Identify a company's competitors

Investment banking | Competitive landscape | Market mapping

Muiread Heffernan avatar
Written by Muiread Heffernan
Updated over a week ago

A quick Finder search can help you identify a company's competitors in a particular sector or theme. The 'Companies' tab after running a regular Finder search offers a holistic market map based on our algorithmic output.
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Cyndx tracks companies in several different languages to help you view not only the competitive landscape in your own backyard, but also to make sure you are aware of potential threats from competitors who may exist anywhere around the globe.



Using Finder to understand the competitive landscape from an operational perspective

  1. Run a Finder search

    1. Check out our Best Practices using Cyndx Finder

  2. The Cyndx Score shows the similarity between your search and company listed. Depending on the filters of your search, the more likely the results will display a company's competitors.


Understanding how a company views itself strategically

  1. Run a Finder search

    1. Click on a company profile and navigate to the 'Relationships' tab

  2. You can find 'Company-Identified Competitors' on this tab - named by company itself, either publicly, through filings, or on their company website. Our 'Company-Identified Competitors' allows you to better understand how a company views themselves strategically.

**Company-Identified Competitors for Uber Technologies


Identifying companies who own similar patents

  1. Run a Finder search

    1. Click on a company profile and navigate to the 'IP' tab

  2. View published patents and see who holds similar patents

    1. Click on 'View Similar Patent Data' to view a list of 'Similar Patent Data Drilldown'


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