Information on large- to mid-sized companies

Directories to find small-, mid- and large companies

Use these databases if you want to find companies in a specific geographic location in the United States.

To search for a company

1. Select the link above to access the database.
2. Enter the company name or ticker symbol into the search box.
3. Select your target company from the results list. 
4. From the company profile, you may link to:

• the company's SWOT and history reports
• financial performance and ratio reports from Thomson Reuters
• market share, industry codes and reports  
• case studies
• articles about the company from scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines and business news

Finding small to large companies using Reference Solutions

Reference Solutions is our best database directory for finding small, medium, and large companies in the United States. An advanced search allows one to search across data fields to narrow results, for example to a companies in a specific industry in a geographic area.

1. Once you have accessed the database, from the U.S. Businesses database select Search.
2. Use the Advanced Search tab to search across data fields
3. Select the fields you want to search from the left menu. In the image below, we've selected:
   1. Business Type to search for an industry by Keyword/SIC/NAICS and
   2. Geography (e.g. state, city, metro area, zipcode, etc.)
4. Once you have selected the field, the middle box will prompt you to search or brows for the values you want. In the image below, we've entered:
   1. Restaurants in the Business Type keyword search box and limited to Search Primary SIC Only
   2. From the Geography field, we'll check the Metro Area box and browse by State and then Metro Area.  
5. Use the Results box to the right of the search form (not pictured in the image below) to View Results of your search.