Research Guides: ENTR 4P10: Planning New Venture Creation: Financial Data

Financial Data & Resources

These resources can help you to:

Estimate your startup costs and other financial projections
Find sources of startup funding
Compare the financial performance of similar businesses

Estimate Startup Costs / Financial Projections

Canadian Financial Statement Data Sources

It is possible to benchmark your pro-forma financial statement data by type of business, size of business, and by line of business (e.g. industry or NAICS) using this Canadian source:

Financial Performance Data (Industry Canada)

IBISWorld Industry Research Database This link opens in a new window Consult the Key Statistics section within any industry report for key ratios such as: Industry value added/revenue; Revenue/Employee; Wages/Revenue; Employees/Establishment; Wages/Employee.
- The Library subscribes to the following modules in IBISWorld: Canada Industry Reports (NAICS), United States Industry Reports (NAICS), Canada Industry iExpert Summaries, United States Industry iExpert Summaries, United States Specialized Industry Reports, United States Specialized Industry iExpert Summaries, China Industry Reports (200 industries), Canada Industry Provincial Reports (50+ Ontario industries), and Canada Collection of Macroeconomic Business Environment Profiles.

Other Industry-level Financial Data Sources

First Research Industry Profiles (via Mergent Intellect) - Industry profiles include financial benchmark information for over 900 industries (by SIC and NAICS). - Financial industry data provided by MicroBilt Corporation.