Business Research and Trade Intelligence [TRADINT]

General Business Search

OpenCorporates
Claims to be the largest open database of companies and corporations in the world.
aiHit Company Database
A great tool that allows you to search over 15 million companies. Provides a large amount of information per company.
Craft
Search for a company and receive a wealth of information, analytics, financials, and locations.
LEI Search
Search for a legal entity identifier (LEI) and find other associated companies.
OpenLEIs
A free, open and searchable database of Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) information.
Effect International
Find business information for corporate risk, B2B marketing and sales. Explore data on over 170 million companies across 200 different countries. Requires a paid subscription.
BizDirLib
A large business directory sorted by country.
BizEurope
A directory of European businesses, sorted by category.
Panjiva
Provides supply chain intelligence for global trade companies. Requires a paid subscription.
OpenSanctions
Provides open-source sanctions data on persons and companies of interest.
TradeMap
Provides indicators on export performance, international demand, alternative markets and competitive markets, as well as a directory of importing and exporting companies in the form of tables, graphs and maps.
TendersInfo
Search tenders around the world via keywords. Requires registration. If you do not want to register to see the full data, then just copy the names of found tenders and search it on Google.

Google Patents
Search Google for patents, documents and other related patent information.
US Patent and Trademark Search
Search for a U.S. companies registered patents, trademarks and other copyright information.
Espacenet Worldwide
A massive database that offers over 130 million patent documents for free.
WIPO Global Brand Database
Gateway to more than 46 million trademark records from 71 different national and international collections.

EBRA Worldwide Registers
A large directory of business registries from all over the world.
Around The World Company Registration
Similar directory of worldwide company registries, they also offer many other great company research tools. Click here for a German to English translation.
OpenOwnership
A company search tool that provides a wealth of data. Search by company name, beneficial owner. They also offer their data sets for download.

Companies and Intellectual Property Commission
Search for South African companies and intellectual property records. Requires registration.

North Data
Provides easily understandable company information that is publicly available for European companies. Obtained from sources such as trade registers, yearly reports, funding registers, trademark registers, patent registers and others.
Societe Ninja
Free public information about companies located in France.

Canada Business Registries Search
Search through the official registries of Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan, and Corporations Canada. This service lets you search across these registries at one time. Information from these registries may be updated on a daily or monthly basis.

ImportYeti
Search over 70 Million U.S. Customs sea shipment records. Displays plenty of import information, analytics and company information.
Tradint.io
Using TRADINT intelligence, they have gathered the best resources, and created tools to make locating trade information simple.
52WMB
International trade data service platform that provides customs data, a buyer and supplier directory, B/L, industry reports, and more. Requires registration.