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.

IBISWorld

IBISWorld
IBISWorld covers the top 2000 companies in Australia by revenue.

Factiva

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 - Australian Securities & Investments Commission

Search ASIC registers

ASIC provides access to basic Australian company information including:

Registration numbers e.g. ACN and ABN
The status of a company e.g. deregistered
The town/suburb of a company's registered office
A list of documents lodged by a company since 1 January 1991

ASIC does not provide free access to:

Documents lodged with ASIC
Director details
Shareholder information

This information can be purchased from the ASIC Connect website or via an information broker e.g. illion (formerly Dun & Bradstreet), 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

ABN Lookup

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

Crunchbase Pro

Crunchbase Pro
Access information on start-ups and other innovative companies from Australia and overseas. You can also build lists of companies based on various criteria e.g. location, description, categories (industries/products), funding, and investors.

Request login details for Crunchbase Pro
Contact CAB@usyd.libanswers.com
Please use your Sydney email address when requesting the login details.

Hoover's Company Profiles

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

Company overview + history
Officers and board members
Competitors
Products and operations
Auditors
Historical financials

ABI / INFORM

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

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.

Other options

Search across Google, Twitter, and LinkedIn for any mentions of the company.