Tools to Discover Publicly ASX Listed and Privately Held Companies

Factiva

You can find news articles about companies using Factiva. You can limit you search to subject for example corporate and industrial news, by industry for example Real estate / Construction and by region for example Australia. Factiva automatically narrows your search to the last three years. Look at Factiva's Company Snapshot to obtain more detailed information about a particular firm.

Factiva
Australian and international newspapers and journals plus global company information. Extensive company information is provided, including financial data for more than 42,500 worldwide companies (from Reuters Investor) as well as access to historical market data and interactive charting.

ABC News. Search lookup for Australian news content topics tagged as:

Connect 4

Connect four is a financial information service. Head to the boardroom section and search by Country, Australia, industry – real estate and sort the results by market capitalization. Click on the market capitalisation tab to sort the results in a descending order. You can also sort the results by revenue. Click on any of the company names to see historical information and other details.

Connect 4
Information related to Australian Securities Exchange listed companies.
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Osiris

Osirus provides global public listed and unlisted company information, including Australian companies. Search using the GICS Classifications, for example Industrials, Capital Goods, Construction and Engineering. To search via industry, hover over industry and selection industry classifications.

Osiris (public companies)
Global public listed and unlisted company information, including Australian companies.

Orbis

Orbis including information on privately listed companies. To search for private companies within an industry, click on activities and industry then industry classifications. Search for construction and select construction of buildings

Orbis (private companies)
Provides mostly global private company information.

Lookup ASX Listed Firms Associated with the Construction Industry

The ASX uses the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) method of categorising companies. Listcorp is one of the easier to use, freely accessible web sites to discover firms traded on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) listed on the ASX, by GICS sector. Relevant sectors are listed and linked to below: