The phrase "business spanning" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to a business that operates across multiple different locations or that is involved in diverse activities. For example, you could say "Amazon is a business spanning many industries, from retail to entertainment."
Back in the late 1990s it was a much bigger player than it is today, with business spanning 15 European nations.
"VitalFields has built a successful business spanning multiple European countries, and we see how their digital tools will complement our Climate FieldView™ platform offerings in the future.
After leaving a career in the military spanning 13 years and later a career in business spanning eight years, I decided it was time to pursue my passion and start my nursing career.
Spolsky: Stack Overflow started as an interactive Q&A for software developers with a special approach to 'incentivization' and content voting... today the firm is a business spanning more than its software-centric roots, but still exists as a discussion forum for those in search of the canonical truth.
Also new on the web are results that cross all of Groupon's lines of business, spanning local deals, travel, restaurants and more, which is clearly aimed at generating some generative cross-market sales from users who are looking for more than one thing at once.
for its entire business spanning power generation and supply.
Paul's business spans the UK, Europe, India and the US.
Mr. Fishwick, whose career in the rail business spanned nearly four decades, was chief executive of the Norfolk and Western Railway from 1970 to 1981.
American comedian and actor George Burns whose career in show business spanned 93 years, the highlights of which included a popular comedy act with his wife, Gracie Allen died in California.
SoftBank, whose business spans telecoms, the internet and robot technology, has promised to at least double ARM's UK workforce of 1,600 and to increase headcount outside the UK over the next five years.
The economic ladder in the social club business spans the gap between street-smart entrepreneurs in New York City's poorest neighborhoods and wealthy, established real-estate operators - and along the way, everyone seems to make money.
