Kompass has served business and industry for over 50 years. It originated in Switzerland and is now present in over 70 countries worldwide.

Kompass has developed its business through a franchise network. In many countries it operates with internationally known firms such as: Bonnier in Scandinavia, Germany and Hungary, Reed Elsevier in the UK and Singapore, the French and Italian telecom companies in France, Italy, Spain and the Benelux countries, and Coface/Veritas in Mexico, Chile and Canada, Coface/Intercredit in Poland...

Kompass Products & Services

Kompass produces and operates worldwide directories, CD-ROM's and www.kompass.com. Directories and CD-ROM's are produced on a national basis covering all industries and at www.kompass.com the entire Kompass worldwide database can be found with over 1.7 million companies listed.

Specialist directories, such as Kompass Diamonds are also available for cretain countries and are available on an industry specific basis. Currently gem and jewelry specialist publication are available for Thailand, Belgium and Hong Kong.

Database Content Worldwide

• 1.7 million companies
• 3.4 million executive names
• 52,000 product and service references
• 690,000 trade names

Usage Statistics (Quarter 3 2002)

• 3 million searches
• 1 million visits
• 450,000 e-mail messages sent via the site