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Working with private company data.
Where the data comes from, what filing rules mean for what you can actually see, and how to screen a market without a subscription.
Sep 6, 2026
Screening for acquisition targets from public filings
A practical method for building an acquisition target list from registry data and company websites, and the filters that remove the noise before it costs you a week.
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What a private company record can and cannot tell you
A registry entry proves a company was incorporated, not that a business exists. What is actually knowable, and where company databases quietly estimate.
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Where private company data actually comes from
Every company database is built on the same handful of public sources. Knowing which source each field came from tells you exactly how far you can trust it.
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