International Business - Companies
Company Profiles
Company Registration Around the World
This is a list of links to the official government agency sites in countries around the world—as well as in the U.S.—where companies do their official filings. Note that if and when you do link to a page located in another country, if there is not a link to an English-language page, you will probably want to enter the URL into Google Translate to help you get the gist of the page.
Access to international company profiles is identical to the process we use to find company profiles in the United States. The following databases contain not only basic profiles, but also cover their histories, financial data, and even periodical articles about them.
Find a specific company
Find a list of companies by country
Find a specific company
Business and Company Resource Center This database profiles more than 400,000 companies. The emphasis is on American companies, but you will find a large selection of foreign companies, as well.
- From the start page, select: Company
- In the Company Name box, type the name of the company you are researching. Be sure and check the radio button for Ultimate Parent to narrow the results list.
- Select the company from the list provided.
- Click on any of the active tabs to find specific information about your company. It is not unusual to see grayed out tabs when doing international searches.
Business Source Premier This database features detailed company profiles for the world's 10,000 largest companies.
- At the opening screen, from the thick blue bar at the top of the screen, select: Company Profiles.
- In the search box, type your company and search.
- Select your company from the Results List.
Lexis/Nexis This database features company profiles from a wide assortment of international sources.
- This link opens in the Company Dossier screen.
- Type your company in the Company Name box.
- Select it from the list provided.
- A complete report will appear.
Find a list of companies by country
Business and Company Resource Center - At the opening screen, select: Advanced Search
- In the Content Area box, highlight: Company Profiles/Products.
- In the next search box, type: your country.
- Change the field box to: State/Country
- This will result in a list of companies headquartered in a specific country, organized by revenue.
Business Source Premier- At the opening screen, select: Advanced Search.
- In the first search box, type your country.
- Change the search field to: GE Geographic Terms.
- Search
- In the Results screen, slide to the left navigation area, and select: SWOT Analysis.
- The remaining citations will list companies located in the country you specified.
Lexis/Nexis- This link opens in the Company Dossier screen.
- Place a check in the Headquarters box, which will only show company headquarters' locations. This will help limit the number of results.
- In the Country/Region box, use the drop down menu and select your country.
- Search.
- You may have to click on the red View All Companies bar to see the full results list.




