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93% -- supplier sourcing share for Fortune 1000 companies (2025)
93% of Fortune 1000 companies source suppliers on Thomasnet.com.
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93%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2025
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Evidence Quality
B
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Extraction
50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Thomasnet
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Tier C
https://mfgempire.com/ppc-for-plastics-manufacturers ↗
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PPC for Plastics Manufacturers | MFG Empire
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Fortune 1000 companies: 93% supplier sourcing share. Source: Thomasnet (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/fortune-1000-thomasnet-sourcing
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/fortune-1000-thomasnet-sourcing" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>93%</strong> -- supplier sourcing share for Fortune 1000 companies<br><small>Source: Thomasnet (2025) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/fortune-1000-thomasnet-sourcing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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