Reliable industry insights made for Accounting
When the smallest mistake is costly, you need data you can count on.
550 accounting firms globally trust IBISWorld as their source of industry intelligence
110 expert, in-house analysts produce unbiased, human-verified data and analysis for you
3x more industries coveredthan other industry research providers
Smarter research for smarter firms
At IBISWorld, we believe in the power of unlocking answers to complex questions. With reliable industry data, performance benchmarks and unbiased market forecasts on thousands of industries, you can strengthen audit processes, support valuations and deliver more strategic, forward-looking advisory.
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Our industry insights give you a competitive edge and empower every role.
Audit & Assurance
High-quality audits are critical to protecting your firm’s reputation and minimizing client risk. Validate assumptions and strengthen every audit with industry intelligence you can trust.
- Benchmark your client’s financials against industry averages to validate assumptions and uncover anomalies
- Identify potential risks faster by analyzing trends, red flags and outliers through independent, industry-level comparisons
- Understand recent industry performance and future outlooks to assess business viability and strengthen audit findings
Advisory & Consulting
Client-centric advisory starts with trusted industry knowledge. Whether your focus is deal advisory, strategy or risk consulting, you can make confident recommendations and showcase your expertise with financial benchmarks, historical data and performance forecasts.
- Identify risks and external pressures to shape tailored recommendations and proactive client guidance
- Strengthen proposals and strategic plans with benchmarks, forecasts and market context
- Uncover cross-selling opportunities and support growth by monitoring industry shifts and client needs
Business Valuation
Business valuations demand credible, defensible data—especially when timelines are tight, and assumptions must hold up to scrutiny. With standardized industry research, historical trends and robust financial benchmarks, you can deliver streamlined, rock-solid valuations.
- Save hours of research with consistent data that supports key valuation model factors
- Benchmark company performance against industry averages to support fair market value estimates
- Access archived reports and market outlooks to strengthen historical context and defend assumptions in reports or testimony
Sales & Marketing
Understanding your target market's needs and challenges is critical to crafting tailored messaging and proposals. IBISWorld provides the industry intelligence you need to reach and resonate with your audience.
- Target high-potential industries with data that reveals growth trends, risks and client needs
- Strengthen marketing campaigns with insights that align with client challenges and business goals
- Enhance sales conversations and proposals with credible, independent industry intelligence
Products for accurate decisions
Industry Research
Find and win new business, speak your clients’ language and become their trusted advisor.
- Strengthen advice and simplify valuations with insights into industry data and dynamics
- Compile going concern assessments, audit plans and management letters faster
- Develop targeted strategies, marketing campaigns and proposals that win new business
Atlas
Query hundreds of industries across dozens of countries in a single session, with one consistent methodology so every comparison holds up.
- Benchmark operating margins and cost structures across your entire portfolio without reconciling sources
- Stress test every industry in your lending book and build risk-based targeting frameworks by jurisdiction
- Compare acquisition targets and map supply chain risk using the same benchmarks across every country you operate in
Business Environment Profiles
Know what’s driving industry performance.
- Track macroeconomic, consumer and financial forces shaping industry conditions
- Pinpoint cyclical changes in business drivers to showcase market trends
- Strengthen business projects with insight into how external factors influence industries
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Claude
Back every Claude answer with human-verified data and analyst insights.
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ChatGPT
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Microsoft Copilot
Get trusted industry answers in Copilot across every Microsoft 365 tool.
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Perplexity
Research smarter with IBISWorld’s market intelligence database built into Perplexity.
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nCino integration
Proactively monitor commercial and small business loans across the credit lifecycle.
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Snowflake integration
Bring our structured data into your data ecosystem via the Snowflake Marketplace.
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RelPro integration
Improve targeting and make faster connections for small business and middle market lending.
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Fuel your internal tools, dashboards and pipelines with human-verified data.
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Connect IBISWorld's database to select AI platforms for verified industry intelligence inside your workflows.
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“IBISWorld delivers the crisp business knowledge we need to drive our business. Whether it be serving up our major clients, winning new business or educating people on industry issues, IBISWorld brings real value.”
“I didn’t know what I didn’t know. Now, I can be confident it’s all in one place.”
“When I go and visit a company, I need to understand what opportunities the business has and what challenges it faces. IBISWorld helps me sound knowledgeable from the outset.”