Free info on market size, demand etc.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=808827

by seshagiric • 17 years ago

3 2 17 years ago

news.ycombinator.com

When writing a business plan or proposal it helps to have genuine information on the size of target market (and other statistics).

Is there any free web service that offers such data/info?

Some example questions: - size of digital photo printing market in USA - number of prints made every year...

Some info I can get through Google but would be great to know about a free service that offer the same (I know about few paid ones).

trapper• 17 years ago

The best method is using sec edgar filings. You find the largest public company in your market and download the most recent 10-k's (annual report). They are publically available, you do not need to pay (although some sites make it easy for a fee). They always contain good market research and predictions for the markets, and are legally obliged to provide correct information.

Edinburger• 17 years ago

That's definitely a good idea when the company operates only in the market you are interested in. However, it doesn't work when the company has multiple revenue streams and doesn't break them out in their published accounts. In that case, if the company runs separate sites for each revenue stream, you can use Alexa (or similar) to get an idea of the traffic percentage to that sub-site and use it as a crude proxy for revenue.