PlanetInform is an international market information center based in Arlington, Virginia. We specialize in gathering and creating original, accurate, and current information on international business, key companies and industries, and major markets. PlanetInform is the American branch of the prestigious Russian business think-tank, Biznes-Karta; together, these information service companies are Business Information Agency, Inc.

For 16 years, BIA's business databases and directories have earned a high rating among businessmen, business libraries, business schools, and universities. We have been awarded numerous diplomas and certificates of quality for the accuracy, extensiveness, and quality of our information services.

Our parent company and strategic counterpart, Biznes-Karta, is the largest business information center in Russia and the Newly Independent States (NIS). For the past 16 years, Biznes-Karta has been a well-respected name for providing vital business information services for the emerging market economies of Russia and Eastern Europe. Through the company's accurate tracking and timely analyses of these growing economies, Biznes-Karta is the acknowledged leader in business information services for Russia and the NIS.

Biznes-Karta enjoys a superb reputation for being an important think-tank specializing in objective business analyses and optimal company solutions. Biznes-Karta maintains 89 regional statistical centers throughout the Russian Federal Republic and acquires its information directly from the field. The company prides itself in specializing on well-focused and accurate data. Using Biznes-Karta outstanding research tools, Western companies will possess the best analytical and statistical forecasts about the NIS, as well as emerging trends.

Our clients with active business interests in Russia and the former Soviet Republics include the World Bank; the commercial sections of the embassies of the United States, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Finland; the government of the Russian Federated Republic; American, European Union, and Pacific Rim manufacturers; international banks; global wholesalers; and American libraries and book dealers.

We work for librarians and information professionals!