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Information Industry Market Size and Share Rankings: Preliminary 2007 Results

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Authors: Kate Worlock, Director, Market Intelligence Service; Pooneh Fooladi, Director & Market Analyst

Information industry revenues grew 5.3% to $381 billion in 2007, slowing from a 6% growth rate in 2006. This report analyzes preliminary estimates of 2007 revenue and 2006-to-2007 growth of the information industry and its segments, and includes:

- Revenue and growth rates for the total information industry and its top 20 companies;
- Revenue and growth rates of the top 10 leaders in 10 industry segments;
- Commentary on the trends driving growth in each segment;
- Insights about segments ranging from Search - which continued to prosper as Google remained the No. 1 company in the information industry - to the News segment, which experienced negative growth in 2007;
- Outsell’s top 10 predictions for 2008.

Outsell maintains and continuously updates a database of over 6,000 publishers and information providers worldwide and uses a supply-side methodology to size the information industry.

Pub Date: January 10, 2008
Pages: 20
Format: PDF Application_pdf

Table of Contents

  • Why This Topic?
  • Total Market Size and Top 20 Market Share Leaders
    1. Information Industry Growth Slowed to 5.3% in 2007
  • Growth Continues, But Slows
  • Market Share Leaders by Segment
    1. B2B Trade Publishing
    2. Company Information
    3. Credit & Financial Information
    4. Education & Training
    5. Legal, Tax & Regulatory
    6. Market Research, Reports & Services
    7. IT & Telecom Research, Reports & Services
    8. News Providers & Publishers
    9. Scientific, Technical & Medical Information
    10. Search, Aggregation & Syndication
  • Top 10 Predictions for 2008

    • Tables & Figures

  • Table 1. Preliminary Est. Worldwide Information Industry Revenue by Segment
  • Table 2. Top 20 Information Industry Companies Preliminary Est. Worldwide Revenues
  • Figure 1. Declining Growth Rates in the Information Industry, 2005-2007
  • Table 3. Top 10 Companies – B2B Trade Publishing, Preliminary Est. Worldwide Revenues
  • Table 4. Top 10 Companies – Company Information, Preliminary Est. Worldwide Revenues
  • Table 5. Top 10 Companies – Credit & Financial Information, Preliminary Est. Worldwide Revenues
  • Table 6. Top 10 Companies – Education & Training, Preliminary Est. Worldwide Revenues
  • Table 7. Top 10 Companies – Legal, Tax & Regulatory, Preliminary Est. Worldwide Revenues
  • Table 8. Top 10 Companies – Market Research, Reports & Services, Preliminary Est. Worldwide Revenues
  • Table 9. Top 10 Companies – IT & Telecom Research, Reports & Services, Preliminary Est. Worldwide Revenues
  • Table 10. Top 10 Companies – News Providers & Publishers, Preliminary Est. Worldwide Revenues
  • Table 11. Top 10 Companies - Scientific, Technical & Medical Information (excluding Geophysical Information Providers), Preliminary Est. Worldwide Revenues
  • Table 12. Top 5 Companies - Geophysical Information Providers, Preliminary Est. Worldwide Revenues
  • Table 13. Top 10 Companies – Search, Aggregation & Syndication, Preliminary Est. Worldwide Revenues