There are several websites that provide free access to annual reports. It is also often possible to find reports on a company's website, usually in the investor relations section.
- SEC Edgar Search
This database allows free, public access to companies' SEC filings.
- Northwest Historical Digital Annual Reports
This digital collection is a project of the Foster Business Library and focuses on Northwest companies. It has scanned annual reports going back to the 1930's and into the 1990's.
- AnnualReports.com
This free service allows users to search for NYSE and NASDAQ listed companies' annual reports. The reports are in PDF and html.
- Corporate Reports Online: University of Pennsylvania Wharton
This digital collection includes pdfs of historical annual reports (1800-1955). It is a project of the Lippincott Library at the University of Pennsylvania.
- The Public Register
This site offers the annual reports, prospectuses and 10K filings for 3,600 companies, searchable by name, industry or state. Annual reports may be ordered, free, from this source but no reports are available online.
- Historical Annual Reports - Columba University Libraries
This online collection covers companies that operated in and around New York City. Reports are from the 1850's to the 1960's.