Directories and Company Profiles
Determine whether the company is publicly traded, privately held, or a subsidiary or division of a larger company. Directories can provide this information, along with addresses, SIC or NAICS codes, executive officers, and basic financials. Remember, if your company is a subsidiary or division, you will need to conduct many of your searches on the parent company.
Corporate Affiliations.com
Licensed for UHM use only
"...provides current, accurate corporate linkage information and company profiles on nearly 200,000 of the most prominent global public and private parent companies and their affiliates, subsidiaries and divisions—down to the seventh level of corporate linkage." Includes corporate family trees, 700,000 corporate contacts, 110,000 board members, 150,000 brand names, 140,000 competitors, and merger/acquisition/out-of-business information back to 1976.
D&B Million Dollar Directory : America's Leading Public & Private Companies
Hamilton Main Reference HC102 .D8
Hoover's Handbook of American Business
Hamilton Main Reference HG4057 .A26
Hoover's Handbook of Emerging Companies
Hamilton Main Reference HG4057 .A28618
Mergent Online
Licensed for UHM use only
Comprehensive global company database with custom reporting features. Integrated searching across the following components:
- U.S. Company Data - Financials, ratios, history, ownership, analysis for 15,000 NYSE, AMEX and NASDAQ companies.
- U.S. Company Archives Data - Financials for more than 4,000 companies that were acquired, went bankrupt, liquidated or merged out of existence from 1995 onward.
- International Company Data - 20,000 non-U.S. based corporations, representing 95% of the non-U.S. global market capitalization. Business description, history, property, subsidiaries, officers and directors, long-term debt and capital stock. Financial statements are presented in "as-reported" form and in native currencies.
- International Company Archives Data - financials on more than 2,000 non-U.S. companies that have merged, were acquired, went bankrupt, liquidated or otherwise disappeared from 1995 forward.
- Global Private Company Data - Basic information on approximately 1 million global private companies, including up to four years of full financial information on over 400,000 firms.
- Institutional Holdings - 15 largest institutional holders for every U.S. company, as well as aggregate institutional buyers and sellers data.
- Insider Trading - complete, up-to-date record of all stock purchases and sales by U.S. corporate officers and directors for the past three- and six-month time periods.
- U.S. and International HSD Equity Pricing - 20+ years history with flexible charting and reporting.
National Trade Data Bank Global Trade Directory
Search NTDB Global Trade Directory For Companies, Products & Services.
ReferenceUSA (U.S. Business Module)
Licensed for UHM use only
Database of over 14 million businesses allows you to search with 27 unique data elements. Searchable by geography, business type, number of employees, ownership, etc.
Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage
Licensed for UHM use only
Comprehensive source of business and investment information. Includes Standard & Poor's Industry Surveys, Stock Reports, Bond Reports, Corporation Records, The Register of Corporations, Directors and Executives, The Outlook, Mutual Fund Reports, Compustat Excel Analytics, and more. Extensive financials and analysis on more than 10,000 public companies. Basic data for 85,000 private companies.
ThomasNet
Free registration required Searchable by company, product, service or brand name. Powered by Thomas Register.
Wards Business Directory of U.S. Public and Private Companies
Hamilton Main Reference HG4057 .A3833
Company Financials
U.S. public companies must file with the SEC. These reports (10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, Proxies, etc.) are available from several sources.
IDEA (Securities and Exchange Commission)
New interface and enhanced functionality for searching EDGAR filings. (EDGAR is the Securities and Exchange Commission's electronic database of corporate filings. All publicly-traded companies in the U.S. are required to file Annual Reports, Quarterly Reports, Proxy Statements, and other disclosure documents electronically with the EDGAR system.)
LexisNexis Academic
Licensed for UHM use only
Business and financial information including accounting, auditing and taxation; federal, state and international legal materials.
Mergent Online
Licensed for UHM use only
Comprehensive global company database with custom reporting features. Integrated searching across the following components:
- U.S. Company Data - Financials, ratios, history, ownership, analysis for 15,000 NYSE, AMEX and NASDAQ companies.
- U.S. Company Archives Data - Financials for more than 4,000 companies that were acquired, went bankrupt, liquidated or merged out of existence from 1995 onward.
- International Company Data - 20,000 non-U.S. based corporations, representing 95% of the non-U.S. global market capitalization. Business description, history, property, subsidiaries, officers and directors, long-term debt and capital stock. Financial statements are presented in "as-reported" form and in native currencies.
- International Company Archives Data - financials on more than 2,000 non-U.S. companies that have merged, were acquired, went bankrupt, liquidated or otherwise disappeared from 1995 forward.
- Global Private Company Data - Basic information on approximately 1 million global private companies, including up to four years of full financial information on over 400,000 firms.
- Institutional Holdings - 15 largest institutional holders for every U.S. company, as well as aggregate institutional buyers and sellers data.
- Insider Trading - complete, up-to-date record of all stock purchases and sales by U.S. corporate officers and directors for the past three- and six-month time periods.
- U.S. and International HSD Equity Pricing - 20+ years history with flexible charting and reporting.
Morningstar Investment Research Center
Licensed for UHM use only
Morningstar Investment Center gives faculty, staff, and students access to daily updates on more than 30,000 mutual funds, stocks, closed end funds and exchange traded funds. It also includes Morningstar fund and stock screeners, all 3,500 fund and stock Analyst Reports, Portfolio X-Ray and 150 investment classes.
Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage
Licensed for UHM use only
Comprehensive source of business and investment information. Includes Standard & Poor's Industry Surveys, Stock Reports, Bond Reports, Corporation Records, The Register of Corporations, Directors and Executives, The Outlook, Mutual Fund Reports, Compustat Excel Analytics, and more. Extensive financials and analysis on more than 10,000 public companies. Basic data for 85,000 private companies.
See also: Many free web sites offer brief company financials, stock quotes and analysis. For example, Yahoo! Finance, BigCharts, Motley Fool, Silicon Investor.
Articles and Press Releases
Find recent articles to learn about the company's leadership, trends, directions, products, etc.
ABI/INFORM Global
Licensed for UHM use only
The premier business and management database providing extensive coverage of North America and the world. Search nearly 1,800 worldwide business periodicals for in-depth coverage of business and economic conditions, management techniques, theory, and practice of business, advertising, marketing, economics, human resources, finance, taxation, computers, and more. Expanded international coverage. Fast access to information on 60,000 + companies with business and executive profiles. Now includes The Wall Street Journal.
Bizjournals
Regional and Industry-specific news
Business Source Premier
Licensed for UHM use only
Full text for more than 2,300 serials, including full text for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed business publications. Additional full text, non-journal content includes market research reports, industry reports, country reports, company profiles and SWOT analyses.
CNN Money Company News
Breaking news and other resources.
F & S Index International
Domestic and international company, product, and industry information. Over 2,500 newspapers, trade journals, government documents, bank letters, prospectuses, and reports from around the world are surveyed regularly for business-related articles.
Hamilton Main Reference HC10 .F752
LexisNexis Academic
Licensed for UHM use only
Provides full-text documents from over 5,600 news, business, legal, medical, and reference publications with a variety of flexible search options.
PR Newswire
Company press releases (industry focus available)
ProQuest Asian Business and Reference
Licensed for UHM use only
Find the latest business and financial news from the Eastern Hemisphere. Covers Asian business and financial information from key international publications including Far Eastern Economic Review, Asiaweek, and many more.
Regional Business News (formerly Business Wire News)
Licensed for UHM use only
This full text newswire database incorporates business wires from all over the world. Included in this database are A&G Information, Africa News Service, Inter Press Service, Resource News International, South American Business, M2 Communications, PR Newswire, Business News Wire, Canadian Corporate News, News Bytes News Network, and Phillips Business Information Highlights.
See also:
Directory of business periodical special issues
Hamilton Main Reference Z6941 .D57
Rankings and Market Performance
Gather information about the market position and performance.
Business Rankings Annual
Hamilton Main Reference HG4050 .B88
Global Market Information Database (GMID)
Licensed for UHM use only
Euromonitor International's GMID is an integrated product for business intelligence on countries, consumers and industries. Includes hard-to-find demographic, economic and marketing statistics, as well as lifestyle and market analysis.
NOTE: This resource is restricted for use by UH Manoa students, faculty and staff. You will be prompted to log in to your Library account before proceeding to the resource. Once you have connected to GMID, you will need to create a personal account with Euromonitor. Your personal Euromonitor account will be used each time you access GMID.
International Marketing Data and Statistics
Hamilton Main Reference HA42 .I56
Market Share Reporter
Hamilton Main Reference HF5410 .M35
Mergent Online
Licensed for UHM use only
Comprehensive global company database with custom reporting features. Integrated searching across the following components:
- U.S. Company Data - Financials, ratios, history, ownership, analysis for 15,000 NYSE, AMEX and NASDAQ companies.
- U.S. Company Archives Data - Financials for more than 4,000 companies that were acquired, went bankrupt, liquidated or merged out of existence from 1995 onward.
- International Company Data - 20,000 non-U.S. based corporations, representing 95% of the non-U.S. global market capitalization. Business description, history, property, subsidiaries, officers and directors, long-term debt and capital stock. Financial statements are presented in "as-reported" form and in native currencies.
- International Company Archives Data - financials on more than 2,000 non-U.S. companies that have merged, were acquired, went bankrupt, liquidated or otherwise disappeared from 1995 forward.
- Global Private Company Data - Basic information on approximately 1 million global private companies, including up to four years of full financial information on over 400,000 firms.
- Institutional Holdings - 15 largest institutional holders for every U.S. company, as well as aggregate institutional buyers and sellers data.
- Insider Trading - complete, up-to-date record of all stock purchases and sales by U.S. corporate officers and directors for the past three- and six-month time periods.
- U.S. and International HSD Equity Pricing - 20+ years history with flexible charting and reporting.
Stock exchange web sites NASDAQ NYSE AMEX and others
Wards Business Directory of U.S. Public and Private Companies
Ranks companies by sales within SIC categories
Hamilton Main Reference HG4057 .A3833
See also:
Articles and Press Releases (e.g. keyword or subject search for "market shares")
Directory of business periodical special issues
Hamilton Main Reference Z6941 .D57
Industry Association web sites
Analyst Reports
Investext Current Reports via LexisNexis Academic
Licensed for UHM use only
Latest two reports for companies and industries. Available in "Financial Information" section of a company dossier report, or by selecting from Sources menu and performing search.
Morningstar Investment Research Center
Licensed for UHM use only
Morningstar Investment Center gives faculty, staff, and students access to daily updates on more than 30,000 mutual funds, stocks, closed end funds and exchange traded funds. It also includes Morningstar fund and stock screeners, all 3,500 fund and stock Analyst Reports, Portfolio X-Ray and 150 investment classes.
Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage
Licensed for UHM use only
Comprehensive source of business and investment information. Includes Standard & Poor's Industry Surveys, Stock Reports, Bond Reports, Corporation Records, The Register of Corporations, Directors and Executives, The Outlook, Mutual Fund Reports, Compustat Excel Analytics, and more. Extensive financials and analysis on more than 10,000 public companies. Basic data for 85,000 private companies.
Value Line Investment Survey
Hamilton Main Reference HG4501 .V26 (Newest issues kept at the Reference Desk)
Yahoo! Finance
Search on company and then select from Anaylist Coverage.
Zack's Investment Research
Free and fee sections available.
Competition
Determine the major players. Research these companies to get an idea of some of the key issues, strengths and weaknesses in the industry.
Business Rankings Annual
Hamilton Main Reference HG4050 .B88
Market Share Reporter
Hamilton Main Reference HF5410 .M35
Mergents Industry Review
Key financial information, operating data, and ratios on approximately 3500 companies arranged by industry.
Hamilton Main Reference HG4961 .M76
Mergent Online
Licensed for UHM use only
Comprehensive global company database with custom reporting features. Integrated searching across the following components:
- U.S. Company Data - Financials, ratios, history, ownership, analysis for 15,000 NYSE, AMEX and NASDAQ companies.
- U.S. Company Archives Data - Financials for more than 4,000 companies that were acquired, went bankrupt, liquidated or merged out of existence from 1995 onward.
- International Company Data - 20,000 non-U.S. based corporations, representing 95% of the non-U.S. global market capitalization. Business description, history, property, subsidiaries, officers and directors, long-term debt and capital stock. Financial statements are presented in "as-reported" form and in native currencies.
- International Company Archives Data - financials on more than 2,000 non-U.S. companies that have merged, were acquired, went bankrupt, liquidated or otherwise disappeared from 1995 forward.
- Global Private Company Data - Basic information on approximately 1 million global private companies, including up to four years of full financial information on over 400,000 firms.
- Institutional Holdings - 15 largest institutional holders for every U.S. company, as well as aggregate institutional buyers and sellers data.
- Insider Trading - complete, up-to-date record of all stock purchases and sales by U.S. corporate officers and directors for the past three- and six-month time periods.
- U.S. and International HSD Equity Pricing - 20+ years history with flexible charting and reporting
ReferenceUSA (U.S. Business Module)
Licensed for UHM use only
Database of over 14 million businesses allows you to search with 27 unique data elements. Searchable by geography, business type, number of employees, ownership, etc.
Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage
Licensed for UHM use only
Comprehensive source of business and investment information. Includes Standard & Poor's Industry Surveys, Stock Reports, Bond Reports, Corporation Records, The Register of Corporations, Directors and Executives, The Outlook, Mutual Fund Reports, Compustat Excel Analytics, and more. Extensive financials and analysis on more than 10,000 public companies. Basic data for 85,000 private companies.
Thomas Register
Free registration required Searchable by company, product, service or brand name.
10-K - U.S. public companies must file with the SEC. In the Business Overview Section (Item 1 - Business), companies are required to report on the nature of competition in their industry. This section often delivers key insights into the competitive factors that shape an industry. See Mergent Online or IDEA (SEC's database) to retrieve 10-Ks.
Value Line Investment Survey
Companies grouped by industry.
Hamilton Main Reference HG4501 .V26 (Newest issues kept at the Reference Desk)
Wards Business Directory of U.S. Public and Private Companies
Ranks companies by sales within SIC categories
Hamilton Main Reference HG4057 .A3833
Industry Ratios and Norms
Benchmark activities within the industry and with similar companies. See guide to financial ratios.
Industry Ratio Sources (current volumes in Reference Collection)
- Annual Statement Studies (Robert Morris Associates)
Hamilton Main Reference HF5681 .B2 R6
- Almanac of Business and Industrial Financial Ratios (Troy)
Hamilton Main Reference HF5681 .R25 T68
- Industry Norms and Key Business Ratios (Dun & Bradstreet)
Hamilton Main Reference HF5343 .I64
Financial Studies of the Small Business
Hamilton Main Reference HD2346 .U5 F55a
Mergents Industry Review
Key financial information, operating data, and ratios on approximately 3500 companies arranged by industry.
Hamilton Main Reference HG4961 .M76
Mergent Online
Licensed for UHM use only
Comprehensive global company database with custom reporting features. Integrated searching across the following components:
- U.S. Company Data - Financials, ratios, history, ownership, analysis for 15,000 NYSE, AMEX and NASDAQ companies.
- U.S. Company Archives Data - Financials for more than 4,000 companies that were acquired, went bankrupt, liquidated or merged out of existence from 1995 onward.
- International Company Data - 20,000 non-U.S. based corporations, representing 95% of the non-U.S. global market capitalization. Business description, history, property, subsidiaries, officers and directors, long-term debt and capital stock. Financial statements are presented in "as-reported" form and in native currencies.
- International Company Archives Data - financials on more than 2,000 non-U.S. companies that have merged, were acquired, went bankrupt, liquidated or otherwise disappeared from 1995 forward.
- Global Private Company Data - Basic information on approximately 1 million global private companies, including up to four years of full financial information on over 400,000 firms.
- Institutional Holdings - 15 largest institutional holders for every U.S. company, as well as aggregate institutional buyers and sellers data.
- Insider Trading - complete, up-to-date record of all stock purchases and sales by U.S. corporate officers and directors for the past three- and six-month time periods.
- U.S. and International HSD Equity Pricing - 20+ years history with flexible charting and reporting
Company Histories
Review the company's origins and growth.
International Directory of Company Histories (90+ volumes)
Hamilton Main Reference HD2721 .I63 1988
Mergent Online
Licensed for UHM use only
Comprehensive global company database with custom reporting features. Integrated searching across the following components:
- U.S. Company Data - Financials, ratios, history, ownership, analysis for 15,000 NYSE, AMEX and NASDAQ companies.
- U.S. Company Archives Data - Financials for more than 4,000 companies that were acquired, went bankrupt, liquidated or merged out of existence from 1995 onward.
- International Company Data - 20,000 non-U.S. based corporations, representing 95% of the non-U.S. global market capitalization. Business description, history, property, subsidiaries, officers and directors, long-term debt and capital stock. Financial statements are presented in "as-reported" form and in native currencies.
- International Company Archives Data - financials on more than 2,000 non-U.S. companies that have merged, were acquired, went bankrupt, liquidated or otherwise disappeared from 1995 forward.
- Global Private Company Data - Basic information on approximately 1 million global private companies, including up to four years of full financial information on over 400,000 firms.
- Institutional Holdings - 15 largest institutional holders for every U.S. company, as well as aggregate institutional buyers and sellers data.
- Insider Trading - complete, up-to-date record of all stock purchases and sales by U.S. corporate officers and directors for the past three- and six-month time periods.
- U.S. and International HSD Equity Pricing - 20+ years history with flexible charting and reporting.
Notable Corporate Chronologies
Hamilton Main Reference HG4009 .N68
Annual Reports
10-K reports available via Mergent Online and other services. For more coverage of annual reports from Hawaii-based companies, search the Voyager catalog on the company's name. Also, companies often place annual reports in the Investor Relations section of their web sites. Use Google, Yahoo! or Business.com.
| 1965-1990 |
UHM Library owns annual reports and 10Ks for selected U.S. and foreign companies on microfiche D50012, S50006. Search Voyager catalog on company name. |
| 1972-1995 |
LexisNexis Academic (Annual report to shareholders) U.S. public companies
Select
>business >Company Profiles >Annual Reports, Corporate (AICPA) |
| 1991-2001 |
Compact Disclosure (SEC filings) U.S. public companies
Dedicated CD-ROM workstation. Hamilton Library main reference area |
| 1998-2000 |
Worldscope (corporate filings) International companies
Dedicated CD-ROM workstation. Hamilton Library main reference area |
| 1993-present |
Mergent Online (SEC filings) U.S. public companies |
| 1994-present |
LexisNexis Academic (SEC filings) U.S. public companies |
See also:
Annual Report Service (WSJ)
"...free service for investors seeking stock research & financial information ."
IRIN Annual Reports Resource Center
Nearly 10,000 annual reports (pdf and html versions); several years of coverage.
Public Register's Annual Report Service (PRARS)
Order reports from participating public companies. Reports delivered free of charge within 24 hours.
Associations
Most business activities have a trade or professional association supporting the interests of its members. Many of these associations provide forums, publications, and web sites.
Encyclopedia of Associations
22,000 organizations, representing many trade and industry groups.
Hamilton Main Reference HS17 .G3 (Most current edition is kept at the Reference Desk)
Encyclopedia of Business Information Sources
Organized by industry/topic with a list of "Periodicals and Newsletters" provided for each industry listed. The Encyclopedia also describes the abstracts and indexes, directories, encyclopedias and dictionaries, handbooks and manuals, statistical sources, trade and professional societies, and electronic databases available for each industry.
Hamilton Main Reference HF5351 .E59 (Most current edition is kept at the Reference Desk)
F & S Index International
Domestic and international company, product, and industry information. Over 2,500 newspapers, trade journals, government documents, bank letters, prospectuses, and reports from around the world are surveyed regularly for business-related articles.
Hamilton Main Reference HC10 .F752
Also search Google, Alta Vista, Ask.com, Yahoo! to identify associations.
IPOs
Initial Public Offering of stock. Information is quite often elusive because the company may not have a large number of documents publicly available yet.
IPO.com
Categories of sponsored links for Business startups, IPO, venture capital and more.
IPO Central
Access to select free reports for latest filings and proposed listings.
Ownership (Mergers & Acquisitions)
Determine the ownership structure of the full organization and any recent changes.
America's Corporate Families and International Affiliates
Hamilton Main Reference HG4057 .A148
Corporate Affiliations.com
Licensed for UHM use only
"...provides current, accurate corporate linkage information and company profiles on nearly 200,000 of the most prominent global public and private parent companies and their affiliates, subsidiaries and divisions—down to the seventh level of corporate linkage." Includes corporate family trees, 700,000 corporate contacts, 110,000 board members, 150,000 brand names, 140,000 competitors, and merger/acquisition/out-of-business information back to 1976.
Mergent Online
Licensed for UHM use only
Comprehensive global company database with custom reporting features. Integrated searching across the following components:
- U.S. Company Data - Financials, ratios, history, ownership, analysis for 15,000 NYSE, AMEX and NASDAQ companies.
- U.S. Company Archives Data - Financials for more than 4,000 companies that were acquired, went bankrupt, liquidated or merged out of existence from 1995 onward.
- International Company Data - 20,000 non-U.S. based corporations, representing 95% of the non-U.S. global market capitalization. Business description, history, property, subsidiaries, officers and directors, long-term debt and capital stock. Financial statements are presented in "as-reported" form and in native currencies.
- International Company Archives Data - financials on more than 2,000 non-U.S. companies that have merged, were acquired, went bankrupt, liquidated or otherwise disappeared from 1995 forward.
- Global Private Company Data - Basic information on approximately 1 million global private companies, including up to four years of full financial information on over 400,000 firms.
- Institutional Holdings - 15 largest institutional holders for every U.S. company, as well as aggregate institutional buyers and sellers data.
- Insider Trading - complete, up-to-date record of all stock purchases and sales by U.S. corporate officers and directors for the past three- and six-month time periods.
- U.S. and International HSD Equity Pricing - 20+ years history with flexible charting and reporting.
Mergers & Acquisitions (updated monthly)
Hamilton Main Reference HG4028.M4 M45
Mergers and Acquisitions
Free version; Archived 1976 to one year prior.
ReferenceUSA (U.S. Business Module)
Licensed for UHM use only
Database of over 14 million businesses allows you to search with 27 unique data elements. Searchable by geography, business type, number of employees, ownership, etc.
Dividends
Mergent Online
Licensed for UHM use only
Comprehensive global company database with custom reporting features. Integrated searching across the following components:
- U.S. Company Data - Financials, ratios, history, ownership, analysis for 15,000 NYSE, AMEX and NASDAQ companies.
- U.S. Company Archives Data - Financials for more than 4,000 companies that were acquired, went bankrupt, liquidated or merged out of existence from 1995 onward.
- International Company Data - 20,000 non-U.S. based corporations, representing 95% of the non-U.S. global market capitalization. Business description, history, property, subsidiaries, officers and directors, long-term debt and capital stock. Financial statements are presented in "as-reported" form and in native currencies.
- International Company Archives Data - financials on more than 2,000 non-U.S. companies that have merged, were acquired, went bankrupt, liquidated or otherwise disappeared from 1995 forward.
- Global Private Company Data - Basic information on approximately 1 million global private companies, including up to four years of full financial information on over 400,000 firms.
- Institutional Holdings - 15 largest institutional holders for every U.S. company, as well as aggregate institutional buyers and sellers data.
- Insider Trading - complete, up-to-date record of all stock purchases and sales by U.S. corporate officers and directors for the past three- and six-month time periods.
- U.S. and International HSD Equity Pricing - 20+ years history with flexible charting and reporting.
Mergent Dividend Records
Hamilton Main Reference HG4905 .M81
Mergent's Dividend Achievers
Hamilton Main Reference HG4050 .M66
Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage
Licensed for UHM use only
Comprehensive source of business and investment information. Includes Standard & Poor's Industry Surveys, Stock Reports, Bond Reports, Corporation Records, The Register of Corporations, Directors and Executives, The Outlook, Mutual Fund Reports, Compustat Excel Analytics, and more. Extensive financials and analysis on more than 10,000 public companies. Basic data for 85,000 private companies.
Private Companies
Information about private companies is often more difficult to acquire. Unlike public companies, a privately-held company does not have the same filing requirements with the SEC. However, privately-held companies may file some SEC reports (usually S Forms or 10-Q) when required for raising equity.
Corporate Affiliations.com
Licensed for UHM use only
"...provides current, accurate corporate linkage information and company profiles on nearly 200,000 of the most prominent global public and private parent companies and their affiliates, subsidiaries and divisions—down to the seventh level of corporate linkage." Includes corporate family trees, 700,000 corporate contacts, 110,000 board members, 150,000 brand names, 140,000 competitors, and merger/acquisition/out-of-business information back to 1976.
D&B Million Dollar Directory : America's Leading Public & Private Companies
Hamilton Main Reference HC102 .D8
Forbes 500 Top Private Companies
Retrieve profiles for America's 500 largest private companies.
Hoover's Handbook of Private Companies
Hamilton Main Reference HG4057 .A28616
LexisNexis Academic
Licensed for UHM use only
Business and financial information including accounting, auditing and taxation; federal, state and international legal materials.
Mergent Online
Licensed for UHM use only
Comprehensive global company database with custom reporting features. Includes Global Private Company Data - Basic information on approximately 1 million global private companies, including up to four years of full financial information on over 400,000 firms.
ReferenceUSA (U.S. Business Module)
Licensed for UHM use only
Database of over 14 million businesses allows you to search with 27 unique data elements. Searchable by geography, business type, number of employees, ownership, etc.
Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage
Licensed for UHM use only
Comprehensive source of business and investment information. Includes Standard & Poor's Industry Surveys, Stock Reports, Bond Reports, Corporation Records, The Register of Corporations, Directors and Executives, The Outlook, Mutual Fund Reports, Compustat Excel Analytics, and more. Extensive financials and analysis on more than 10,000 public companies. Basic data for 85,000 private companies.
Wards Business Directory of U.S. Public and Private Companies
Hamilton Main Reference HG4057 .A3833
See also Articles and Press Releases and consider searching the company's local newspaper.
Companies must file in the state they are registered or incorporated. Visit the state's home page to identify any publicly available filings and the agencies regulating the business registrations.
Hawaii Companies
Book of Lists (Annual from Pacific Business News)
Hamilton Main Reference HF5065 .H3 H28 f (Most current issue kept in Ready Reference Collection, just behind the Reference Desk)
Business Name Search
Business Registration Division of the Hawaii State Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs. Basic data about Hawaii registered businesses. Date registered, officers, different filings on record, etc.
DBEDT
Hawaii Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism. Includes links to Economic Data & Reports, State of Hawaii Data Book and much more.
Hawaii Business Directory
Hamilton Main Reference HF5035 .H38
Hawaii Business Top 250
Hamilton Main Reference HC101 .H3 (August issue of Hawaii Business Magazine; most current available in Ready Reference Collection, just behind the Reference Desk)
Hawaii Public Companies
Yahoo's chart shows recent stock price and offers links to profiles and current news.
Mergent Online
Licensed for UHM use only
Comprehensive global company database with custom reporting features. Integrated searching across the following components:
- U.S. Company Data - Financials, ratios, history, ownership, analysis for 15,000 NYSE, AMEX and NASDAQ companies.
- U.S. Company Archives Data - Financials for more than 4,000 companies that were acquired, went bankrupt, liquidated or merged out of existence from 1995 onward.
- International Company Data - 20,000 non-U.S. based corporations, representing 95% of the non-U.S. global market capitalization. Business description, history, property, subsidiaries, officers and directors, long-term debt and capital stock. Financial statements are presented in "as-reported" form and in native currencies.
- International Company Archives Data - financials on more than 2,000 non-U.S. companies that have merged, were acquired, went bankrupt, liquidated or otherwise disappeared from 1995 forward.
- Global Private Company Data - Basic information on approximately 1 million global private companies, including up to four years of full financial information on over 400,000 firms.
- Institutional Holdings - 15 largest institutional holders for every U.S. company, as well as aggregate institutional buyers and sellers data.
- Insider Trading - complete, up-to-date record of all stock purchases and sales by U.S. corporate officers and directors for the past three- and six-month time periods.
- U.S. and International HSD Equity Pricing - 20+ years history with flexible charting and reporting.
ReferenceUSA (U.S. Business Module)
Licensed for UHM use only
Database of over 14 million businesses allows you to search with 27 unique data elements. Searchable by geography, business type, number of employees, ownership, etc.
See also Hawaii Business Subject Guide
Consider also the industry's consumers, legal issues, regulatory issues, the physical geography, and the political or military implications.
Hawaii State Public Library System Resources
Access to several outstanding databases is available at your nearest public library or remotely with valid HSPLS card. Hawaii State Public Library System home page.
Business and related databases include:
- Business and Company Resource Center
- American Wholesalers and Distributors Directory
- Brands and Their Companies
- Business Rankings Annual, 2000 through Present
- Consultants and Consulting Organizations Directory
- Encyclopedia of American Industries
- Encyclopedia of Associations: National Organizations of the U.S.
- Encyclopedia of Associations: Regional, State, and Local Organizations
- Encyclopedia of Associations: International Organizations
- Encyclopedia of Emerging Industries
- Encyclopedia of Global Industries
- Graham and Whiteside Major Company Series
- International Directory of Company Histories
- Market Share Reporter
- Notable Corporate Chronologies
- Publishers Directory
- Telecommunications Directory
- Ward's Business Directory of U.S. Private and Public Companies
- Ward's Business Directory of Private and Public Companies in Canada and Mexico
- World Market Share Reporter
- ReferenceUSA International
- TableBase (via RDS Business Reference Suite)
- Gale Virtual Reference Library
- Business Plans Handbook, v1-11
- Encyclopedia of American Industries
- International Directory of Business Biographies
- and many more
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