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Hi there,

I want to collect data of all of the business & industry, who are in touch or planning to come in touch with internet

Can you advice me various sources of collecting particular data ?

for example : I want to build business portal as similar to Alibaba.com

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As described, the goal is to build a robust dataset for a B2B portal. and opened the thread with initial ideas; below are complementary, practical sources and a short workflow to collect, verify, and maintain business data at scale.

Authoritative sources to consider: company registries and legal-entity datasets such as OpenCorporates and GLEIF; national open-data portals like Data.gov and the EU open data portal; commercial firmographic vendors including , ZoomInfo, and Crunchbase. For locations and place details, use the Google Maps Platform. For product identifiers and standards, refer to GS1. Prefer APIs or licensed exports over ad hoc scraping.

Quality, legal, and technical notes: always check site terms and crawling guidance (Google crawling guidance) and comply with data-protection rules such as the GDPR. Build validation into ingestion: dedupe, normalize addresses and names, verify emails/phones, store source and timestamp metadata, and keep an audit trail for consent and changes.

Quick checklist to get started: 1) narrow scope (industry/country), 2) define required fields and identifiers, 3) select 2–3 primary sources and obtain API or licensed feeds, 4) build an ETL pipeline with normalization and enrichment, 5) run a manual verification sample, 6) schedule incremental updates. Start with a pilot vertical, prove data quality, then scale. This complements the thread by focusing on authoritative datasets, compliance, and repeatable workflows.

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...I want to collect data of all of the business & industry...

Did you try the Yellow Pages?

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It depends on what you are planning to use this data for. For example, one good way to collect data is to create a CRM program - or a contact form on your website.

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