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File Description [top]

Kompass USA is a directory file providing business and product information for over 393,000 United States companies with an emphasis on manufacturing, industrial and associated service sectors. Most records include standard business information, as well as in-depth product and industry information. The file uses the extensive Kompass WF.12 classification system consisting of product and service descriptions and corresponding codes. See the Related Search Aids section below for more information. Product names are searchable and displayable in the file in English, German, French, Spanish, and Italian.

Tips [top]

Subject Coverage [top]

Most records include the following information:

• Company Name
• Address
• Telephone Number
• Fax Number
• Telex
• Industry Information
• Products and Activities
• Trade Status
• Number of Employees
• Senior Executives (maximum of 4)

A small percentage of records in the file have a Description of Business field.

Dialog File Data [top]

Related Search Aids [top]

Kompass Product Code listings are provided in English, German, French, Spanish, and Italian at http://support.dialog.com/searchaids/dialog/kompasscodes.

Database Content [top]

• Directories

Document Types Indexed [top]

• Directories

Geographic Coverage [top]

• US Only

Geographic Restrictions [top]

• None

Special Features [top]

• ERA Available
• Graduate Education Program
• KWIC and HILIGHT Available
• REPORT Available

DialIndex/OneSearch Categories [top]

Contact [top]

Terms and Conditions [top]

For Dialog's Redistribution and Archive Policy, enter HELP ERA online. The following terms and conditions also apply.

The KOMPASS USA database is produced by Kompass International Neuenschwander SA with data provided by the franchisee in the United States. Information in KOMPASS USA is copyrighted by Kompass Neuenschwander SA. The customer agrees to use the KOMPASS database for research purposes only and will not publish, broadcast, reproduce, make available or sell any material contained in the said database in any manner whatsoever nor will customer use such material in any other fashion which may infringe any third party's copyrights or proprietary interests in such material. KOMPASS uses its best endeavours to ensure that its database represents a true and fair representation of the original material from which the database is devised but the KOMPASS publishers shall not for any reason whatsoever be held responsible for any damage, loss, claim cost or other expense incurred by a subscriber as a result of its use or reliance upon the material contained in the KOMPASS database.

SAMPLE RECORD [top]

BASIC INDEX [top]

¹ Searchable in the Basic Index and in the Additional Indexes.

² DE displays Description of Business text only.

ADDITIONAL INDEXES [top]

³ Numeric entries are indexed as complete numbers, rounded down to the two left-most digits. Use numeric operators (>, <, >=, <=) to search a range of values, e.g., S EM>=1K to retrieve all companies with 1 thousand or more employees.

⁴ The following entries are searchable with FT=: EXPORTER, IMPORTER.

⁵ Displays Product Activity, Industry Code, and Industry Name. PX values are PX=DISTRIBUTOR, PX=EXPORTER, PX=IMPORTER, PX=PRODUCER, PX=SERVICE.

⁶ Displays Product Activity,Industry Code, Industry Name, Product Code, and Product Name.

⁷ Product codes are cascaded and can also be searched at the two-digit, five-digit, or seven-digit level, e.g., S PC=42, S PC=42900, S PC=4290001.

⁸ The following entries are searchable with PX=: EXPORTER, IMPORTER, PRODUCER, SERVICE. The (S) operator can be used to link Product Activity with a Product Name, Product Code, Industry Name, or Industry Code

⁹ Only the area code is searchable; the TE display code displays the entire telephone number.

¹⁰ Complete postal code displays.

¹¹ Numeric entries are indexed as complete numbers, rounded down to the two left-most digits. Use numeric operators (>, <, >=, <=) to search a range of values, e.g., S SL>=1K to retrieve all companies with sales of 1 thousand or more.

¹² Available in some, but not all, records.

¹³ Search PD ranges with defined dates on either side of a colon, e.g., S PD=20110910:20111231

SORT [top]

RANK [top]

REPORT OPTIONS [top]

USER-DEFINED FORMAT OPTIONS [top]

PREDEFINED FORMAT OPTIONS [top]

DIRECT RECORD ACCESS [top]

Rates [top]

Rates For File: Kompass USA[584]
Cost per DialUnit:                 $9.00
Cost per minute:                   $2.17
Report Elements                    $0.08
Rank Elements                      $0.00

Format    Types   Prints
     1    $0.00    $0.00
     2    $3.00    $3.00
     3    $3.00    $3.00
     4    $3.00    $3.00
     5    $3.50    $3.50
     6    $0.40    $0.43
     7    $3.50    $3.50
     8    $2.00    $2.00
     9    $3.50    $3.50
    10    $1.50    $1.50
    20    $1.50    $1.50
KWIC95    $0.43       NA
KWIC96    $0.43       NA

REDIST/COPY Multiplier Table:
      Range      Multiplier
        1-2       1.00
       3-25       1.50
     26-100       3.00
    101-200       4.00
    201-500       6.00
   501-1000       8.00
 1001 or more    10.00

ARCHIVE Multiplier Table:

      Range      Multiplier
       1-25       1.50
     26-200       3.00
    201-500       6.00
   501-1000       8.00
 1001 or more    10.00