Companies & Industries 

• Australian Stock Exhange
• Netquote Charting from ASX, stock quotes. Free registration.
• International Stock Exchanges

Finding information about companies not listed on the stock exchange

Strategies:

• apply industry and local information to business
• use phone book to locate competitors in the same industry
• look at local business sites
• locate local statistics for target audience
• news items from local newspapers

Financial statistics webpage

Australia

• Try the company web site
• Databases: Annual Reports Online, OneSource Global Business Browser

Asia

• CAROL (Company Annual Reports OnLine) European, American and Asian public companies. Free registration
• Corporate Direct Annual reports of selected Japanese public companies

International

• Annual Report Gallery Includes selected American, Australian, Canadian and United Kingdom companies
• Annual Report Service Companies trading in the United States. Free registration
• CAROL (Company Annual Reports OnLine) European, American and Asian public companies. Free registration
• Lippincott Corporate Annual Reports Collection of early 20th century annual reports of American companies
• Northcote UK company annual reports. Some international companies included
• UK Equities Direct Annual reports of British public companies

Basic information about company, their products and services.

Australia

• ASIC National Names Index Directory. Register of Australian public and private company names from the Australian Securities & Investments Commission
• ASX Company Research Listed companies directory from the Australian Stock Exchange
• Australian Suppliers Directory Australian companies, products and services
• Australian Financial Services Directory Public companies listed on ASX arranged by industry or alphabetically. Includes all industries.
• Connect4 Australian Company Web Links Directory. Links to public company web sites, organised by company name and industry
• DeListed Basic information on delisted and listed companies from ASX
• Franchise Directory Business franchises in Australia
• Huntley's Shareholder Profile of top 500 Australian companies. Print
• Kompass Directory. Manufacturing companies worldwide including Australia. Search by industry or company. Registration (free) required for longer lists of companies
• Telstra Australian Yellow Pages Telephone, fax and e-mail directory. Search by business type (industry) or company name

Asia

• iraisa (Investor Relations Asia) Directory of companies listed on Asian and Australian stock exchanges

Middle East

• AME Info Directory of Middle Eastern companies
• Telephone directories on the web: Asia and Middle East Directory
• Yahoo! Middle East: Business and Economy Directory. Links to Middle Eastern companies

International

• Europages: The European Business Directory Directory of company products and services in selected European countries
• Hoover's Online: Companies & Industries Profiles of major companies worldwide, including Australia. Overview, basic financials, overview, top competitors, news
• Kompass Directory. Manufacturing companies worldwide. Free registration
• Mercantil.com Directory. Company information from selected Latin American countries
• Thomas Global Register Directory. Manufacturing companies and distributors worldwide
• Telephone directories on the web Directory. Links to business telephone, fax and e-mail directories worldwide
• Yahoo! Business & Economy: Business to Business (B2B) Directory. Links to company and industry web sites worldwide. Hint: use regional Yahoos! to find companies in specific countries
• Yahoo! Finance: Industry Click on industry for financials of top American companies within an industry

• Add company name
• Add words "annual report"
• Use Company databases
• Limit database search to company name/entity

Australia

• ACNielson Reports Grocery products and brands
• Business Review Weekly Lists Includes public and private companies

International

• CorporateInformation: Top 100 lists Market cap, sales, operating margin, price change and sales growth. Click on Top 100 Lists to change to another listing.
• Forbes Lists Company, industry, people, general lists
• Fortune Global 500 Worlds largest corporations by revenue and profit. Includes links to other Fortune rankings
• globalEDGE Research: rankings Links to country, company and industry specific rankings websites
• Inc. 500 America's fastest growing private companies
• Price's List of Lists Rankings by industry sector, links to United States and selected global information
• Largest Transnational Corporations UNCTAD, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development