Company Research

"A private company is a firm held under private ownership. Private companies may issue stock and have shareholders, but their shares do not trade on public exchanges and are not issued through an initial public offering (IPO)." [source]

As described my the name, private companies are privately owned and run. Much of the company information is very hard to find since there are no legal requirements for these companies to publish annual reports, memos and other dealings through SEDAR or EDGAR.

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Use these resources to research your company. But remember: "Trust but verify" - the main purpose of a company's website is to promote itself; all of the information on the company's achievements and performance can (and should be) be verified in external sources.

Find recent, in-depth profiles of your company with these resources. But remember - not everything you need will be provided from a source; some of it you will need to pull together yourself or deduce from available information

Search these databases for news items about your company or its directors.