How to Locate a Company

To our advantage we live in age that offers information that is accessible through several avenues. Depending on what type of company you are looking to locate can determine the amount research you may have to do.The following steps will show you how to locate any legally registered company.

Things You'll Need

• phone
• Internet access
• telephone directory (white and yellow pages)

Instructions

1. Look in your local phone book to see if the company has a local office. Search the yellow pages according to category, and the white pages according to alphabetical order, in the business section.

2. Log on to the internet and pull up your favorite search engine. Type in the name of the company, and check at minimum the first five pages for any information regarding the company you are looking for.

3. Find an info data company online (by typing in a search engine the words data, info, and company contact list).

4. Call the info data company to see if they can locate the company you are looking for. They may require you to purchase or rent a list..

5. Call information and give them all the details you have on the company you are looking for. They may have some additional information.

Tips & Warnings

• A GPS is priceless. Try to gather any and as much information about the company you are looking for before you go to outside resources

• Avoid paying outrageous prices to info data companies.