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Community Development: Resource Guide

Business Research

Corporate Information

Free company snapshots include business description, recent stock performance, sales and number of employees for over 30,000 companies in 55 countries. Additional information is available by fee.

EDGAR (U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission)

EDGAR, the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system, performs automated collection, validation, indexing, acceptance and forwarding of submissions by companies and others who are required by law to file forms with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. All companies, foreign and domestic, are required to file registration statements, periodic reports and other forms electronically through EDGAR. Anyone can access this information for free.

Hoovers Handbook Online

Informational profiles (including a brief write-up on each company) for over 13,000 U.S. (and some international) firms available for free. Data provided include sales, employees, CEO, CFO, address, telephone, and a brief description of what the businesses do. Additional information is available by fee.

Public Registrar's Annual Report Service

Public Registrar's Annual Report Service (PRARS) provides free annual reports for over 3,600 public companies trading on the NYSE, NASDAQ, AMEX and OTC exchanges.

Switchboard

Switchboard is the equivalent of an online yellow pages directory of U.S. businesses that can be searched by business name, address, phone and web address. Switchboard searches can also be accomplished for groups of companies by business category and/or geographic location.

ThomasNet

ThomasNet is an online directory of U.S. and Canadian companies specializing in industrial products and services. Company information includes name, address, phone and fax numbers, web address, a brief description of products and services, and employee range and annual sales range for some entries.