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- Keywords
- Any word appearing in the company name.
EXAMPLE:ûentering paint will bring up ABC Paint Co., Inc. and all others with "paint" in their name
- Industry Class
- Broad business category types, covering construction, products (manufacturing,ûû wholesale, retail) and business and professional services
EXAMPLE:ûconstruction will bring up all construction contractors and sub-contractors
- Classification
- By ownership type, including 8(a) contractors (Federal Small Business Administration
designation); Disabled veteran includes both certified and non-certified; expanded profileûwill indicate certification status; Disadvantaged business is a classification used specifically by the Departmentûof Transportation; it presumptively includes small minority and small womanûû owned businesses; white (social and/or economic) disadvantaged businesses canûalso be included; expanded profile will indicate ethnicity and certificationûstatus; Minority business ownership is established by ethnicity and includes Asian, Asian-Indian, Black, Filipino, Hispanic, Indian/Alaskan, Multi-Ethnic, Native American, Polynesian, Pacific Islander, Portuguese, Spaniard; expanded profile will detail size, ethnicityû and certification status; Woman-owned businesses include business ownership established by gender; expanded profileûwill detail size, ethnicityû and certification status; Small businesses are established by gross receipts and/or number of employees;ûboth the state and the federal government have different size standards; expanded profile will detail parameters.
- State
- By business location, not necessarily "where" they will "do business"
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- SIC code description
- All businesses are profiled by SIC (Standard Industrial Classification as developed by the United States Census Department) codes.ûYou can browse theûcode list and then select a
specific code (the definition will be automaticallyûentered in the description field), or you can enter a partial description; EXAMPLE:û paint will bring up all companies with "paint" in the SIC
description, bothû paint supply companies and painting contractors. Selecting a specific code by browsing the code list will allow you to restrict theûsearch (to a paint supply or paint contracting) category.
- Classification
- By ownership type, including 8(a) contractors (Federal Small Business Administration
designation); Disabled veteran includes both certified and non-certified; expanded
profile will indicate certification status; Disadvantaged business is a classification used specifically by the Departmentûof Transportation; it presumptively includes small minority
and small womanûowned businesses; white (social and/or economic) disadvantaged businesses canûû also be included; expanded profile will indicate ethnicity and certification status; Minority business ownership is established by ethnicity and includes Asian, Asian-Indian, Black, Filipino, Hispanic, Indian/Alaskan, Multi-Ethnic, Nativeûû American, Polynesian, Pacific Islander, Portuguese, Spaniard; expanded profileûû will detail size, ethnicityû and certification status; Woman-owned businesses include business ownership established by gender; expanded profileû will detail size, ethnicityûand certification status; Small businesses are established by gross receipts and/or number of employees; both the state and the federal government have different size standards; expanded profile will detail parameters.
- State
- By business location, not necessarily "where" they will "do business"
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