Information Industry Market Size and Share Rankings: Preliminary 2010 Results

Author: Pooneh Fooladi, Director & Market Analyst

This report analyzes preliminary estimates of 2010 revenue and 2009-to-2010 growth in the $368.5 billion information industry and its segments. Of 11 segments covered, three segments posted a decline in growth – HR Information, Yellow Pages & Directories, and News Providers & Publishers – a continued function of structural change and hiring challenges made worse by the recession. Steadily growing from last year’s declines, all other segments posted modest gains. The report includes:

- Revenue and growth rates for the total information industry, which grew 0.6% in 2010, and its top 20 companies, which in aggregate grew 5.3% in 2010;
- Revenue and growth rates of the top 5-10 companies in each of 11 industry segments;
- Outsell’s commentary on trends in each segment;
- Essential actions for publishers and information providers.

Outsell continuously updates a database of over 7,000 publishers and information providers worldwide and uses a supply-side methodology to size the information industry. This preliminary market size and share report is prepared to give an early indication of the size of the information industry market for 2010. We publish final market size and share metrics in June, and our comprehensive industry forecast in the autumn.

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Why This Topic?

Methodology

The Year in Perspective
Total Market Size and Market Share Leaders

B2B Trade Publishing & Company Information
Credit & Financial Information
Education & Training
HR Information
Legal, Tax & Regulatory
Market & IT Research
News Providers & Publishers
Scientific, Technical & Medical Information
Search, Aggregation & Syndication
Yellow Pages & Directories

Essential Actions
Related Research
Appendix

Tables & Figures

Table 1. Information Industry Segments, Revenue and Growth, 2009-2010 (P)
Figure 1. Lingering Effect of the Recession on Information Industry Growth, 2008-2010(P)
Table 2. Top 20 Information Industry Companies, Preliminary Estimated 2010 Worldwide Information Revenues
Table 3. Top 10 B2B Trade Publishing Companies, Preliminary Estimated 2010 Segment Revenues
Table 4. Top 10 Company Information Companies, Preliminary Estimated 2010 Segment Revenues
Table 5. Top 10 Credit & Financial Information Companies, Preliminary Estimated 2010 Segment Revenues
Table 6. Top 10 Education & Training Companies, Preliminary Estimated 2010 Segment Revenues
Table 7. Top Five HR Information Companies, Preliminary Estimated 2010 Segment Revenues
Table 8. Top 10 Legal, Tax & Regulatory Companies, Preliminary Estimated 2010 Segment Revenues
Table 9. Top 10 Market & IT Research Companies, Preliminary Estimated 2010 Segment Revenues
Table 10. Top 10 News Providers & Publishers, Preliminary Estimated 2010 Segment Revenues
Table 11. Top 10 Scientific, Technical & Medical Information Companies, Preliminary Estimated 2010 Segment Revenues
Table 12. Top 10 Search, Aggregation & Syndication Companies, Preliminary Estimated 2010 Segment Revenues
Table 13. Top Eight Yellow Pages & Directories Companies, Preliminary Estimated 2010 Segment Revenues
Table 14. Currency Exchange Rate and Legend Table