I need to pull the information into their profile or the gradebook so that I can store it. Is that possible? Or would it be better just to make it a quiz and extract that out to excel and plug into their profile?
There is no way to plug info automatically into the profile from a course activity without coding. So, yes, you could use the quiz or feedback (preferable because it is not graded) to gather the info or add all fields for all companies to the profile and have them all fill everything out at registration.