Logo Search Results

This page shows the results of both of Basic Searches and Advanced Searches. The first table in this page shows a list of the companies that satisfy the criteria that you specified in either of those types of searches. If you included a search of Private companies in a Basic Search, or selected the Private Company Universe item in an Advanced Search, then a second table showing those companies satisfying the criteria will be displayed.

If a large number of companies are found, they are divided into groups of 40 and the first of these groups is displayed in the page. (If private companies were included in the search then the group size will be reduced to 20, and, if necessary, the private company list will be divided into groups of 20.) To view the other groups, use the Results Page navigation buttons above and below the right side of the table. Further details of the use of these are given below.

Accessing the Company's Report

If the name of a company you want to view is displayed in the table then you can click the name to go to the Company Report for that company. The company report is broken up by tabs and sub-tabs that contain all the available information on that company.

Information Displayed for Each Result

In the results, each Company in the result list displays the following information: Company Name, SIC Code, Exchange, Ticker, Active/Inactive, and Country. By default results are displayed in alphabetical order by Company Name. Clicking on these Column labels sorts the results by the information under that column in ascending order. For the items listed under the SIC Codes and Exchange there are definitions available by holding your mouse pointer over the question mark icon Look-up Icon to their right.

Adding Results to the Company Analysis List

Note: A maximum of 500 Companies can be added to the company Analysis List.

The company analysis list is used to store companies to be able to create reports on them. For more details on the Company Analysis List see Using the Company Analysis List.

Note: D&B private companies cannot be added to the Company Analysis List.

To Add Individual Companies to the Company Analysis List:

  1. Check-off the check boxes to the left of the company names you wish to add to the Company Analysis List.
  2. Click on the "Click here" link in the first sentence at the top of the results page which reads: "Click here to add the currently selected companies."
    The page will refresh and you should see the number of companies selected in the Company Analysis List.
    Note: To select all the companies displayed on the result page being viewed, click on the "(all)" link at the top of the column of check boxes.

To Add Groups of Companies to the Company Analysis List (100 at a Time):

  1. Use the drop-down menu in the second sentence at the top of the results to select the group you want to add (Initially set to "1 to 100").
  2. Click on the "Click here" link in the second sentence at the top of the results page which reads: "Click here to add companies (1 to 100) from this search (excludes D&B results)."
    The page will refresh and you should see the number of companies in the Company Analysis List increase by one hundred.
  3. Repeat steps 1 and 2 up to four more times to add the maximum of 500 companies ot the Company Analysis List.

Save Company Analysis Lists you Created

You can save companies in the Company Analysis List for use during future logons.

  1. Add the companies to the Company Analysis List.
  2. Mouse-over the "Expand" Link in the Company Analysis List.
  3. Click on the "Save List" Link.
  4. Enter your Email Address, then click the "Set Email" button.
    Note: Entering your Email address creates a personal account for you to save company analysis lists in. You will have to enter the same Email address to load your lists on subsequent logons. (You should only have to set your Email once per session.)
  5. Enter a name for your list and click on the "Save As" button to save it.
    Note: If you want to over-write a previously saved list click on the list's name.

Load Company Analysis Lists you Saved

If you have saved any company analysis lists during a previous session you can load them during subsequent logon's.

  1. Mouse-over the "Expand" Link in the Company Analysis List.
  2. Click on the "Load List" Link.
  3. Enter your Email Address, then click the "Set Email" button.
    Note: You will have to enter the same Email address you used to save the list(s). (You should only have to set your Email once per session.)
  4. Click on the list's name to load it.

Downloading Result List to Spreadsheet

The results list can be downloaded to an Excel spreadsheet using the Download results link at the top right of the list.

Searching within results

Some searches, particularly those from the Advanced Search page, can produce a very large number of results. You can search within the names of the companies in the results list to further refine the list.

To search within results

  1. In the edit box in the New Search group, enter the text you wish to search for.
    As in a Basic Search, this will be text contained within the company name.
  2. Choose the Search button.
    The list of companies will be reduced to those with names containing the text entered. If a list of Private companies was included in the search then this list will be refined too.
  3. To further refine the list, repeat steps 1 and 2 with a different piece of text.
  4. To return to the full list of companies, clear the text from the edit box and choose the Search button.
    The full (original) list of company names will be re-displayed.

Navigating between Results pages

Within a large number of results the page navigation buttons can be used to move between the multiple pages. You can move to the next page, last page, previous page, first page or directly to a particular page, as indicated in the diagram:

Results Navigation buttons