20 top competitive intelligence tools for: global company filings

Companies Register – AU - register of companies in Australia.

Companies Register – CA - register of companies in Canada.

Companies Register – DE - register of companies in Germany.

Companies Register – DE - register of companies in Germany.

Companies Register – ES - register of companies in Spain.

Companies Register – ES - register of companies in Spain.

Companies Register – FR - register of companies in France.

Companies Register – HK - register of companies in Hong Kong.

Companies Register – IE - register of companies in Ireland.

Companies Register – MX - register of companies in Mexico.

Companies Register – SG - register of companies in Singapore.

Companies Register – UK - register of companies in the United Kingdom.

Companies Register – WW - aggregation of companies registers worldwide, maintained by UK Companies House.

Data Axle - key information about North American companies, often verified by telephone calls; now more focused on being a sales targeting platform than a research tool.

D&B Hoovers - subscription database from Dun & Bradstreet with information about companies around the world; very large database but now more focused on being a sales targeting platform than a research tool.

Footnoted - interesting findings from the small print of annual reports; Footnoted follows the clues in the back pages that most of us never read.

Mergent Online - aggregated information for US and global companies, with features for creating custom data tables.

Open Corporates - legal entity information for companies around the world; more focused on the structure and key officers of companies than their financials.

SEC - the SEC’s database of annual reports and other filings is a must-have for any competitor analysis of US listed companies.

Trefis - data analysis tool with a unique take on how the individual divisions/products of public companies contribute to the company’s stock price or market capitalization.