LibGuides: Business (Company and Industry Research): Company Profiles & History

Company Profiles

Each of the following resources provide company profiles that include: business description, financial statements, competitors, key executives, and more.

Try researching the same company using different resources to compare and contrast the information provided. Some profiles are updated more frequently than others.

Business Insights: Essentials This link opens in a new window
Enter the company name or ticker symbol within the search box. Try using the Company Finder tool to build a list of companies based on geography, revenue, or number of employees.
Mergent Online This link opens in a new window
Enter the company name or ticker symbol within the Company Search box.
Westlaw This link opens in a new window
Access to primary and secondary legal resources including codes, statutes, cases and law reviews.
Points of View Reference Source This link opens in a new window
A full-text database designed to provide students with a series of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue.

Company History

International Directory of Company Histories

This resource provides a comprehensive background and history of over 11,000 companies and covers: founders, mergers and acquisitions, expansions, strategies, labor/management actions, principal subsidiaries, divisions, and much more.

When searching the Gale Virtual Reference Library online database, limit your results using the by publication title feature to enter International Directory of Company Histories. Then enter the name of the company you are searching for.