Databases for geographic search list building

by a searcher from The University of Chicago - Booth School of Business

4 years ago

I'm a self funded geographic searcher that is doing broker and direct outreach.  What databases have people found helpful for sourcing geographic lists?  So far I've spent most time with Reference USA and Mergent Intellect.  Both have plenty of noise, although it seems like Mergent Intellect has like 3X+ the noise.  Basically it returns a huge amount of companies for a similar search, with more bad ones.  Curious other people's thoughts on which databases they felt were best, or better yet, least bad.

Thanks!

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searcher from University of Virginia-Darden - Darden School of Business

Take a look at PPP Loan data if your state has a good database

5 months ago | like reply | 0 likes

professional from University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business

This works for me and my clients. What about for you? https://partneroncall.com/links-resources-for-business-industry-profiles-buy-sell-stats-comps/

2 years ago | like reply | 0 likes

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