Research Guides: Industry Data Sources: Competitors

Competitors

ORBIS (Bureau van Dijk)
Excellent for identifying company competitors. You can search by multiple criteria including industries by various industry classifications.
Hoover's Online
Hoover's, in their "company profile", lists company competitors with links to these companies. It also allows for a financial comparison among the top three competitors.
MarketLine Advantage
Marketline, in its company profiles, lists competitors
Standard & Poor's Net Advantage
Standard and Poor's Net Advantage includes 10 major publications of S&P¸ The Outlook¸ Corporation Records¸ Mutual Funds¸ Bond Guide¸ Stock Guide¸ Divident Record¸ Stock Reports¸ Industry Surveys¸ Earnings Guide¸ and the Register of Corporations and Executives. The database is fully integrated¸ so that you can get a stock report on a company and then link to the other publications that have information on that company. Advanced searching is also available. Coverage: Current

Major competitors can be identified by searching for a market research report on the industry. Most MRRs would include major competitors. To do that go to : Industry/Product Data and search for the industry by NAICS or textual description. If you are not sure, there are instruction at the top of the page on how to identify the report.