Skip to Main Content
Skip to main content

Business Feasibility Analysis and Plan Writing Resource Guide: Competition

About This Page

The resources on this page help you find information on companies that are competitors to your company.  You will have learned of these competitors from the research you have done on your industry and on the geographic area that your business will serve. 

Business Databases with Industry Information

The databases below are excellent resources in which to find information on specific companies.

The links below take you to a page of this guide that tells you how to search for company information in a particular database.

Business Source Complete Database

Nexis Uni Database

Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage Database

Value Line Research Center Database

Multiple Subject Database with Company Information

The database below is also an excellent place in which to find information on specific companies.

The link below takes you into the database itself.

Enter the company's name or ticker symbol in the first search box.  Drop down the menu of the box to the right and select either "CO Company Entity" if you have entered a name or "TK Ticker Symbol" if you have entered a ticker.  Click on the green search box. 

Newspaper Databases with Industry Information

The newspaper databases below are excellent places in which to find information on specific companies, including details on a company in a specific geographical area.

The links below take you into the databases themselves.

Selected E-Book Essays on Analysis of Competition

Other Websites

For Additional Help