This guide is designed to support the creation of your list of competitors for your biomedical innovation. Below you will find resources and tips to find publicly traded companies as well as startup companies in your space.

To the left you will also find navigation links to further resources on reading annual reports, finding health statistics, and searching the traditional biomedical literature. These won't be covered in the workshop, but you can contact Entrepreneurship Librarian Carey Toane at carey.toane@utoronto.ca if you have any questions about these resources.

Book a 30-minute market research consultation with Carey on Calendly.

Use the resources below for the workshop activity. 

For public company research, see the Public Company Information page for help finding and interpreting company reports and filings. 

Stuck? Can't find anything in the recommended databases above? Try these options, many of which are also linked in the navigation on this guide.

Review your  and re-evaluate based on what you've found. Refer to the pre-workshop module for details on "Preparing for a database search"

Industry reports often have lists of companies to get you started.

Make note of industry classification codes on databases like Mergent to find like companies, often at a broad level.

Advanced Google searching can produce leads and confirm assumptions by referring to company press releases, etc..

Find out if a company is public or private using Bloomberg's or Yahoo Finance's quote lookup tool.

Check the regulators (e.g. Health Canada) as they often have lists like this one of companies with approved COVID tests. Government data like large social survey (census) data is typically available online.

Consider searching the traditional biomedical literature or grey literature for researchers who may have spinoffs or sell technologies.

Need a definition of an unfamiliar business term? Try the Investopedia online dictionary.