Private company

GlobalSpec

American technology services company

GlobalSpec is a technology services company which provides a search engine of engineering and industrial products, indexing over 180 million parts divided into 2,300,000 product families, from over 24,000 manufacturer and distributor catalogs. GlobalSpec is a domain-specific (or "vertical search") tool, in that its focused domain allows for optimized results.2 It is part of IHS Inc.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

1996Founded1

GlobalSpec is a technology services company which provides a search engine of engineering and industrial products, indexing over 180 million parts divided into 2,300,000 product families, from over 24,000 manufacturer and distributor catalogs. GlobalSpec is a domain-specific (or "vertical search") tool, in that its focused domain allows for optimized results.2

Corporate structure

GlobalSpec is part of a group headed by S&P Global. 346 entities, 46 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • S&P Global New York, New York, United States
    • CRISIL Mumbai, India
      • COALITION DEVELOPMENT LIMITED Subsidiary · London, United Kingdom
      • CRISIL RATINGS LIMITED Subsidiary · Mumbai, India
    • IHS Inc. London
    • IHS Markit London, United Kingdom
      • Economics & Country Risk Subsidiary
      • IHS Markit Energy & Natural Resources Subsidiary
      • IHS MARKIT EQUITY INVESTMENTS LIMITED Subsidiary · London, United Kingdom
    • CTB/McGraw-Hill Subsidiary
    • Data Resources Inc. Subsidiary · Philadelphia
    • J. D. Power and Associates Subsidiary · Westlake Village
    • McGraw-Hill Education Subsidiary · New York, New York, United States
    • National Radio Institute Subsidiary · Washington, D.C.
    • S&P Capital IQ Subsidiary · New York City
    • S&P Global Ratings Subsidiary · New York City
    • Agra CEAS Consulting Bureau Européen de Recherches S.A Subsidiary · Belgium
    • Agra Ceas Consulting Limited Subsidiary · United Kingdom
    • AMM Holding Corp. Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • ARC Research Limited Subsidiary · Guernsey
    • BBHCP CTI Holdco, LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • BRC Ratings - S&P Global S.A. Sociedad Calificadora de Valores Subsidiary · Colombia
    • Bridge to India Energy Private Limited Subsidiary · India
    • BSE INDEX SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED Subsidiary · Mumbai, India
    • Cappitech Regulation Ltd Subsidiary · Israel
    • Captec Systems Limited Subsidiary · United Kingdom
    • Carfax Admin LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • Carfax Advisory Services LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • Carfax Canada ULC Subsidiary · Canada
    • Carfax Europe GmbH Subsidiary · Germany
    • CARFAX HISTORIAL DE VEHICULOS SL Subsidiary · Spain
    • and 300 more

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21 of annual reports filed with the SEC; subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Former owners and parents

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 2012Acquired Acquired by IHS Inc.1
  2. 1996Founded Founded1

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