Research and Course Guides: Minnesota Business: Companies

Company Profiles & Directories

Do you need company financial information, an overview of company performance, or information on a company and its products? Start with one of these resources.

Reference Solutions from Data Axle This link opens in a new window
Contains information on over 14 million U.S. public and private companies, including contact information, estimated financials for private companies, industry codes, and more. Exporting of data is limited to 100 items on-campus or 50 off-campus.
Mergent Intellect This link opens in a new window
Private and public U.S. and international business data.
Use of the Mergent data and service are intended for non-commercial academic purposes only.
PrivCo This link opens in a new window
Financials and information for hard-to-research private companies.
Due to monthly usage quotas, we recommend creating an individual account rather than using the Direct Access option.
Create an individual PrivCo account (register using your UST email address)
PrivCo user guide

Secretaries of State Site (from LLC University)
All 50 states make some level of corporate and business filings (including private business incorporation information) available online. In a few instances only limited information (such as name availability) is retrievable. The majority of the states, however, have a site that provides a range of private company business records, often at no charge.

Uniworld Online This link opens in a new window
Search by state to limit to foreign firms operating in Minnesota (or other states.)

ISEEK Find Businesses
Directory of Minnesota businesses from Reference Solutions that is part of ISEEK, a State of Minnesota website for career, employment, education, and business information.

Lists & Rankings

Business Journals (including Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal) This link opens in a new window
BizLink includes the annual Business Journal's Book of Lists, listings of top private and public companies, fastest-growing companies, and Minnesota-based multinationals, among others.

Star Tribune 50
Ranking of top Minnesota companies, updated every spring.
Twin Cities Business Magazine's Black Book
Ranked lists of Minnesota businesses and organizations. Formerly the "Business Information Guide, or B.I.G. Searchable online; look for "Lists."
Book of Lists: Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal (print)
Call Number: Keffer and OSF Ref. HF5068 .C38
Includes lists of top private and public companies, fastest-growing companies, and Minnesota-based multinationals, among others.