README.md

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license: cc-by-4.0
task_categories:
  - tabular-classification
language:
  - en
tags:
  - companies
  - business
  - economics
  - global-data
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  - 10K<n<100K
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# Global Companies Database

19,181 companies with country, founding year, industry, and employee data.

## Source

[DropThe.org](https://dropthe.org) — Data platform tracking 1.83M entities.

## Analysis

- [S&P 500 Turnover](https://dropthe.org/money/sp500-company-turnover-lifespan-data-3/)
- [Apple Acquisitions](https://dropthe.org/tech/apple-acquisitions-pattern-ai-strategy/)

## Links

- [DropThe.org](https://dropthe.org)
- [Methodology](https://dropthe.org/good/methodology/)