LibGuides: Real estate and planning: Company Information

Databases of company information

The following resources offer financial information for companies.

Amadeus This link opens in a new window
Amadeus is a database containing financial information on over 13 million public and private companies covering around 40 European countries. You can search for specific companies, companies that match a profile and compare peer companies.

Help and guidance
For help using this resource login via one of the links above and click on the 'Help' option. Then select the 'User guide'.
Business Source Complete [full-text] This link opens in a new window
Contains profiles of the world’s 5,000 largest companies. Click on the arrow next to the 'More' tab at the top of the main search screen to search the company profiles. The profiles are produced mainly by Datamonitor and contain sections such as company overview, products and services, competitors, etc.

Coverage includes: accounting; banking; finance; international business; management; marketing; real estate; regional studies; sales; trade; and technology.

To see a list of the full-text journals select the Title list option from the EBSCOhost home page. Also includes references to articles in many other journals.

Also includes: books/monographs; case studies; conference proceedings; country economic reports; over 5,000 company records; industry reports; market research reports; SWOT analysis; and working papers.

Covers 1886-

Help and guidance
EBSCOhost Advanced Search Help
Viewing results in EBSCOhost
Basic search video tutorial
Advanced search video tutorial
D&B Hoovers [full-text] This link opens in a new window
Covers UK and international market, industry and company information. Use to find: Datamonitor and other market research reports; Company information including financial data.

Covers company information including financial data and background industry information.

Help and guidance
D&B Hoovers Getting Started Guide
FAME This link opens in a new window
Company information database covering the UK and Ireland.

Has information on 3.8 million companies and on 4 million inactive companies for historical research.

Help and guidance
For help using this resource, login and click on the help link which is the question mark icon..
BankFocus This link opens in a new window
A comprehensive, global database of banks' financial statements, ratings and intelligence.

Includes:
- Detailed financials - statements are in multiple formats including a new universal format to compare banks globally
- Interim data
- Ratings, and rating reports, from FitchRatings, Moody's, Standard & Poor's and Capital Intelligence
- Country risk and country finance reports
- Stock data for listed banks
- Directors and contacts
- Original filings/images
- Detailed bank structures
- Economic country profiles and outlooks
- Business and related news
- M&A deals and rumours
- Fitch Bank Credit Model for 11,000 banks

Help and guidance
For help using this resource, login and click on the help link which is the question mark icon.
Osiris This link opens in a new window
A database of listed companies, banks and insurance companies worldwide.

For more information about the type of information available see the Osiris information page.

Help and guidance
For help using this resource login via one of the links above and click on the 'Help' option. Then select the 'User guide'.
Zephyr This link opens in a new window
Contains information about mergers and acquisitions, IPO and venture capital deals with links to financial company information.

For more detail about its coverage see the Zephyr information page.

Help and guidance
For help using this resource login via one of the links above and click on the 'Help' option. Then select the 'User guide'.

Directories of company information

International directory of company histories
4th Floor Reference--338.7409-INT

Waterlow's unquoted companies
4th Floor Reference--338.740942

The Library has lots of material on specific companies and sectors; use the Enterprise catalogue to locate these items. Search Business Source Complete to find journal articles about specific companies.

Annual reports

Annual reports are good sources of data about companies including financial information. Most companies have their own web sites. There are two major sites, which provide links to companies:

Hoovers
Northcote
This online research tool links you to listed company information, including Financial Reports, Webcasts and Press Releases. Access is free of charge, but you need to register to use the site.

Help videos

You will need to login using your University email address and password to view the videos. You can access these resources from the Company information tab (this page) within the Real Estate and Planning subject guide, as well as the Business, Informatics and Accounting guide mentioned in some of the videos.

D&B Hoovers - basic search:

Finding company information in Osiris:

How to run a basic search on FAME:

Creating a list of companies on FAME: