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Targeting Companies by Location

Create lists of companies and potential employers for specific locations

Do you have a list of companies you would like to work for? Use LexisNexis or Mergent to create a target list of Canadian companies in a particular city.

Public companies in Canada

Capital IQ (Finance Lab)

Go to Screening

Choose Companies

Look for "Geographic Locations"

You can enter city, postal code or narrow it down to province/territory. 

Mergent

SimplyAnalytics

You can map out and generate a spreadsheet list of companies by NAICS or keyword with SimplyAnalytics. See the Map & Data Library's instructions here. 

NexisUni

  • Select "Business" under topics 
  • In the Company Dossier box, select "Create a Company List" tab in the middle
  • You can search by any of the criteria - city, NAICS, SIC, company type, etc. Additional criteria can be added by choosing "Business Description" from the drop-down menu. 

 

Private companies in Canada

Please note that private company data is very limited. Most comes from directories or from web crawling.

Mergent

Under Advanced Search, select D&B Private Company Database for private company results. 

SimplyAnalytics

You can map out and generate a spreadsheet list of companies by NAICS or keyword with SimplyAnalytics. See the Map & Data Library's instructions here. 

NexisUni

  • Select "Business" under topics 
  • In the Company Dossier box, select "Create a Company List" tab in the middle
  • You can search by any of the criteria - city, NAICS, SIC, company type, etc. Additional criteria can be added by choosing "Business Description" from the drop-down menu. 
  • Under company type, select "All Private" or check additional private company options in the drop-down menu
  • Add additional criteria (location, industry, etc) as preferred.

Start-Ups

CB Insights

Register with your Rotman or U of T e-mail address to search for start-up companies. Choose "Advanced Filters" next to the search bar at the top. Click on "Company Attributes" in the right sidebar and it will give you the option to search by location or zip code. 

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