# Financial Information on NonPublic Companies

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/financial-information-on-nonpublic-companies/209957>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 28, 2003, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/financial-information-on-nonpublic-companies/209957 "2003-10-28T02:14:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![jeremynag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8797f3/32.png) [@jeremynag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jeremynag)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/financial-information-on-nonpublic-companies/209957/1 "2003-10-28T02:14:54Z")

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I am trying to do research on a nonpublic company. Is there any place on the internet where one might find financial information about this type of company?

I appreciate any direction that someone may provide.

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**Author:** ![SunTzu2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5a626/32.png) [@SunTzu2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunTzu2U)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/financial-information-on-nonpublic-companies/209957/2 "2003-10-28T03:47:22Z")

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NOPE! That’s why they are not public.

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**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/financial-information-on-nonpublic-companies/209957/3 "2003-10-28T13:52:23Z")

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