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Industry Classification

Below are some relevant SIC and NAICS classification codes to the music industry. Try using these numeric codes whenever you encounter a source that organizes information in this manner.

	`Industry description`	`SIC`	`NAICS`
	`Music stores (compact discs, records)`	`5735`	`451220`
	`Sound recording industries`	`--`	`5122XX`
	`Music groups & artists`	`7929`	`711130`
	`Live performance promoters & producers`	`7922`	`711310`
	`Agents`	`--`	`711410`

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Companies & Competitors

Corporate Affiliations
Search by company name to learn about parent-company and subsidiary relationships. Tip: This source primarily covers only larger companies.

Dow Jones Factiva

A terrific source for company financial profiles, business descriptions and news coverage.

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Industry & Product Trends

R E P O R T S & B R I E F I N G S Advisory analysis where discussion includes "big-picture" descriptions of market size, industry background, leading competitors, financial trends and more.
	Encyclopedia of American Industries Introductory overviews to major industry sectors. Tip: Search by SIC code.
	IBISWorld In-depth reports on more than 700 industry sectors. Reports include thorough descriptions of market dynamics, quantitative analysis of industry performance and revenue forecasts. Tip: Search by NAICS code.
	eMarketer Articles, statistics and reports on all things technological -- consumer usage patterns, online advertising trends, e-commerce and industry sectors.
	MarketResearch.com Academic Market research reports detailing trends in various consumer product and industry sectors.

A R T I C L E S Brief accounts of particular trends and topics related to a market sector. Typically found in newspapers, business periodicals and trade journals, articles are highly valuable in helping you assess trends, but you'll need to do the work of drawing conclusions.
	Dow Jones Factiva Search by company, industry or product name for recent articles from newspapers, business magazines, trade journals and other periodicals. Try searching in some trade-specific publications like Billboard, Daily Variety and the Hollywood Reporter.
	eMarketer Articles, statistics and reports on all things technological -- consumer usage patterns, online advertising trends, e-commerce and industry sectors.

T R A D E G R O U P S Professional associations, membership organizations and other trade groups are often excellent sources for current information on market and industry trends. Here are a few music-industry organization Web sites to consider.
	Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) Click on the "Key Statistics" link for annual summaries of market trends and consumer genre preferences.
	IFPI Representing the recording industry worldwide, this Web site contains useful statistics and insightful commentary about recorded music trends. Click on the "Statistics" and "Resources" links.
	National Association of Recording Merchandisers (NARM) Try the "Research Briefs" for industry-related updates from this association that represents music stores.
	Associations Unlimited Locate more industry associations, membership organizations, nonprofit groups, fan clubs, professional societies and other organizations. Tip: For best results, use the "Subject / Any Word Search" link.

More industry trend resources available on the Industries Guide.

Business Plan Writing

Learn business writing style by example. Use these library resources to help you learn business plan language.

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Business Plans Handbook Contains actual, full-text business plans. Tip: For best results, search the "Entire Document" field	The Ernst & Young Business Plan Guide	Definitive Business Plan

Additional business-plan writing guides available in Carrier Library.

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