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International Trade: Domestic and Foreign Business Directories

Foreign Business Directories

  • D&B Hoovers indexes businesses small, medium and large in the United States and abroad.
  • Emerging Markets - Internet Securities (EMIS) enables the user to create lists of medium and large companies in emerging market economies such as Brazil, India and Vietnam.
  • Panjiva is a database of exporters and importers in the United States and other selected countries which also includes a register of shipments and trade trends.
  • Uniworld is divided in two sections: American Firms Operating in Foreign Countries, and Foreign Firms Operating in the United States.

Domestic Business Directories

  • D&B Hoovers also compiles small, medium and large companies in the United States.
  • Reference Solutions is a regularly updated directory of small, medium and large companies in the United States which allows searching by business type, geography, size and other special criteria such as owner gender and ethnicity.
  • Panjiva is a database of exporters and importers in the United States and other selected countries which also includes a register of shipments and trade trends.
  • Thomasnet.com is a freely available online directory of U.S. manufacturers.