Subject guides: Company, industry and country information: Private Australian companies

Company360

Company360
Company360 covers the top 50,000 public and private companies in Australia.

Depending on the size of the company, the following information may be available: summary, operations, key personnel, financials (if lodged with ASIC), shareholders, family tree, significant events, competitors, and professional services.

Company profiles can only be viewed online and are not available for download.

Factiva
Factiva provides information on over 300,000 Australian companies.

To locate a company profile, select Companies/Markets > Companies from the drop-down menu at the top of the Factiva homepage.

You can also use the Factiva homepage to run a press search on a company.

ASIC provides access to basic Australian company information including:

ASIC does not provide free access to:

This information can be purchased from the ASIC Connect website or via an information broker e.g. Dun & Bradstreet (D&B), SAI Global etc.

Search ASIC registers

1) From the ASIC Connect website, navigate to the Search
ASIC Registers section.

2) Select Organisation & Business Names from the drop-down
menu provided.

3) Enter the name of a company or its ACN/ABN

Access publicly available information supplied by businesses when they register for an ABN (Australian Business Number).

Hoover’s company profiles
Access profiles of 40,000+ companies worldwide.
Where available, the following information is provided:

ABI / INFORM
Access company profile reports from Acquisdata; Canadean; Experian Commercial Risk Database; ICD Research Reports; and World Market Intelligence.

To search for company reports

Click on the Advanced Search link.

Enter the name of a company into the top search box e.g. "Rio Tinto"

Use the drop-down menu at the right of the page to limit your search to the Document title - TI of each report.

Scroll to the bottom of the page. Navigate to the Document type box. Place a tick in the checkbox next to Company Profile.

Business Source Ultimate
To search for company reports
1) Click on the Company Profiles link via the right-hand menu
2) Enter the name of a company into the search box provided.

To search for company information
1) Click on the Company Information link at the top of the Business Source Ultimate homepage.
2) Enter the name of a company into the search box provided.