Create industry benchmark reports from over 2000 industries!

Fintel Industry Metrics Reports

• Welcome to FINTEL Industry Metrics Reports! This resource will help you create customized reports from over 2000 industries.

• Research information on a client’s industry, receive knowledge about investment targets, and gain insight into financial management of industry peers.

Creating a customized industry report

Start by visiting the Barrington Area Library website:balibrary.org

Click on ‘Research’

Click on “Business, Careers, Technology”. Your screen will automatically jump to the collection of business databases, listed alphabetically.

Click on the “FINTEL Industry Metrics” link. If you are outside of the library, you will need to enter a Barrington Area Library card to proceed.

Welcome to the FINTEL Industry Metrics homepage! Listed is information about all of the information you can get from this database. When you are ready to create a report, click on “build new report”.

Decide which type of benchmark analysis you would like. Also note the “number of companies selected” in top right corner. That number will reduce as you add criteria to your report.

Select an industry by either typing in the industry name or code or you can choose from the drop down menu.

Please note that once you have chosen your industry, you will need a minimum of 7 companies in order to continue to build your report.

Select “Yes” or “No” if you would like to tailor your report with additional criteria, such as location, sales, number of employees, and age of firm for your industry report.

If you decide to add more criteria to your report, you will be able to fill in any or all of these fields. Click on the orange check box to expand a criterion.

Select whether or not you want to compare your results to the industry at large. When you are finished, click on the “ok” button.

This is an overview of your report. You can make changes to criteria in the left column. To the right, you can see the “Industry Risk Indicators” scale. When you are ready to view the report in its entirety, click on the “view” button in the top right corner.

This is your final report. You can adjust the report by selecting different tabs at the top, showing the statements in % or $, or viewing it in chart or graph format. You can also export your report to a PDF or Excel file or print it out.

Check out the Help/Resources tab in the bottom left corner for detailed information on interpreting your report, frequently asked questions about FINTEL reports, and a glossary of terms.

The Barrington Area Library also has the FINTEL Business Scorecard in our business database section! Use it to compare your company’s performance with others.

Questions? • You can visit the Adult Services Reference

Desk, call us at (847) 382-1300 and press 1, text us at 66746 (type code askbal the first time you send us a text), or send us an email.

• Thanks for using the Barrington Area Library! For more information on our business resources, check out our business page at balibrary.org/business