Local Businesses & Competitors
- Use Mergent Intellect to identify and locate potential competitors in your industry.
- Is there room in the market for your new business?
- How are the other companies doing? (look at estimated sales)
- 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 the "Industry Market Report" in Bizminer to generate a list of industry competitors in the region.
The videos below demonstrate how to use Bizminer. Note that the videos demonstrate an older version of the Bizminer interface, but the general directions of using the database still apply.
- Use the "Business" feature to map locations of companies by name or industry.
- You can use the information to generate a list of competitors and their addresses.
- SimplyAnalytics
SimplyAnalytics provides demographic, business, or marketing data down to the local level, allowing users to create customized maps and reports with an almost unlimited number of variables. See my Tips & Tricks Guide for help with this database.
