Find Company

The Find Company page allows you to search for companies based on a set of criteria you define. For example, you could locate "all cleaning contractors in Boston" or find a list of all of your preferred vendors. Once you have located the desired companies, you can select one from the search results and view or modify the company details.

To find companies:

1. Access the Company module by clicking the Companylink at the top of the page.

2. Select the Find Company tab.

3. Specify any of the following criteria to define the set of companies you want to find:

   • Company Name – Enter a value to find companies that contain the specified characters in their name. This search is not case-sensitive. The search is done on the entire word or phrase entered, not on individual words. You can enter part of a word, for example, entering "ca" will find both car and California.
   • Address 1 – Enter a value to find companies that contain the specified characters in their Address 1 field. This search is not case-sensitive and is done on the entire word or phrase entered.
   • City – Enter a value to find companies that contain the specified characters in their city name. This search is not case-sensitive and is done on the entire word or phrase entered.
   • State – Click the Select link to find companies located in a particular state/province and country.
   • Primary Contact Name– Enter a value to find companies that contain the specified characters in their primary contact name. This search is not case-sensitive and is done on the entire word or phrase entered.
   • Vendor Code – Enter a value to find companies that contain the specified characters in their vendor code field. The system only searches on the value in the Vendor Code field, not the Vendor Code 2 field. This search is not case-sensitive and is done on the entire word or phrase entered.
   • Category – Select a value to find companies of a particular type, for example, architects or engineers.
   • SIC – Enter a value to find companies that have the specified Standard Industry Classification code as their primary type of business. Only companies that have an exact match to the value entered are returned.
   • Vendor Flag – Select a value to search for all companies or vendors only.
   • Minority Flag – Select a value to search for all companies or minority-owned companies only.
   • Women-owned Flag – Select a value to search for all companies or women-owned companies only.
   • Preferred Vendor Flag – Select a value to search for all companies or preferred vendors only.
   • Property – Click the Select link to find companies associated with a particular property.
   • Status – Select Active to find active companies or Inactive to find inactive companies.

4. Once your search criteria are defined, click FIND.

   The following columns of data are displayed for each company. You can sort the list by clicking any of the column headings.

   • Company – the name of the company appears as a link; clicking this link opens the Company Details page, allowing you to see more information about the company, add company documents, associate properties and regions with the company, or edit the company details
   • Address – the address of the company
   • Category – the company's category classification
   • Phone/Fax – the telephone and Fax number for the company
   • Minority – Yes if the company is minority-owned
   • Pref – Yes if this company is a preferred vendor