Information on large- to mid-sized companies

Directory to find small-, mid- and large companies

Use this database to find companies in a specific industry or geographic location in the United States.

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To search for information about a specific company

1. Select the link above to access the database.
2. From the Companies" tab, 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

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Search across all companies 

Note that you may also search for companies within or across specific criteria:

• Company Type: Public or Private 
• Revenue
• NAICS (North American) Industry Code
• Location: CountriesTerritories and States/Provinces
• Available Company Data: SWOT Analysis, Company History, Chronology

Browse/search other content / collections

Select the tab from the Search Options menu to browse or search specific collections (other content):

• Advanced Search*
• Industries: Search or browse by NAICS codes
• Financial Reports
• Investment Reports
• MarketLine Industry Profiles
• Plunkett (industry) Reports
• Topics: Browse broad topics (e.g. Accounting, Consumer ) to link to ar
• Publications
• Glossary

Search for case studies

Select Advanced Search from the Search Options menu

Type the word case in the Terms box AND change the field to Document Type

You may add search terms in the second and third boxes to focus your search. In the example below, I typed marketing in the second box. Leave the field set to Keyword. 

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.

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Search for companies using the advanced search

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 column will prompt you to search or browse 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.