www.thomasnet.com -   This register lists more than 155,000 U.S. and Canadian companies and the products they produce.   An effective tool to see what companies are in the market, where they are located, and what products they provide.

www.manta.com - Covering over 20 million small and mid-size U.S. companies, Manta provides information including location, estimated sales, and number of employees. 

www.referenceusa.com -   Select a location and do a radius search to look up the number of similar businesses in the area.  This resource requires an access number from the Maine State Library which can  be acquired by filing on-line at www.maine.gov/msl/services/libcard.htm.

www.censusscope.org  - An easy to use tool to investigate U.S. demographic trends

http://www.avcog.org/DocumentCenter/Home/View/24 - Androscoggin, Franklin, and Oxford County fact sheet from the 2010 United States Census.