High Growth Industries in Midwest

[Pat Warnock]

Try CorpTech, 617-932-3939

[Susan Kremer]

I've been asked to identify the industries in the midwest that have grown by
20% or more over the last 5 years. I know of sources of industry specific
information based on various criteria, but I don't know of a resource that
looks at industries for specific regions such as the midwest. Does anyone
know where I might find this? Thanks.

Susan Kremer
Peck & Associates Ltd.

[J. Derek Pugsley]

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If you go into D&B (e.g. Dialog File 516) you can specify a group of states, a
growth rate in sales (if they were disclosed to D&B), and a minimum sales
level, to keep the set small. D&B records should be viewed as approximations
because in many cases they are unaudited, but it is a starting point. I have
used this technique, for example, to find privately-owned companies with sales
>$20M with growth rates > 10% within a one-hour's drive of Toronto for a
client.

Another way to track growth is by searching the # of employees field.

Of course such a search cannot be a complete one, because of the nature of the
D&B database, but it can provide useful general indications, e.g. what
industries are growing faster than others.

Good luck!

J. Derek Pugsley, P. Eng.,
Inquix Consulting Limited, RR1,
Caledon East, Ontario, Canada L0N 1E0
905-584-2196 FAX 905-584-2521
e-mail: Internet: dpug...@hookup.net; CompuServe 71277,3317

Specializing in locating information to help support business decisions.

[Leslie Burke - Amway Corporation]

You should be able to search Dialog file 516 by state and growth over x%
quite easily. You can even limit by telephone area code if you need to.

Leslie Burke, Corporate Librarian or Sally Akehi, Asst. Librarian
Amway Corporation
7575 Fulton St. E
Ada, MI 49355-0001
616-676-6308; FAX 616-676-7142
bur...@mlc.lib.mi.us