Australian Company Information
Use the following resources to find information about Australian Companies.
Selected Directories
- Book of Lists (WA Business News)
A unique compilation and ranking of the largest Western Australian companies (both public and private) in various categories. Also contains brief company information. - Business Who's Who of Australia
A good overall directory of large and medium-sized public and private companies in Australia. Contains contact details and a brief description of activities. Also available for searching electronically in the Library. - Business Who's Who Product and Tradenames Guide
Use this directory to locate suppliers and Australian agents for overseas companies. - Kompass Australia
The best overall product directory for Australia. Useful for sourcing manufacturers and distributors and for providing basic company details. - Morningstar Shareholder: the handbook of Australia's top 500 public companies.
Convenient one-page profiles of the top 500 Australian public companies, including financial details. - Register of Australian Mining
Comprehensive information on Australian mining companies and projects.
Journals and Newspapers
- Business Review Weekly: BRW
Get news, ranked lists and background profiles of Australian companies. - Smart Investor
Includes background articles about Australian companies of significance from an investor's point of view. -
Australian Financial Review
A good source of Australian company news. The State Library holds microfilm copies from 1951 onwards.
You can also access many more Business Newspapers or search for articles using our electronic resources.
Electronic Resources
There are a number of electronic resources available for business research in the State Library. Search results from these resources may be printed; downloaded to a thumb drive or CD-ROM; or emailed your own computer (subject to the licence agreements and software functionality of individual databases). These databases are particularly useful for company research:
- Datanalysis
Produced by Aspect Huntley. Contains full corporate details of Australian listed and delisted companies including company history and listing details, management, capital history, dividend history, major shareholders, stock quotes, company announcements and annual reports. - Business Who’s Who of Australia (Dun and Bradstreet)
Provides information on large and medium sized public and private Australian companies including company history, personnel, annual revenue, industry classification and line of business, product range and tradenames. - ABIX (Australian Business Intelligence Index)
An index to Australian business information including daily newspapers, current business magazines and other assorted business literature. Useful for monitoring latest company and industry developments. - ABI Inform (Proquest)
Provides information from journals and newspapers world wide. It includes full text articles, industry reports and company information. - Business Source Premier (EBSCOHost)
Contains information from the international business literature relating to all aspects of business and industry. It includes full text articles, industry reports and company profiles.
Our Databases from Home service provides access to resources that can help you with business research. All you need is your public library card number and you can begin accessing a world of information from your home computer.
Annual Reports/Company Announcements
The State Library holds a large number of annual reports from Australian companies in a variety of formats. The main collections are listed below. Companies often post copies of their annual reports on their website. Try searching the company name as a phrase in a search engine.
- Datanalysis
Make Datanalysis your first choice for annual reports and company announcements! - Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) Annoucements Collection
A significant collection of Australian company announcements, including annual reports of listed/delisted public companies. This collection covers the periods 1989-1994 on microfiche and 1980-1996 on CD-Rom. Very useful for older information not yet on Datanalysis. - Annual Report File (Australian Graduate School of Management)
Covers annual reports from Australia's top 500 listed companies and New Zealand's top listed companies. The Library holds reports from 1980-1994 on microfiche and 1994-1997 on CD-ROM.
Internet sources
Government
- ASIC National Names Index
Index of Australian corporate and business names which provides free, very basic information on any company or business name registered in Australia (more information is available for a fee). - Austrade: Australian Suppliers
Provides information on Australian companies with export capability. Search by product keyword, product category, or company name. - Australian Business Entry Point ABN Lookup
Provides access to the publicly available information provided by businesses when they register for an Australian Business Number (ABN). - Department of Commerce WA Business Names
Make enquiries and purchase details about a current or previously registered business name in Western Australia>
Associations
- Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia
CCIWA is a not for profit organisation with membership open to Western Australian businesses of any size, and is an influential lobby group and source of contacts for members.
Commercial
- ASX Company Information Search
Information about companies listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) is included on this site together with links to more detailed information. Forthcoming floats, share prices, and recent company announcements are also available. - Yellow Pages
Australia's online Yellow Pages business directory. Search for businesses by name, type and location. Browse for a business by category. Connect to business websites and location maps. - Hoovers Online
Capsule summaries of financial and contact information for over 14,000 public and private companies are available free; more detailed information is available to subscribers.
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