Overview
Learn how we gather, categorize, enrich, package, and deliver actionable data and powerful solutions to help companies large and small make critical data-driven decisions.
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Sharpen Your Competitive EdgeIn today’s fast-paced business environment, organizations are increasingly reliant on data to inform their decision making – but not all sources of data are equal!
Dun & Bradstreet provides the broadest and deepest set of commercial data and analytical insights, helping companies of all sizes around the world better understand their own business profile and those of the companies they do business with.
Our data passes through thousands of rigorous checks to meet our exceedingly high standards. Only data that meets these quality checks is accepted into the Dun & Bradstreet Data Cloud - our single source of data truth. At our core is our Live Business Identity, through the Dun & Bradstreet DUNS® Number, offering the most up-to-date view of any business entity throughout their entire lifecycle.
We know mission-critical business decisions require accurate, consistent and reliable data – and our rapidly expanding data sets are ready to power your workflows, systems, and teams.
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Tap Into the Data CloudWith data on over 600M+ companies, our Data Cloud is the world’s most comprehensive collection of business data and analytical insights. That’s why companies all over the world, including nearly 90% of the Fortune 500, trust our data to make critical business decisions.
Business credit scores and ratings to help you make informed decisions.
Data on ~200M trade experiences to help you determine who you should do business with.
Insights into corporate family trees and beneficial ownership to help you understand corporate hierarchies & linkage.
Banking data to improve visibility into creditworthiness and an organization’s ability to pay.
Firmographic data to help inform decisions and strategies across the organization.
Business registration data for verification, due diligence, compliance, and more.
Relevant contact and principals data to help meet compliance requirements
Buyer intent data to engage buyers who are actively searching for your solutions and services.
Explore Our Data Sourcing Process
How we gather information in our Data Cloud is what sets us apart. We comb the globe to source data from a wide range of public registries and tens of millions of websites. Below is an overview of the data sources that set us apart.
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Our Proprietary Sources
We extract inaccessible attributes from millions of variables, such as inquiry data, purchase data, and commercial property data – and make these complex, unstructured elements accessible to your decision-making models.
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Partner Data Exchange
We inject data from our trusted partners, re-index their data sets using DUNS Numbers, and integrate them into a single high-quality source, our Data Cloud – giving you access to even more data for your use case and industry.
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Our Worldwide Network
We have an unrivalled alliance of information providers across the globe, giving us a presence in over 200 markets – and giving you extensive global reach and local expertise and knowledge.
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D&B Global Trade Exchange Program
D&B Global Trade Exchange Program provides data on payment experiences, both good and bad, to help you assess a company’s ability to make payments.
Gain Confidence in Your Data with DUNSRight®
Our patented DUNSRight® process helps us ensure data is up-to-date and accurate before it enters the Data Cloud.
Here are the 5 steps involved in the DUNSRight® Process
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Collect DataWe collect data from tens of thousands of sources across the globe
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Match DataWe leverage our identity resolution to verify and match data elements with the correct entities
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Assign an IDWe assign a DUNS Number to create a unique “corporate fingerprint” for each entity
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Relate EntitiesWe identify relationships and connections between entities to create corporate hierarchies or family trees
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Enrich DataWe enrich the data with ratings and scores using predictive and prescriptive indicators
Leverage Intelligent Data and Insights to Help Boost Revenue, Reduce Costs, and Manage Risks
Powered by our unique 9-digit DUNS Number, Live Business Identity tracks performance throughout an organization’s lifecycle to ensure that you have the most up-to-date insights. When the Data Cloud updates, so does Live Business Identity. Explore how Live Business Identity helps teams succeed.
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Accelerate Sales
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Improve Marketing
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Risk Management
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Navigate Compliance
Deliver continuously updated industry and company profiles with accurate contact information to help sales teams engage with relevance, accelerate relationships, message effectively, and prioritize prospects who are most likely to make a purchase.
Improve targeted marketing by identifying devices and IP addresses to deliver a personalized customer journey from awareness through conversion across all channels.
Predict your customer’s ability to make payments before you extend credit and understand what stage they are in the business lifecycle, so you know which offerings are appropriate to fit their needs.
Help reduce the potential for costly fines by identifying entity ownership. Know who ultimately benefits from your business relationships to help protect your reputation and your bottom line.
As the velocity of business – and the demands it places on your teams – continues to increase, stay one step ahead of industry innovations, and your competitors, with trusted, continuously updated data and insights.
Explore our solutions to see how we can help you build and drive revenue and manage increasingly sophisticated business risk.
Access or integrate data blocks to fill in gaps in your current data.
Dive into our scores, ratings, and models to assess your valuable business relationships.
