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When a private company goes public, there’s good and bad news for anyone attempting to get business intelligence out of the company. The good news is that once a company goes public, it will be required by the federal government to publicly release financial information on a quarterly and annual basis. The bad news is that after announcing plans to go public and before the IPO, businesses enter a mandated “quiet period” when they are not allowed to release information. Manta is backed by industry information experts like D&B and Current Analysis, who know how to get the most possible information out of private companies, and then follow them through the IPO process, with professional reporting and analysis.

All United States companies that are publicly traded put out annual reports for their stockholders. These annual reports can be useful — and they’re free. But they are far from complete sources of business information. With an online database of millions of company profiles, backed by four leading publishers of business information, Manta is a complete and trusted source of business information on United States companies and international businesses.

Looking for credit information on a public company? You can get some information from United States companies on EDGAR. But if you want detailed credit information on United States companies and international businesses, with professional business analysis and predictive scoring, Manta has a variety of products to fit your needs. You can get a credit score report for $59, a payment analysis report for $76.50, a supplier evaluation report for $114, and a comprehensive company profile for $139.50. These reports have increasing amounts of detailed financial information, giving Manta customer plenty of choices.

If you’ve got a web site that is e-commerce enabled, you can sell to anyone from anywhere at any time. Of course, you need to get the word out about your web site — locally, nationally and internationally. Manta can be your resource for all of these needs. You can do company research by country, by industry, company name, or the original publisher of the business information. Manta uses four leading publishers to build its online database of millions of company profiles and industry analyses. And with Manta’s tiered, by-the-download pricing plan, you can obtain contact names and numbers for as low as $13.00 per download.

The Internet has made all business local business, for United States companies and those around the world. So if you’re doing business research, you’ll want to make sure you spend some time doing company research by country. Manta makes it easy to search by country, as well as by company name, type of industry or even the business publisher who originally provided the information. This way, anyone interested in looking for business intelligence from around the world, as well as across the country, will find it easy to obtain.

So you’ve decided to use a commercial business information provider to help you gather business intelligence on United States companies. How do you know which provider to use? Manta has two key attractions:

First, Manta uses four leading publishers of business information — D&B, Current Analysis, Snapdata and Datamonitor Swot Analysis Reports, giving Manta a large and varied database filled with millions of US companies and millions more from around the world.

Second, Manta doesn’t charge any monthly or annual fees. You pay by the download for content you decide to use.

If there’s so much information available on publicly traded United States companies from EDGAR and other free sources, why pay for a commercial service like Manta? Easy. Manta uses leading publishers of business information, like Current Analysis and D&B, who prepare business information reports, profiles and analysis that use both public information and information obtained through private sources. Manta’s information is much more complete and includes analysis and forecasting. And with information downloads starting at only $9.95, the price is right, too.

United States companies large enough to be publicly traded are also very likely large enough to have professionals who control the release of information about the companies. Publicly traded United States companies release exactly what the government tells them they have to release. But anything else coming directly from these United States companies gets run through the PR machine. This is why a professional business information publisher like Manta can be such a valuable resource. Manta uses leading publishers of business information, like D&B and Datamonitor.

These publishers have large and talented editorial staff who know how to obtain uncontrolled information about public companies. You can access this information through Manta, paying only for information you choose to download.

United States companies that sell publicly traded stock are required by the federal government to release specific financial and general information about the company quarterly and annually. This information includes financial statements, as well as up-to-date contact information for company officers. All of this is available in the federal government’s free EDGAR database. But this public information is only part of the story. To get more detailed business information and analysis, you need to access a commercial business information publisher, like Manta.com.

Publicly traded United States companies are required by the government to release detailed financial information on a regular basis. But that information isn’t enough on its own to build detailed business intelligence. That’s why Manta uses four leading publishers of business information to build its online database. With information and analysis from experts like D&B, Current Analysis, Snapdata and Datamonitor, Manta has a huge library of up-to-date business information that’s sure to help anyone doing public company research or private company research.