Company Directory By Business Classification
Review lists of publicly-traded companies, private businesses, joint ventures, and government organizations. Then, drill down to locate a list of companies on the New York Stock Exchange, not-for-profit corporations, private foundations, or government agencies.
- Publicly-Traded Companies on United States Exchanges
- New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)
- American Stock Exchange (AMEX)
- NASDAQ Capital Market (CM)
- Formerly known as the NASDAQ Small Cap Market, this grouping includes smaller and emerging companies.
- NASDAQ Global Market (GM)
- Formerly known as the NASDAQ National Market, this is NASDAQ's main exchange.
- NASDAQ Global Select Market (GS)
- A new grouping introduced in 2006, the Global Select Market has higher financial and liquidity standards than the NASDAQ Global Market. It is NASDAQ's most exclusive grouping.
- New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) Arca
- Companies that trade on the former Archipelago Exchange (aka ArcaEx), an online exhange that the New York Stock Exchange acquired in 2006.
- Over the Counter (OTC)
- Companies whose shares trade "over the counter," rather than on one of the major exchanges.
- Pink Sheets
- Companies, often in the microcap category, whose shares trade via the Pink Sheet system rather than over the counter or on a major exchange. Some large non-US companies also trade ADRs (American Depositary Receipts) via Pink Sheet.
- Public companies listed within this classification in the Hoover's Business Directory include those companies whose shares are available to be bought and sold on a United States public stock exchange. Drill into this category to access public company lists that trade on the various United States exchanges.
- Publicly-Traded Companies on International Exchanges
- Europe
- Asia/Pacific
- Middle East and Africa
- Americas
- Buenos Aires
- Caracas
- Canadian CNQIntended primarily for small or emerging companies.
- Canadian NEXA sister entity of the Toronto Stock Exchange intended for companies that are inactive or that have low levels of business activity.
- Jamaica
- Karachi
- Lima
- Mexican
- Rio de Janeiro
- Santiago
- Sao Paulo
- Toronto
- Trinidad and Tobago
- TSX VentureA sister entity of the Toronto Stock Exchange that is devoted primarily to emerging companies.
- Other Non-US
- Public companies listed within this classification in the Hoover's Business Classification Directory include those companies whose shares are available to be bought and sold on a non-United States public stock exchange. Drill into this category to access public company lists that trade on the various international exchanges.
- Private Companies
- Private Companies (general)
- Companies in this list are private companies with no associated sub-type.
- Associations
- An association is an organization of individuals or groups that share a common interest. Associations, which often have not-for-profit status, provide services to forward that interest, for example by publishing magazines or by lobbying.
- Consortiums
- A consortium is set up by a group of companies to pool capital or other resources. Each member company owns an interest in the consortium and, in most cases, takes profits from the consortium in relation to how much it owns.
- Cooperatives
- A cooperative is a member-owned entity that functions to enhance its members' bargaining power when buying and selling goods. Members typically handle all of their own business except for the specific purposes addressed by the cooperative.
- Foundations
- A foundation is an organization set up by an individual or group through an endowment to further a particular cause, typically a charitable one.
- Labor Unions
- A labor union is an organization of employees set up to provide more bargaining power with an employer.
- Member-Owned Banking Authorities
- These organizations offer financial services to its members, which are often banks themselves.
- Mutual Companies
- A mutual company is an insurance company owned by its policyholders, whose interest in the company -- and rights to dividends -- vary according to the size of their policy or deposit account.
- Not-for-Profit Companies
- A not-for-profit is generally a corporation without stock that exists to perform a charitable, humanitarian, or educational function rather than to make profits.
- Private Partnerships
- An enterprise owned by two or more people who pool their funds and share in the enterprise's profits and liabilities.
- Hoover's classifies private companies as companies or institutions that are privately owned rather than traded on a public stock exchange. Besides this general designation, there are several specialized sub-types of private company records that you will find in the Hoover's Business Directory, including not-for-profits, cooperatives, and labor unions. Drill into this category to access company lists belonging to certain types of private companies.
- Government Organizations
- Government Agency
- An agency of a local, state, or national government.
- Government-Owned
- A government-owned corporation is an entity owned by a local, state, or national government. It is a self-sustaining, government-sponsored enterprise that does not receive appropriations and may be for-profit and public.
- Government organizations within Hoover's Business Classification Directory include both government agencies and government-owned corporations.
- Business Segments
- Defined as a freestanding unit within a larger company, a business segment contains all the departments necessary to function independently, but is typically wholly owned by the parent - and not organized legally as a subsidiary.
- Holding Companies
- Businesses classified as holding companies are generally corporations that issue tracking stocks in subsidiary companies that they control.
- Joint Ventures
- Hoover's Business Classification Directory defines a joint venture as a corporation whose ownership is shared by two or more companies. The joint venture is usually limited to a single project, such as the development of a line of products.
- Subsidiaries
- A subsidiary is a company that maintains its own identity, although it is mostly or completely owned by another company. Hoover's classifies all publicly traded subsidiaries as public, even when most of the shares are owned by another company.
- Schools
- This category applies to any level of learning institutions, from preschool through graduate-level instruction.
- Insurance Societies
- Hoover's Business Classification Directory defines an insurance society as any enterprise that pools and manages the resources of its members to transact insurance.
- Groups
- Within the Hoover's Business Classification Directory, the group category is generally used for the Asian conglomerates known as chaebol (Korea) or keiretsu (Japan). Companies within a group are loosely affiliated by cross-ownership or family relationships among officers and directors. Member companies are run independently, even if they have officers in common or cross-ownership ties.