LEXIS-NEXIS has information about over 10,000 publicly traded companies, over 200,000 private companies, and over 30,000 international companies. To be sure you are getting the most information available, you may want to run your company through news, public records, and company databases. Depending on what your needs are and what information you already have, running searches in multiple sources can be a great way to uncover information. Following are sample searches about both public and private companies:

Private Companies

Company & Financial
Company Profiles & Directories
U.S. Company Reports
(The US Companies Group File combines all US company profiles. This file covers more than 10,000 public and 200,000 private companies).

Sun Rich and FL
This search will locate records on any document mentioning Sun Rich and Florida.

When you have very little information with which to begin your research, it is a good idea to start with a broad search and then use information you pull from the documents you find. For example, the previous search will return documents that list William Neece as the attorney for the company. You can search on his name to find other companies he has an interest in. You can also try running the company name as a nation wide search by leaving off "and FL".

People, Business & Asset Locators
Business Locator
Combined Business & Corporation Information
Combined Business and Corporation
The State Corporation and Business Information file is a group file containing information on records of corporation and limited partnerships from 46 states (excludes the state of Delaware); "Doing Business As" name filings or assumed business name filings that have been registered with the Office of the County Clerk or other recording offices from 50 states and the District of Columbia; and a franchise index compiled from national and state register disclosure lists and covering 30 primary industry franchise types. This file also includes California State Board of Equalization Sales and Use Tax Permit Holder Information, California Contractors State License Board Information, and Texas Comptroller's Office Sales and Use Tax Permit Holder Information. For segment descriptions and sample documents, please see individual files.)

Public Companies

Company & Financial
Bankruptcy
Bankruptcy DataSource - Company Profiles, News and Reorganization Plans
The Bankruptcy Group File contains information on U.S. companies with more than $50 million in assets that are in bankruptcy. The file contains company profiles, reorganization plans, and other news.
Montgomery Wards
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Bkdate aft (12/15/2000)
This search will return bankruptcy filings dated after 12/15/2000. This search can be helpful if you want to find notices of companies filing bankruptcy. You can save this search as an Eclipse if you want it (or any other search) to run automatically. Simply run the search as described above and when the results are displayed on your screen, click on Save as Eclipse. Give your search a name, choose an update frequency schedule, and then request that new results be either saved online or e-mailed to you. You will then have notices sent to you regularly!

Company & Financial
Mergers & Acquisitions
Mergers and Acquisitions Reports - Company Reports
Contains all company reports relating to mergers and acquisitions. Includes IDD Information Services database (coverage from 1984, not updated after January 15, 1993); and the Mergerstat M&A Database (coverage from January 1996 to present).

Company & Financial
Company Directors & Executives
Standard & Poor's Corporation Register of Corporations,
Directors & Executives -- SPBIO
The SPBIO file, derived from the Standard & Poor's Register of Corporations, Directors and Executives, provides biographical information on nearly 70,000 active business executives and directors in major U.S. and non-U.S. corporations, both publicly and privately owned.