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Citing Business Information: Information from Business Databases

How to Cite PrivCo

Cite a List of Search Results (i.e., list of Companies, Investors, etc.)

PrivCo company search results for private companies within 25 miles of Boulder aged 1 to 6 years with 10 to 50 million in funding.

  • PrivCo. (n.d.). [List of] Private companies in the Boulder, Colorado area, aged 1 to 6 years and having $10M-$50M in funding. Retrieved March 23, 2017 from PrivCo database.

Cite a Single Profile

Image of the top section of a PrivCo company report showing the company name and location.

 

  • PrivCo. (n.d.). Able Planet, Inc. [Company profile]. Retrieved March 23, 2017 from PrivCo database.

How to Cite Reference Solutions

Screenshot of Cosmo's Pizza 28th Street location company profile page on Reference Solutions

Data Axle is the corporate author of Reference Solutions.

  • Data Axle (2023, November). Cosmo's Pizza (3117 28th St., Boulder, CO) [Company profile]. Retrieved July 16, 2025 from Reference Solutions database.
Look in the Business Demographics section for the Last Updated date. 
 
If the title of the company profile is sufficiently unique to identify the company profile (i.e. there is only one of that company in that city & state), then the company name with city is the title:
 
  • Data Axle (2025, June). The Sink (Boulder, CO) [Company profile]. Retrieved July 16, 2025 from Reference Solutions database.
 
If there are multiple locations of that business in that city/state, include the exact address in parentheses as a form of unique number identifier:
 
  • Data Axle (2023, November). Cosmo's Pizza (3117 28th St., Boulder, CO) [Company profile]. Retrieved July 16, 2025 from Reference Solutions database.