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Databases for Business & Economics
A list of popular business & economics databases by topic
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Company Research Basics
Tips for finding public and private company information, histories, financials, stock reports, and news.
Industry Research Basics
Tips for finding industry analysis, industry financial ratios, market research, industry news for industry research.
D&B Hoover's
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D&B Hoover's
An excellent resource for company profiles, news, analyst reports, SWOT analyses, executive information, company financials, and other company-related information.
It is also a good resource for some global industry and market research reports.
Access Info: Athens Campus Only
Mergent Online
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Mergent Online
Contains extensive company financials, filings, equity and industry reports, U.S. economic information, and much more. Information can be screened, selected, and downloaded.
The company screening feature is extremely robust, and allows downloading of custom company information.
Contains global company information, annual reports, EDGAR filings, current news stories, and some international industry reports.
Mergent Intellect
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Mergent Intellect
Use to find companies and competitors by user-defined search criteria, such as size, location, industry, sales, and more.
Useful for private company information which includes estimated sales.
Use to show nearby companies to your company’s location.
Also includes demographic data by location.
Plunkett Research Online
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Plunkett Research Online
Offers annually updated industry overviews, one-page company profiles, associations, company contacts, and more. A good resource for general company and broad industry research.
Note: our subscription only allows six simultaneous users.
PrivCo
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PrivCo
A fantastic source for business and financial research on non-publicly traded corporations, including family-owned, private equity-owned, venture-backed and international unlisted companies. The primary area of focus is on companies with at least $10 Million in annual revenue. It has profiles for over 850,000 firms, 20,000 investors and 100,000 private market deals. Whether doing company, investor, M&A, venture capital funding, or private equity research, PrivCo is searchable by advanced criteria in all categories.
Access Info: Athens Campus Only
PrivCo requires that users create an account in order to use the database. Please use your @ohio.edu email address.
Uniworld
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Uniworld
An online directory of American Firms Operating in Foreign Countries, and Foreign Firms Operating in the United States. The database can be searched by SIC code, zip code, number of employees, location, keyword, and more, to generate a list of companies and their subsidiaries.
Uniworld is an excellent source of information on multinational firms operating around the world. U.S. companies listed have a substantial investment in overseas operations–wholly or partially owned subsidiary affiliate or branch. Non U.S. companies (foreign firms) listed have substantial investment within the United States.
Access Info: Athens Campus Only
