# Business Listings?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-listings/18250>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 1, 2000, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-listings/18250 "2000-05-01T13:35:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![soulsling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@soulsling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulsling)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2000, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-listings/18250/1 "2000-05-01T13:35:26Z")

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where does one get a business listing. ya’know, like the lists they get of possible customers, their email addresses, corporate HQ’s phone numbers and mailing addresses… anyone have any experience with this? something reliable…

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**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2000, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-listings/18250/2 "2000-05-01T14:45:10Z")

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From a business listing cdrom.

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**Author:** ![starfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/87869e/32.png) [@starfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/starfish)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2000, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-listings/18250/3 "2000-05-01T17:07:09Z")

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Back in the old days there were places called libraries. They had what were called reference books.

Seriously, it has been so long since I had classes, I don’t remember the names. I think it is something like Dun & Bradstreet that listed company adresses, phone numbers, names of officers and, I think board of directors.

Again, call a library and ask for the reference desk. Tell them what company you want information on and they can look it up for you.

Thomas Register is on line [and free] but it may names of people at the company.

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**Author:** ![BobT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2000, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-listings/18250/4 "2000-05-01T19:20:35Z")

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Thomas Register, Million Dollar Directory, Hoover’s, and the very hard to find and use Contacts Influential are all sources.  
A lot of libraries have a CD-ROM called “American Business Disc” that answers a lot of your questions.

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**Author:** ![Farlley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/43a26b/32.png) [@Farlley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Farlley)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2000, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-listings/18250/5 "2000-05-01T21:08:16Z")

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All the companies above have on-line sites.  
I’ve put listings in them.  
Try [http://askjeeves.com](http://askjeeves.com) for a recent set of links.