Global History

Dun & Bradstreet Global History

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  1841

  Louis Tappan (Lewis Tappan in New York, USA, opened a commercial credit bureau (Mercantile Agency), namely Dun & Bradstreet Predecessors 

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  1849

  John Bailey Bradstreet opened another commercial credit bureau in Cincinnati, USA, named The Bradstreet  
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  1859

  Published the first Commercial Credit Rating Reference Book; Mercantile Agency The company changed its name to RG Dun 

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  1933

  RG Dun Company and The Bradstreet merged to form Dun & Bradstreet 
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  1963

  Creation of the Data Universal Numbering System (D-U-N-S^®), giving each company a 9- digit ID number - D-U-N-S^® Number

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  1993

  Launched the first global data storage platform WorldBase 
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  1996

  Several well-known listed companies have been spun off

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  2002

  Launch of a globally unified data quality management process (DUNSRight™) 
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  2007

  Listed as one of Fortune magazine's " Most Admired Companies " and ranked first in the " Financial Data Services " category

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  2019

  Acquires smart marketing company Lattice 
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  2020

  The Group was re-listed on the New York Stock Exchange in the United States 

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  2021

  Acquired Bisnode, a leading European data and analytics company; Acquired Eyeota, a consumer labeling data service company for overseas advertising
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  2023

  Launch of D&B. AI ™ Labs, helping customers unlock the value of data assets using artificial intelligence