Library Guides: Company Information: Company Profiles

Online Sources for Company Profiles

Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window
Profiles from MarketLine and Life Science Analytics. Select Company Profiles and search by name.
MarketLine reports include SWOT analyses.
Article database that includes trade publications, academic journals, industry profiles, country information and company profiles, which include SWOT analyses. Full text is often available.
Use the FindIt links to locate full text of articles that are not included in the database.
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Limit to Hoover's Company Records for the best brief results.
A full-text news and information service that provides access to newspapers, magazines, news wires, news transcripts, business, and legal information. Dates of coverage vary by title.
S&P Global NetAdvantage This link opens in a new window
Select Companies then search by name or ticker.
Features S & P's Industry Surveys, which provide macro-level analysis of 56 major industries. Also includes company profiles and financial data with analyst rankings of investment potential as well information about company executives.
Passport (Euromonitor) This link opens in a new window
Brief profiles for around 11000 companies. This source is best for non-US companies. Select Search --> Analysis.
Market research from Euromonitor. Reports on consumer markets around the world. Use the browse reports option to browse by industry or country. We especially recommend the Consumer Lifestyles reports, which give detailed information on consumer demographics in over 70 countries. Passport also contains summary statistics on consumer products in the menu search
Factiva This link opens in a new window
Go to Companies/Markets. Includes links to latest news.
Provides access to global news and business information, including local newspapers, same-day newswires, company reports, and media programs. Content is available in many different languages, including Chinese, French, German, Japanese and Russian. Stock data and indices are available for 5 years.

International Directory of Company Histories

This series has been published since 1988 and now includes profiles of over 12,000 companies, both public and private. New volumes are published every year and include new companies and updates to companies that had been profiled in previous volumes.

The entire series can be searched using this search box.

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This series has been published since 1988 and now includes profiles of over 12,000 companies, both public and private. New volumes are published every year and include new companies and updates to companies that had been profiled in previous volumes.