Research Guides: Company Research: Subsidiaries

Best Directory for Subsidiaries

Corporate Affiliations
Best source for info on subsidiaries, both U.S. and international.
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Other Directories

Hoover's Company Records (via ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Large subsidiaries are sometimes included in Hoover's.

SEC Filings

If the parent company is publicly traded, you may find great info in SEC filings
--esp. the 10-K report.

EDGAR - company search
All companies traded on U.S. stock exchanges must file various reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The SEC makes these reports available via EDGAR. This includes the 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, proxy, registration, and other forms (but often not the Annual Report to Shareholders).
Tip: After displaying full text of a filing, you can use the Ctrl+F keys to search for instances of the subsidiary name in the document.

Articles

ProQuest One Business This link opens in a new window
Articles from major business periodicals, the Wall Street Journal, and academic journals.
Tip: Click on Company Reports to search for specialized reports.
Brief Instruction Video: Using ProQuest PowerSearch
Business Source Elite This link opens in a new window
Thousands of full-text business journals, company profiles and reports.

The Business Journals
At this site you can search across periodicals about small business in a number of U.S. cities. It doesn't cover any Michigan cities, but does include Business journals for Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, LA, Minneapolis, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Seattle, Washington DC., many Florida cities, and several smaller cities.

Research Tips

When a company is owned by another company, the company traded on the exchange that owns other companies is called the parent company; the companies under the parent are called subsidiaries.

If your company is a subsidiary, you will need to research the parent company. You might not be able to find separate financial info on the subsidiary. However, many details on the subsidiary might be found in the parent company's SEC filings (esp. the 10-K report), articles, and other sources.

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