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Dun and Bradstreet publishes several types of business reports on approximately 11 million private companies. The reports include information such as properties owned, number of employees, sales and earnings. Dun and Bradstreet can be reached via 1-800-362--3425..

Hoovers is leading provider of free and fee based data on public and private companies. You can search by company name or stock symbol if publicly traded.

Consider the following information which is generally available for free at your public library:

  • A book published by Reed Reference entitled "The Directory of Corporate Affiliations" provides information on 8,000 privately owned firms. This information consists of data such as estimated annual revenue, executive management and major subsidiaries.

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