Small Business Databases

Associations Unlimited

  • Directory of membership associations in the United States and worldwide

Business Insights: Essentials

  • Detailed company profiles, product and brand information
  • Investment reports, rankings and market share data

Business Decision

  • Demographic and income profile for geographic areas
  • Consumer household data
  • Market profile
  • Funding provided by Grand Rapids Public Library Foundation

General Business File ASAP

  • Analyze company performance and activity, industry events and trends
  • Access to a combination of broker research reports, trade publications, newspapers, journals and company directory listings with full text and images available
  • Covers the latest information in management, economics and politics

Lexis Nexis Library Express

  • Library Express provides access to more than 6,000 news, business, and legal sources
  • News and business coverage encompasses newspapers, periodicals, television and radio broadcasts, news wires, blogs, corporate directories, and financial information
  • Features national and international news sources that date back to the 1970s, depending on the paper
  • Business sources include financial information, market research, industry reports, and SEC filings
  • Access to case law and other legal information is only available in the Library

ReferenceUSA

  • Provides detailed information on U.S. and Canadian Businesses
  • Search by company name, size, geographic location, type of business, and more
  • Residential database can be searched by name, phone number, or address

Small Business Resource Center

  • Provides small business management resources
  • Covers subjects from conducting industry research to financial planning, to marketing a product and franchising a business
  • Offers access to content from a wide range of business journals and reference sources