BUSINESS RESOURCES

Business Resources

Peska Business Center

Tarpon Springs Public Library

Business Databases

Business and Company Resource Center - [In Library] [Home Access] Company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies, and periodicals. For home access, enter your library card number when prompted.
Corporate Affiliations - [In Library] - Search for companies and their subsidiaries worldwide.
Hoover's Online - [Open Access] - Search for profiles, executives, and financial statistics of American and foreign companies.
ReferenceUSA - [In Library] [Remote Access] - National directory of 12 million businesses and 120 households. Extract records based several criteria, including location, sales, business type, and number of employees. For home access, enter your library card number, or contact the Reference Desk for instructions.
Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage - [In Library] [Home Access] - Provides access to 16 different S & P publications, including Industry Surveys, Corporation Records, and Stock/Bond Guides. For home access, contact the Reference Desk for instructions.
Value Line Research Center - [In Library] - Provides access to the Investment, Mutual Fund, and Options Surveys.
Free Businesses Directories (Most require registration.)
- Thomas Register - [Open access] - Search over 170,000 U.S. manufacturers by product, brand or manufacturer
- Canadian Trade Index - [Open access] - Manufacturers, exporters and distributors based in Canada
- Thomas Global Register - [Open access] - Covers over 500,000 manufacturers in 22 countries
- WAND - [Open access] - Lists over one million companies in 165 different countries

Demographic, Labor and Economic Profiles

Demographics and Spending
- Demographic Profiles from the 2000 Census
- Consumer Expenditure Survey for Tampa/St.Pete/Clearwater MSA and other Southern MSA's
Labor and Wage Statistics
- Wage Data for Florida Metro Areas from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Wage Data for Florida from the Agency for Workforce Innovation
Economic Data
- Economic Snapshot for Tampa/St.Pete/Clearwater MSA from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Ecomomic Census Data Search

Local Business Links

Tarpon Springs Chamber of Commerce
Business Assistance Partnership - City of Tarpon Springs & Tarpon Springs Chamber of Commerce
Hillsborough County Economic Development
Pinellas County Economic Development
SCORE - Service Corps of Retired Executives
Tampa Bay Partnership

State Business Links

Enterprise Florida, Inc. - Partnership between Florida's government & business leaders
Florida Chamber of Commerce
Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation
Starting a Business in Florida - Information from the Florida Department of State
Sunbiz - Florida Division of Corporations' online information center
Florida Small Business - Small business information and resources from the publishers of Florida Trend Magazine

Federal Business Links

Small Business Administration
Small Business Information from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
U.S. Business Advisor
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
U.S. Department of Labor - Topics of Interest to Small Business (also available: Small Business Compliance Assistance)

Small Business Development Centers

Online Journals for Business

Other Business Links

Better Business Bureau
Business Owner's Toolkit from CCH Publishers - Downloadable business forms, business plans, human resources forms, advice, and more
NASE - National Association for the Self-Employed

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