written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . july 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message the freedonia group type private industry market research founded 1985 headquarters 767 beta dr. cleveland ohio 44143 products syndicated industry studies ; customized research projects ; focus reports website http www.freedoniagroup.com the freedonia group is an international industry market research firm headquartered in cleveland ohio with a satellite office in beijing china . the company whose name was inspired by the marx brothers film duck soup 1 publishes over 100 studies annually that contain market projections company profiles and major mergers and acquisitions . 2 more than 90 percent of the industrial companies in the fortune 500 use freedonia research . 3 contents 1 history 2 products 3 references 4 external links history edit the freedonia group was founded in 1985 by bill weiss in cleveland ohio . 4 in 2000 jeff weiss joined the company as ceo . 5 in 2003 the freedonia focus reports collection was introduced as a subscription based offering . in 2005 the company opened an office in beijing china . in 2016 the group was acquired by marketresearch.com . 6 products edit the group has published more than 3 000 off the shelf studies covering industries on a global basis or specific to the united states . they are researched and written in house by a team of analysts and economics staff . 7 the main industries covered by the studies include construction and building products automotive chemicals polymers security metals and industrial components . major publications including the the wall street journal 8 forbes and the economist use the freedonia group research as an independent source . citation needed the focus report collection is an online and subscription based product for businesses and universities . the reports are condensed versions of industry studies ; over 300 are available . 9 custom research is also available . 10 references edit krouse peter . 12 31 2002 marx brothers inspired mayfield firm s name but its work is no joke the plain dealer online business sourcebook 8th totally revised addition . edited by oksana newman 2007 pg .224 feedonia industry studies https books.google.com books id byfi42ztlzuc & pg pa224 & dq the freedonia group & hl en & sa x & ei ojjrub3yd8q50qhpwidqag & ved 0cekq6aewaw v onepage & q freedonia & f false freedonia the market report collection . business research plus . retrieved 2016 03 09 . http www.cleveland.com schleis paula 2007 . freedonia group stays on top of industry trends . akron beacon journal . staff tire business . market research firm freedonia acquired tire business . tire business . retrieved 2016 03 09 . ref alacra . chao loretta . lego tries to build a better brick . wall street journal . issn 0099 9660 . retrieved 2016 03 09 . freedonia focus reports u m library . www.lib.umich.edu . retrieved 2016 03 09 . freedonia custom research expands . external links edit the freedonia group inc. retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title freedonia group & oldid 744420404 categories companies based in clevelandcompanies established in 1985hidden categories articles with a promotional tone from july 2016all articles with a promotional toneall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from august 2016 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 15 october 2016 at 03 03 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view