Where can I find old Company Annual Reports?

Answered By: Becky Smith, STEM Entrepreneurship & Business

Last Updated: Jun 05, 2021 Views: 2351

ProQuest Historical Annual Reports is an excellent resource available in ProQuest One Business. Select "Change databases" from the top menu.

ProQuest change databases

Uncheck ProQuest One Business and select ProQuest Historical Annual Reports, then click Use Selected Databases.

Select Proquest Historical Annual Reports

Type the name of the company that interests you in one of the search fields, and choose "company/org" from the corresponding pull-down menu. Then hit the "search" button.

Historical Annual Reports search

Government filings are also available online through the "filings and forms" section of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's website.
You may also wish to look up microform and microfiche of annual reports in the library catalog and the collections at:
- Annual Reports at Purdue Library
- Bruno Annual Reports Collections

Comments (2)

Do these resources include annual reports for both publicly traded and privately held companies?

by Geoffrey Ross on Sep 07, 2016
Publicly traded companies are required by law to make their annual reports available to the public. If you are researching a private company, you will likely not be able to get an annual report, but you should definitely check to see if a significant portion of the company is owned by a publicly-traded company as you can sometimes uncover some information through a parent company's annual reports.

by Business Information Services on Sep 07, 2016