strengthening economy and rising demand in ...
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Framing Contractors
1/14/2013 | published by: First Research, Inc.
... the industry, which is highly fragmented. COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE Demand is driven heavily by new home construction. The profitability of individual companies depends on a steady volume of contracted work, accurate work estimation, and cost controls. ...
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Freight Forwarding Services
1/14/2013 | published by: First Research, Inc.
... and UTi Worldwide (all based in the US), along with CEVA Logistics (France); DB Schenker and DHL Supply Chain (Germany); Kuehne + Nagel and Panalpina (Switzerland); Nippon Express (Japan); and Sinotrans (China). The global freight ...
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Sign Manufacturing
1/14/2013 | published by: First Research, Inc.
... The Alpine Group). Producers of paper and paperboard signs are not included in the industry. The sign manufacturing industry in the US includes about 6,000 companies with combined annual revenue of about $10 billion. High ...
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Inland Water Freight Transportation
1/14/2013 | published by: First Research, Inc.
... Lines, Ingram Barge, and Kirby Inland Marine, and captive subsidiaries of companies that transport commodities, such as AEP River Operations (owned by American Electric Power) and American River Transportation (owned by Archer Daniels Midland). The ...
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Landscaping Services
1/14/2013 | published by: First Research, Inc.
... Expert Company, TruGreen Companies, and ValleyCrest Landscape Companies. The US landscaping services industry includes about 90,000 companies with combined annual revenue of about $50 billion. Modest growth is forecast for the next two years. Key ...
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Nonprofit Institutions
1/14/2013 | published by: First Research, Inc.
... Goodwill Industries (all based in the US), as well as BRAC (Bangladesh), the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and the World Health Organization (Switzerland), and The National Trust and Oxfam GB ...
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Farm & Garden Equipment Wholesalers
1/14/2013 | published by: First Research, Inc.
... 6,000 companies with combined annual revenue of about $55 billion and is expected to grow at a moderate rate over the next two years. Key growth drivers include rising demand for small tractors and precision ...
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Medical Equipment & Supply Wholesalers
1/14/2013 | published by: First Research, Inc.
... Owens & Minor, Patterson Companies, and PSS World Medical. National distributors generally participate in international markets, especially in Europe and China. The US medical equipment and supplies distribution industry includes about 7,000 companies with combined ...
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Religious Organizations
1/14/2013 | published by: First Research, Inc.
... United Methodist, and Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Religious organizations count billions of followers worldwide. Christians are the largest group (33 percent of world population), followed by Muslims (21 percent), and Hindus (13 ...
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Medical Equipment & Supplies Manufacturing
1/14/2013 | published by: First Research, Inc.
... Johnson, and Medtronic (all based in the US), as well as B. Braun (Germany), PRIM (Spain), Smith & Nephew (UK), and Terumo (Japan). Global revenue for makers of medical equipment and supplies is about $340 ...
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Manufactured Home Manufacturing
1/14/2013 | published by: First Research, Inc.
... manufactured housing (MH) industry includes about 200 companies with combined annual sales of about $3 billion. High growth is forecast for the next two years. Key growth drivers include home affordability, low mortgage rates, and ...
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Semiconductor & Other Electronic Component Manufacturing
1/14/2013 | published by: First Research, Inc.
... America. Top international manufacturers include Samsung Electronics of South Korea, Sharp Corporation of Japan, and Flextronics International of Singapore. Worldwide semiconductor sales are about $300 billion a year, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association. The ...
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Wired Telecommunications Services
1/14/2013 | published by: First Research, Inc.
... Comcast, and Verizon Communications; major international wireline carriers include China Telecom, Deutsche Telekom (Germany), Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (Japan), and Telefónica (Spain). The global wired telecommunications services industry comprises about 1.2 billion fixed telephone lines ...
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Business Services Sector
1/14/2013 | published by: First Research, Inc.
... Industries, ADT Security Services, Automatic Data Processing, Manpower, and Waste Management (all based in the US), along with Adecco (Switzerland); G4S, Rentokil Initial, and TUI Travel (UK); ISS (Denmark), and Veolia Environnement (France). Europe and ...
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