Research Guides: Business Plans: Competitors

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Reference Solutions
This is a great source of local smaller companies. In the US Business section under advanced search you can narrow down by city, state, or zip code and industry.
Mergent Online
Great source for large public companies, you can build a custom set of search results and export just the fields you need information from.
PitchBook
Provides private market data by industry and financing history. Includes startups, VC and PE-backed companies, as well as mature private and public firms.
Access note: Log in required to access full content. Register for a free account with your colorado.edu email address. Users are limited to 10 downloads per day and 25 downloads per month. (1 download = 1 row of data on an excel file).
PrivCo
Excellent source for making a list of private companies.

BizWest
Business news, analysis, data, and statistics for Boulder, Broomfield, Larimer, and Weld counties. Econowatch, is a series that highlights the latest economic statistics and demographic reports.Access the library's subscription content using the link above for full-text articles, or browse headlines at the BizWest website.

Denver Business Journal: Online Access
Current and historical issues of the Denver Business Journal and Annual Book of Lists. Access to American City Business Journals from 42 additional markets.
Access note: Log in required. Register for a free account with your @colorado.edu email address. Access limited to 25 concurrent users.
Must use VPN to access this database.

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by Business Librarians Last Updated Jul 15, 2024 1353 views this year