The full commercial version of the database includes SIC codes, sales volume, ultimate parent company, and employee size, along with the basic address and phone number. This is an incredible resource of value to both professional searchers and the general public for looking up businesses and researching industries in specific geographic regions. It can be searched by company name, yellow page category, and phone number. Each of the search options also requires the user to specify a state, although only one state at a time can be searched. Searching across state lines can be a tedious process, but for a few states it is not too annoying.
Truncation is automatic in most fields, which can lead to some unusual results.
For large retrieval sets, the search can be narrowed further by adding city, state, ZIP Code, or area code. All of these options, coupled with the size of the database, make this a valuable resource for a number of different searches. New business start-ups can check to see if there are any similarly named businesses in a specific state. Researchers can compare communities based on the number of listings under specific categories. Travelers can search for specialty stores before they arrive at their destinations.