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Get Started - Public Companies

Mergent Online
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Company financial statements, ratios, and other quantitative data. Other information includes but is not limited to SEC filings, analyst reports, executive/board biographies and compensation details, and historical daily stock pricing back to 1925.
D&B Hoovers
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Aggregates company profiles, business news, and industry reports.

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Get Started - Private Companies

See this article for more details about private company disclosure requirements.

PrivCo
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A premier source for business and financial data on over 300,000 major, non-publicly traded corporations, including family owned, private equity owned, venture backed, and international unlisted companies.
Note: This resource requires you to create a user account.
Mergent Online
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Company financial statements, ratios, and other quantitative data. Other information includes but is not limited to SEC filings, analyst reports, executive/board biographies and compensation details, and historical daily stock pricing back to 1925.

Select "D&B Private Company Database" to include or limit your search to private companies

Get Started - Basic Address Information

The resources below provide basic address information for companies. They are often used to screen (filter) for lists of companies by criteria like location, industry, number of employees, sales volume, and more.

Data Axle Reference Solutions
Basic directory data including 93 million US businesses, 379 million historical US businesses, and 261 million individual US consumers. Use it to build lists like these examples: all coffee shops in Indianapolis, all semiconductor machinery manufacturers in California and Indiana, or consumers in West Lafayette interested in cooking / wine with a household income between $125,000-$200,000.
Uniworld
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Up-to-date multinational business contact information with listings in over 200 countries. Includes information on American firms operating in foreign countries and foreign firms operating in the United States.