Resource Guides: Georgia & Atlanta Business: Introduction

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This guide provides a starting point for resources on Georgia & Atlanta Business. Use the tabs on the side for guidance on resources:

Georgia Business News
Georgia Economic Conditions & Statistics
Government Agencies
Transportation
Key Georgia Industries

If you are new to the topic, consider the Georgia Business News page. Reading the "AJC" (Atlanta Journal-Constitution) newspaper, or weekly Atlanta Business Chronicle, will keep you current on important news affecting Georgia.

If you are searching for either contact information about a company, or are wanting to develop a list of companies in Georgia, then check below, for Lists of Companies.

Lists of Companies

Develop a custom list of companies from these online resources.

Best best: it includes branch locations of businesses, and its Advanced Search for geographies and industries (or, key words in industries) is easy to use.

Reference USA (Data Axle) This link opens in a new window
Over 90 million U.S. businesses, 2 million Canadian businesses, and 2 million new businesses. Can select by key word (or, industry codes), geographies (metro area, city, etc.), size of business, and more. Key executives listed. Subscription also includes modules for: historical businesses (1997 to current); and New Businesses.
Please note the number of downloads per search is 500. If your search yields 2,000 results, you will need to do four (4) downloads.

Depending on how large your target company/industry is, these sources can also provide a lot of information:

Mergent Intellect This link opens in a new window
Over 100 million U.S. and Canadian businesses; 400 million worldwide. Can select by industry code, geographies, size of business, and more. Typically lists key executives. Also has sales estimates.
Coupling Mergent's expertise in developing products for the reference marketplace with D&B's private company database, Mergent Intellect offers new and existing clients a unique opportunity to access private and public U.S and international business data, industry news, facts and figures, executive contact information, the ability to access industry profiles and much more.
PrivCo This link opens in a new window
Source for business and financial data on over 300,000 major U.S. private companies. Has its own coding system. Ideal for niche/ new industries (i.e., ride share, etc.)
Coverage of hundreds of thousands of private companies, and our singular focus on private companies, investors, and deals (venture capital, M&A and private equity) enables us to extract, aggregate, and provide the most accurate and comprehensive private company data available. Users can search company profiles, or build lists based on criteria such as location, size, industry and more. We focus primarily on US-based companies, but do have coverage of thousands of International companies as well.

Business Search (Georgia Secretary of State)
If a business is incorporated in Georgia, it is registered with the Georgia Secretary of State's Corporations Division. Includes date of registration and registered agent's name.

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