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  • Company Profiles
  • Create list of companies
  • Comprehensive Financials: U.S. & Foreign
  • History, chronology & affiliation
  • How do I find full information about a company?
  • How do I create a database for my small business?
  • How do I find a company's database?
  • How do companies get free data?

  Find company profiles and financial data for U.S. and international public and private companies, investment firms, and hedge funds. Covers key developments, relationships among firms and people, biographical and contact data, M&A transactions including IPOs, venture capital/private equity data, and regulatory filings.New users can register for an account by following the New User? link on the screen. Login to MIT VPN first if registering for an account remotely .

• D&B Hoovers

  Lists public, private, and nonprofit global companies that can be searched using a set of criteria and downloaded. Company profile includes news, corporate overviews, financial data, market research reports, analyst reports, executive biographies, SWOT analysis, significant developments, strategic initiatives, industry norms, and market share.

• Orbis

  Contains information on public and private companies worldwide. It can be used to research individual companies, or to screen for companies meeting certain financial, geographic or operating criteria.

• Refinitiv Workspace

  Refinitiv Workspace (RWS) is the new name and interface for Thomson ONE. RWS provides information on public & private global companies and includes: financials and filings, news & corporate events, earnings estimates, price quotes, M&A transactions, PE/VC data, ESG ratings and analyst reports. Screen and analyze companies, deals/league tables, PE/VC firms, funds and portfolio companies, mergers and acquisition deals, and more.

Create list of companies

Use these resources to compile a list of companies based on specific criteria such as industry, geographic location, number of employees, and annual revenue.

• Capital IQ

  Screen for U.S. and international companies by financials, M&A transactions, industries, people, investment style and more.

• D&B Hoovers

  Lists public, private, and nonprofit global companies that can be searched using a set of criteria and downloaded. Company profile includes news, corporate overviews, financial data, market research reports, analyst reports, executive biographies, SWOT analysis, significant developments, strategic initiatives, industry norms, and market share.

• Data Axle (formerly Reference USA)

  Directory information on U.S. and Canadian business, health care, and residential listings. Search by company name, geographic area, business type, SIC code, yellow page listing, revenue, location, number of employees or any combination of the above. In addition to address and phone number, each entry includes officer names and titles, corporate affiliation, business type and size of yellow page advertising. Toll free and fax numbers are given for some companies.

• LexisNexis Academic (now Nexis Uni)

  Lexis Nexis Academic provides access to the full-text of many news, business, and legal resources, including the New York Times. Create a company list using Dossier from "search by subject or topic" dropdown. Limit your search to companies within a specific industry, geographic area, or that meet a certain financial criteria. All results can be downloaded onto a spreadsheet.

• Orbis

  Contains information on public and private companies worldwide. It can be used to research individual companies, or to screen for companies meeting certain financial, geographic or operating criteria.

• Prowessdx

  Prowessdx provides financial data for public and private Indian companies, going back to 1989. Coverage includes detailed financial statements, and data on ownership and governance, stock price, and mergers & acquisitions. Click on Register below the Login prompt to create an account. If you already have a CMIE account (for States of India), your username and password should allow access.

• ReferenceUSA Historical Data Files

  Historic company records. Created annually from Infogroup’s U.S. Business Database; a snapshot of the data is saved each December. Contains company name, mailing address, SIC and NAICS codes, employee size, sales volume, latitude/longitude, and many more variables about each company. Coverage is from 1997-

Comprehensive Financials: U.S. & Foreign

• Amadeus

  A database from Bureau van Dijk containing financial statement data as well as basic company and management information for public and private companies in Europe. Can also be accessed via WRDS

• Compustat Global (via WRDS)

  Compustat Global provides detailed fundamental data for major companies trading on international exchanges.

• Compustat North America (via WRDS)

  Use to find detailed fundamental data for companies trading on all of the major United States and Canadian exchanges. Coverage goes back to 1950.

• Orbis

  Contains information on public and private companies worldwide.

• Oriana

  Provides access to public and private companies across the Asia-Pacific region. Use it to research a specific company or create target lists with comprehensive profiles covering company financials, directors, contacts, and more.

• Prowessdx

  Prowessdx provides financial data for public and private Indian companies, going back to 1989. Coverage includes detailed financial statements, and data on ownership and governance, stock price, and mergers & acquisitions. Click on Register below the Login prompt to create an account. If you already have a CMIE account (for States of India), your username and password should allow access.

• Worldscope (via WRDS)

  Provides fundamental data for major international companies. 1980+.

History, chronology & affiliation

• D&B Hoovers

  In company profile, click on "corporate family" link on left navigation bar.

• Mergent WebReports

  Historical information on public companies. Includes Industrial Manual 1920-, OTC Industrial Manual 1970-, OTC Unlisted Manual 1986-, Bank & Finance Manual 1928-, Public Utility Manual 1914-, Transportation Manual 1909-, International Manual 1981-. Also includes Municipal & Government Manual 1918-

How do I find full information about a company?

How do I create a database for my small business?

How do I find a company's database?

How do companies get free data?