Reference Solutions (Formerly ReferenceUSA)

The leading source for business and residential data. Useful for job searches, creating marketing and business plans, finding a doctor, locating people, and more.

Small business owners and entrepreneurs can conduct market research, search for similar businesses in the area, find information on competitors, search for businesses to buy, and much more.

Job seekers can access information on more than 24 million U.S. businesses, including 200,000 human resource contact names, to assist with their job search. Company descriptions and website links to job postings are also provided.

New homeowners or those looking to purchase a home can research neighborhoods, including home values and median income of residents in the area, as well as locate nearby schools, churches, doctors, childcare facilities and more.

Students can access articles for research on businesses, including data summaries to profile a neighborhood, city or state by type of business, size of business or household median income, spending habits and growth of a business, as well as finding businesses of similar size and scope to compare to.