Looking for business data

where to get up to date business data

[jzeil]

Hello,
I'm looking for a source for data on businesses (all restaurants in the US) I have looked on infoUSA or zapData and it looks like it would cost me at least $70,000 to get this data from them.

Are there other sources for this data? All I really need is name, location and phone number. It seems like there should be a cheaper way to get this... can I order it from the government.

Any suggestions as to other sources to look into would be very welcomed.

Ideally this would be from a source that would provide updates.. ie new restaurants have opened and others have moved or closed.

Thanks,
Jack

[nkad05]

You could use Lexis Nexis, they have all sorts of research tools. For a small business, I don't think they would be expensive.

[andye]

Experian? Equifax?

hth, a.

[papabear1126]

Maybe Dunn & Bradstreet?

Frank

[etechsupport]

bizstats.com is good for business statistics & benchmarks.