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A comprehensive listing of general and regional business directories.
Business Directory
Get unlimited access to company profiles for all U.S. businesses. View detailed company information and build lists of sales leads. Free 7-day trial.
www.selectory.com
Business Directories
Directories & databases profiling U.S. manufacturers since 1912.
www.manufacturersnews.com
Yahoo! Search Marketing®
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Business Search
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Company Search
Access 900,000 Global Companies & get 25 Free Company Profiles!
www.idexec.com
Business Directories IT Solutions
Business technology search site offering software, service, reseller and hardware information on thousands of IT solutions.
www.knowledgestorm.com
Google Search Marketing
Find customers at the exact moment they're searching for you. Sign up.
adwords.google.com
Free Business Name Search
Incorporate an S-Corp, C-Corp, LLC Free corp name check for visitors !
OxbridgeCL.com
Business Search?
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Search Marketing
Guarantee to Put Your Ads on the First Page of 95% of Search Engines
RiskamDesign.com
Marketing Directories
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www.associationofmarketing.org
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123Link Global Directory
Categorized business directory covering many industries.
www.123link.com
1Jump
Covering over one million selected company web sites, 18 types of business information and 9 proprietary ways to locate them.
www.1jump.com
1YellowPages.com
Online business locator. Contact information includes email addresses.
1yellowpages.com
BigYellow
National online shopping directory, has over 17 million business listings, thousands of advertisers, 220 million residential listings, 10 million email addresses, and links to directories in 70 foreign countries.
www.bigyellow.com
Business Directories
Directories & databases profiling U.S. manufacturers since 1912.
www.manufacturersnews.com (Paid)
Business Directories IT Solutions
Business technology search site offering software, service, reseller and hardware information on thousands of IT solutions.
www.knowledgestorm.com (Paid)
Business Directory
Get unlimited access to company profiles for all U.S. businesses. View detailed company information and build lists of sales leads. Free 7-day trial.
www.selectory.com (Paid)
Business Directory Pages
Resource offering regional, national and international business directory pages.
directories.freeservers.com
Business Seek
Database of over 3,000 directory search engines.
www.businesseek.com
Cedar National Address Server
Buffalo, New York based service provider. When given a valid U.S. postal address, this server attempts to rewrite the address in the proper format along with the ZIP+4 code. If it is successful, you can retrieve a Postscript or a GIF file of the...
www.cedar.buffalo.edu
CorporateInformation
Reports feature analysis of sales trends, profitability, stock performance, financial position, research and development expenditures and dividends on corporations in several countries. Directory is searchable by stock ticker or country.
www.corporateinformation.com
Cramer Specialty
Wholesale trade directory containing worldwide manufacturers and suppliers of consumer products.
www.cramerspecialty.com
eBusiness Directory
International Business Directory with over 6000 small business listings from around the world.
www.ebusiness-directory.com(Paid)
Emerging Markets Directory
Provides selected links for those interested in the emerging markets of Asia, Latin America, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.
www.emdirectory.com
EZresearch.com
Yellow pages and "dot com" look-up.
www.ezresearch.com
Financial Times Business Directory
General resource for web research, websites related to professions and their practices, and links to news and recent events from around the globe.
search.ft.com
Fortune Global 500
The top 500 Global companies, ranked by revenues, according to Fortune magazine's classic list.
www.fortune.com
Global - Aktiv IT
Links to business directories throughout the world.
www.phonenumbers.net
Global - Directories on the Web
Index of online phone books, with over 400 links to Yellow Pages, White Pages, Business Directories, Email Addresses and Fax Listings from over 170 countries all around the world.
www.infobel.com
Global Business Centre
Web sites from around the world arranged by language in topic-specific directories.
euromktg.users.netlink.co.uk
Global Business Directory
International Business Forum directory of companies.
www.ibf.com
Global Yellow-Pages
A collection of phone directories from around the world.
www.globalyp.com
Greenbook
Worldwide directory of marketing research companies & services published by the American Marketing Association New York Chapter, Inc.
www.greenbook.org
i411 World Business Directory
Directory listing over 15 million companies, products and services.
www.i411.com
iBegin Source
Over 11 million business listings for USA.
source.ibegin.com(Paid)
Impex Trade
Trade and business opportunity bulletin board.
www.impextrade.com
Impex.co.za
International directory of business information, including directories, country and regional data, news sources, search engines, chambers of commerce, yellow pages, abbreviations and country phone codes.
www.impex.co.za
Infobel
International telephone directories.
www.infobel.com
International Market Research Information (IMRI)
Database and worldwide directory of market research agencies, publishers and associations.
www.imriresearch.com
International Phone Directories
Links to telephone directories throughout the world.
www.whowhere.lycos.com
International Trade Network
Yesco Export Consolidation Services international trade directory.
www.yescoltd.com
International White and Yellow Pages (WAYP)
Multi-language Internet database directory includes listings of time and internatinal dialing codes, email and search engines available in Africa, America, Asia, Europe and the South Pacific. Published by WAYP Internet group: a Norwegian company...
www.wayp.com
Internet 800 Directory
Online directory of business toll-free numbers.
inter800.com
Internet Non-Profit Center
Information for and about nonprofit organizations. Based in Seattle, Washington.
www.nonprofits.org
IOMA's Business Directory
The Institue of Management & Administration is located in New York city. It publishes a broad range of information products for business professionals. This site provides links to businesses in 16 industry sections.
www.ioma.com
Kompass
Worldwide business purchasing and marketing directory: 1.5 million companies, key products, service references, trade and brand names, 50000 classification codes in close to 70 countries.
www.kompass.com
LED Display Manufacturer
Providing a directory of Taiwan and China-based LED display manufacturers, suppliers, exporters, and their products.
www.manufacturers.com.tw(Paid)
Marine Yellow Pages
A yellow pages of commercial marine links and classifieds.
www.mypid.com
Mast Business Directory
Directory of qualified businesses. Get your business listed in the directory along with your website and start driving traffic.
www.mastbusiness.com(Paid)
MediaPost Communications
Media buyer's resource center with links and information available online.
www.mediapost.com
Non-Profit Resource Center - Accounting Standards & Regulations
Provides accounting information and links to government organizations for non-profit entities.
www.1800net.com
Phone Directories Company, Inc.
Orem, Utah based international publisher of white, yellow and online directories.
www.phonedir.com
Phonebook of the World
www.phonebookoftheworld.com
PriceWaterhouseCoopers Technology Center
Search company information, initial public offerings from Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval (SEC EDGAR) Filings.
edgarscan.pwcglobal.com
Renewable Energy Manufacturers
Buyers guide and business directory to more than 3500 renewable energy businesses around the world.
energy.sourceguides.com
SBDPro Small Business Directory
online business directory offering web site inclusion services, sponsored web listings, and online resources for small businesses.
www.sbdpro.com(Paid)
Servicehotline.com
A yellow page and web page service which offers an assortment of No Assembly Required free web page tools for business.
www.servicehotline.com
Smart Pages
online yellow pages with city and shopping guides designed to help consumers shop, research products, locate merchants, and plan leisure and travel activities.
www.smartpages.com
Superior Business Network
Offers localized business directories for every city in the United States.
www.sbn.com
The Internationalist
Directory of international banks, law firms, consultants, stock markets, real estate, import/export, and business schools.
www.internationalist.com
Trade Easy
Trade portal site for showcasing products and quickly generate trade leads and import sourcing.
www.tradeeasy.com
Wood and Furniture Importers
A directory and classified ads of wholesalers, distributors, import and export businesses and manufacturers of furniture, wood products and timber.
www.importers-exporters.com
World Access Network Directory (WAND)
Online global trade sourcing directory, global business news and country information in multiple languages.
www.wand.com
World Trade Search
Online database of Asian, American, and European companies.
world-trade-search.com
World Wide Yellow Pages
Online yellow pages search engine for businesses internationally.
www.yellow.com
Worldbid
Source of free business-to-business trade leads.
www.worldbid.com
Worldwide Business Club
Buyer demands, seller inventories, venture opportunities, and consulting offers.
www.wbc.com
Yellow Pages & Online Phone Book
Trust DexKnows.com to help you find businesses, restaurants, and more - anywhere, anytime.
www.dexknows.com
YellowPagesInc.com
Yellow page Internet busines directory.
www.yellowpagesinc.com
Yahoo! Search Marketing®
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Business Search
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www.selectory.com

Guide to Business Directories

Find companies, products, services and key execs — and list your own business as well


Remember when you needed a product or service, and you pulled the bulky phone book off the shelf to find it? While that may still be your first impulse, there are hundreds of different, and often better, ways to find what you're looking for. Many online business directories offer more than simple addresses and phone numbers. For free or for a subscription fee, many directories also offer detailed company information that's designed to help you grow your business.

Online business directories can do even more for small businesses. Listing your business in online directories can be an ideal way to reach other businesses that need your products or services. Use online business directories to:

  1. Find new customers.
  2. Find suppliers.
  3. Build mailing lists.
  4. Find key contacts within corporations.
  5. Check credit ratings and financial status.
  6. List your company and thus, attract new business.


Action Steps

The best contacts and resources to help you get it done

ThomasNet.com Specializing in the industrial sector, the ThomasNet.com directory is where buyers and engineers from major companies, the government and more go to find the products, services or suppliers they need. It's in-depth, industrial-specific content includes over 20 million CAD drawings and access to more than 650,000 distributors, manufacturers and service companies classified in over 67,000 product and service categories.

I recommend:  Search for suppliers, or list your company with ThomasNet.com to get your company and its products or services in front of prospects.

Business.com With more than 400,000 business listings in 65,000 industry, product and service subcategories, Business.com is the Web's leading free business directory. Through the Business.com Network, its listings are available through the search and directory functions at major business Web sites and publishers, including Forbes, Business Week, Entrepreneur, AllBusiness, Business Owner's Toolkit and many more.

I recommend:  Browse Business.com's most popular topics, products and services, or view the entire directory to find what you're looking for. Sign up to get your company included in the Business.com directory, or take advantage of Pay-Per-Click featured listings that give your company a marketing edge.

Hoovers.com With in-depth editorial coverage as its core strength, Hoovers.com lets you look up more than 16 million public, non-public and international companies and view news, press releases, financials, executive biographies and more. The free content section can be used for research or to build a list of companies or executives. Subscription options geared to small and mid-sized businesses offer sophisticated solutions such as wireless delivery, lead sources, financial comparison tools and competitive landscape.

I recommend:  View Hoover.com's free content as well as subscription-based small and medium business solutions. Take an online guided tour.

D&B Small Business Solutions D&B has the world's largest business database with information on more than 100 million businesses worldwide, including 38 million in the U.S. D&B is considered the leading provider of business information for credit, marketing and purchasing decisions. Use the directory to find new customers or to view credit reports to help you determine whether or not to extend credit to a company.

I recommend:  D&B Small Business Solutions offers four monthly subscription options. Reports are also available for purchase on an a la carte basis. Apply to get listed.

infoUSA.com InfoUSA has info on 14 million U.S. businesses and 1.2 million Canadian businesses. Small businesses can use the infoUSA database to find new customers or for credit reference purposes, customer analysis or direct telemarketing efforts.

I recommend:  Simply register to start finding sales leads and building mailing lists using infoUSA.com's free directory. Add your business to the infoUSA.com directory.

OneSource.com With access to more than 18 million global companies and 20 million executives in its directory, OneSource.com can help you find the research you need to grow your business. Its Business Browser information includes company profiles, corporate financial data, executive listings, industry overviews, news articles and corporate structures.

I recommend:  Take an online tour of the OneSource.com directory. Subscription information is available via phone.

Selectory.com The Selectory database features 14 million company records. The foundation of this database is D&B's DUNSRight quality assurance process, which ensures that company profiles are complete and accurate. This directory is designed to help you find new customers and increase sales by creating targeted lists. Use one of more than 30 search criteria, including ZIP code radius, industry and company size to narrow your searches. Import data directly into CRM programs.

I recommend:  Sign up for a free trial at Selectory.com to download up to 30 company profiles and use the search feature to sort and print company information and target details.

USDataCorp.net If you're a B2B seller, try this directory. With more than 14 million business listings, the USDataCorp.net directory offers information whether you're looking for home-based businesses or for key executives at Fortune 500 firms. The Business Hotline file lists more than 70,000 new businesses each month.

I recommend:  Search USDataCorp.net's free business listings or take advantage of its free new businesses listings.

Search engine and yellow pages business directories If you're looking for quick links to companies within certain business categories without a lot of additional information, try search engine business directories or online yellow pages directories.

I recommend:  Visit the business directories at Google, Yahoo, Verizon SuperPages or the Yellow Pages. Add your site to online search engine directories through the DMOZ Open Directory Project.

Tips & Tactics

Helpful advice for making the most of this Guide
  • Take it for a test drive. Take advantage of the many subscription-based directories that offer free trials to determine if a subscription is really necessary or if you can get by with the offerings from free directories.
  • Search backwards. If you have a phone number and want to get more info about who's number it is or find an address, you can run a reverse search at several directories.
  • There's always the print version. If you're more comfortable having a physical book in hand, you can always head down to the local library or bookstore and find an assortment of directories that are usually printed annually.

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