Business & Management

Reliable, full-text reports, fact sheets, images and more on local topics important to Buffalo and the surrounding community.

Research, data, insights, and inspiration from Google.

Featuring stories on various topics such as families, housing, employment, business, education, the economy, emergency management, and population.

The American Time Use Survey (ATUS) measures the amount of time people spend doing various activities, such as paid work, childcare, volunteering, and socializing.

The Census Business Builder (CBB) is a suite of services that provide selected demographic and economic data from the Census Bureau tailored to specific types of users in a simple to access and use format.

This platform allows users a single place to seamlessly access data and digital content from the Census Bureau. Census data provides a huge amount of statistics on the U.S. population, economy, and business.

The Consumer Expenditure Surveys (CE) program provides data on expenditures, income, and demographic characteristics of consumers in the United States. CE data are collected by the Census Bureau for BLS in two surveys, the Interview Survey for major and/or recurring items and the Diary Survey for more minor or frequently purchased items.

Research and data on consumer finances.

A portal and data collection site that visualizes key social, business, political, demographic, and other issues. Data USA is a excellent, free tool to use to visualize Census data.

The U.S. Small Business Association's listing of reliable sources that provide customer and market information at no cost. Some of these resources may overlap with others on this page.

Open Data Buffalo is the open data program developed under the administration of Mayor Byron W. Brown in Buffalo, New York. The initiative is a commitment to proactively release high-quality, updated "publishable City data" through a centralized portal in machine-readable formats, fully accessible and freely available in the public domain.

An online mapping tool with data on demographics, real estate, health, jobs and more in communities across the United States. Although this is a subscription database, a public version of PolicyMap is available for free with signup.

American analytics and advisory company known for its public opinion polls conducted worldwide.

Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the world. They conduct public opinion polling, demographic research, content analysis and other data-driven social science research. Pew does not take policy positions.

Key trends from the General Social Survey (GSS). Since 1972, the GSS has been monitoring societal change and studying the growing complexity of American society. The GSS is a publicly available national resource, and is one of the most frequently analyzed sources of information in the social sciences.

NOTE: UB does not subscribe to iRoper. Use the Roper Center to find your keywords in study questions.
The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research is the leading educational facility in the field of public opinion. The Center exists to promote the intelligent, responsible, and imaginative use of public opinion in addressing the problems faced by Americans and citizens of other nations.

YouGov provides consumer research through global public opinion and data. They regularly publish articles, ratings and surveys on major topics and brands.

"Explore what the world is searching"

"Real-time social media search and analysis."

StatCounter measures internet usage trends based on over 10 billion page views per month recorded across more than 2 million websites. See more at: https://gs.statcounter.com/factsheet

A simple tool for keyword and content research. Input a phrase, and this tool will return a long, alphabetized list of additional keywords and content ideas.

Global reports, infographics and guides that are crafted to help you stay in the know.

Working for sustainable solutions that reduce poverty and build prosperity in developing countries.