Competitive Landscape: Directories etc
Most corporate and industrial directories have specific criteria for including or listing companies. These criteria may include one or more of the following: sales or revenues, value of assets, number of employees, ownership, location. Note that the majority of freely-accessible directories on the Web will have little information beyond addresses and contacts.
Start with the Dun & Bradstreet Million Dollar Database with its searchable database of about 1 million firms. Below are some selected print and online directories; more may be found by consulting the Other Sources section.
All Sectors
- American Export Register (DANA, KILMER REF HF 3010 .A6) and American Export Register Online (registration required) is organized by its own product categories. [http://www.aernet.com]
- Directory of United States Importers (DANA REF HF 3012 .D53, KILMER REF HF 3010 .U551) uses its own product categories to organize its listings of companies.
- You can search Hoover's Online by broad industry categories. [http://www.hoovers.com]
- D & B Million Dollar Database, the expanded electronic version of the Million Dollar Directory (DANA Index Table H, KILMER Business Counter 1) (Rutgers-restricted Access) is searchable by industry name or SIC.
- Standard & Poor's Register of Corporations, Directors and Executives has an index by industry. (DANA Reference Desk, KILMER Business Counter 1)
- Ward's Business Directory is a multi-volume set, with two volumes listing companies by SIC. (DANA Reference Desk, KILMER Business Counter 1)
- Thomas Register of American Manufacturers (DANA, KILMER REF T12 .T6) and Thomas Register online has an extensive (registration required) [http://www.thomasregister.com]
- Try Us: National Minority Business Directory is organized by broad industry categories. (DANA REF HD 2346 .U5 N34)
Other Sources
- Directories in Print lists industrial and corporate directories available from publishers and trade associations. (DANA Reference Desk, KILMER Business Counter 1)
- CorporateInformation provides leads to corporate directories in thirty industry categories. (Registration required)
[http://www.corporateinformation.com]
- Locating U.S. Corporation Records Online from the Internet Prospector.
[http://www.internet-prospector.org/secstate.html]
Ka-Neng Au, 16 Jan 2003