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Forbes’ Largest Private Companies
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Private companies often play their cards close to their vests. Forbes’ annual list of largest private companies is an excellent tool for finding annual sales, employee counts, executive officer information, and contact addresses for these large private organizations.
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HillSearch
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Give yourself the power of the nation’s top business research library. HillSearch is the most powerful business research engine available to individuals and features access to virtually every major newspaper and industry journal plus market research reports, benchmarking tools, data on tens of millions of private and public companies throughout North America, and more. Members also receive one-click access to expert, live, business reference assistance. HillSearch is a membership program and is only available to individual entrepreneurs.Request a free HillSearch trial at www.hillsearch.org/free_trial.cfm |
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Hoover's
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| Free company capsules provide basic company information, including brief financials and competitors. Site also contains industry; IPO info, and other content. Some data only available to subscribers. |
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InfoUSA
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| Use InfoUSA to build business sales leads and mailing lists, residential sales leads and mailing lists, bankruptcy and tax lien lists, gather lifestyle data, and more. InfoUSA is a fee-based service. |
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Manta - Search for Companies by Industry
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| Manta offers free access to basic information on more than 45 million public and private companies worldwide, and detailed information (with free registration) on more than 13 million firms. Use the category listings to search for companies by industry at the bottom of the home page. |
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Manta - Search for Companies by Name
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| Manta offers free access to basic information on more than 45 million public and private companies worldwide, and detailed information (with free registration) on more than 13 million firms. Use this engine to search by company name and location. |
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National Association of Secretaries of State Business Registration and Filing Services
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| All businesses are legally required to file various forms, applications, and statements with their respective Secretary of State’s office. Use this site to locate Secretary of State offices in each state of the U.S., then contact them to track down company information. TIP: Site opens links in new windows. Check your pop-up blocker if difficulties arise. |
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Reuters Investor
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Use this site to find information on publicly-traded companies, including some free analyst reports, insider trading, ratio analysis, institutional ownership, officer biographies, and more. Formerly Multex Investor.
Free registration required for most features. |
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Spoke
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| Spoke helps you find employees at millions of companies worldwide. Become a Spoke member (it's free) and when you login, use the Find People/Companies search. Enter a company name, and Spoke will list employees and executives it has found mentioned on the Web. |
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Thomas Register of Manufacturers
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One of the most popular manufacturers directories for the US. Search by company name for contact info, product lines & brands. Or, search by product/service to gather list of companies that make or supply that product.
Requires free registration. |
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Yahoo Finance Public Company Search
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Yahoo Finance allows you to easily search for public company information by company name or ticker symbol. Quickly access a company's financial information, profile, key competitors, executives, industry news, and more. |
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