Dun & Bradstreet - D&B

Nope, this is not a coordinate on Google Maps.

Created in the 1800s (yes, it’s still going today), Dun & Bradstreet is a corp that knows how to give help where it’s needed. Dun & Bradstreet is the go-to place for commercial credit info. Which means that if you’re a business looking to borrow, Dun & Bradstreet is a great place to start researching.

Dun & Bradstreet is most well-known for its Data Universal Numbering System, which is a classification code with numbers assigned to over 100 million companies. It’s like an unofficial Social Security number, but for companies. Dun & Bradstreet creates business reports for all of these companies (yes, all 100+ million of them), providing valuable info for businesses and the economy at large. To handle all of these reports and mass data, they have over 200 offices around the world. Which is a lot of offices.

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