At various times the following future Presidents of the USA were D&B employees: Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses Grant, Grover Cleveland, and William McKinley.
About
Dun & Bradstreet, an international corporation founded in 1841, helps businesses perform cross-border counterparty checks, manage credit and compliance risks, find new partners, and improve marketing efficiency.
With access to Dun & Bradstreet's digital services, professionals can obtain standardized, verified information about virtually any company, no matter what country in the world it is registered in, professionally analyze this data, and receive alerts about important corporate events.
Dun & Bradstreet data is used to monitor the current state of industries and regions, economies of various countries, assess the consequences of crises and natural disasters, and perform comprehensive risk analysis.
The international D-U-N-S number, which Dun & Bradstreet has been assigning since 1963, is in fact the only universal international company identifier. Without knowing the D-U-N-S, you will not be able to start working with the largest international corporations. The identifier is used by the US federal government, more than 200 international organizations.
Today, the company actively invests in new technologies and services, which allows it to maintain its leadership in the global information market. Dun & Bradstreet shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange; its services are used by 90% of Fortune 500 companies.
Dun & Bradstreet information products in the CIS countries are sold by Interfax-Kazakhstan, other companies of the Interfax Group and partner companies.
Dun & Bradstreet History
Dun & Bradstreet has been collecting information about private companies since 1841. To help companies learn about their counterparties, it formed its own correspondent network, first in the United States and then in other countries, and created the first standards for managing business risks. Dun & Bradstreet's printed directories have become an indispensable part of the business decision-making process in the United States and other countries.
Trivia for Dun & Bradstreet:
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In the picture you can see the famous actress Marilyn Monroe. It is a poster for the movie “How to Marry a Millionaire” (1953). She is searching for her future husband with the help of Dun & Bradstreet Reference book.
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DUNS number was introduced in 1963. Today DUNS number is the only generally recognized unique business identifier.
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Dun & Bradstreet always been on the edge of progress. Dun & Bradstreet was one of the first international corporation who invents telegraph, phone, typewriter, and computer. In the era of automation and Internet all Dun & Bradstreet products available online. With Data Integration Toolkit gate enterprises integrates their information systems.
History of business information
As America entered the 1930's, the effects of rivalry and economic depression on both R.G. Dun and The Bradstreet Companies could no longer be ignored. In 1933, the arch competitors merged to form Dun & Bradstreet. The merger was engineered by Dun's CEO Arthur Whiteside. Using his first-rate diplomatic skills, Whiteside was able to broker a deal with the company's long-lasting and foremost competitor. Whereas previously both companies sold "products," Whiteside increasingly emphasized "service." With great leadership, he led Dun & Bradstreet out of the depression and into the Information Age.
Technology-Fueled Growth
The rapid development of computing and communications technology in the post-war era has been central to the growth of Dun & Bradstreet. During the past 50 years of Dun & Bradstreet’s history, increases in the speed and volume of cross-border communications have influenced our evolution from a provider of credit reports to a leader in the international information industry.
The 1960's - 1970's: A time of explosive growth. Whiteside's successor, J. Wilson Newman, recognized that Dun & Bradstreet needed to take risks and increase its range of products and services. Overall, Dun & Bradstreet expanded dramatically during the 1960's by engineering ways to apply new technologies to evolving operations. In 1963, the introduction of the Data Universal Numbering System – The D&B D-U-N-S® Number – to identify businesses numerically for data-processing purposes helped bring business information into the computer age. This unique business identification system proved so useful that today the Dun & Bradstreet D-U-N-S Number has become a standard business identifier for the United Nations, the European Commission and the U.S. Government.
By the 1970's, Dun & Bradstreet had established its commitment to new technology. A new "Advanced Office System" (AOS) fully computerized our data-collection operations, providing the ability to link and analyze categories of information in entirely new ways, and to deliver information to customers faster and more economically.
A New Millennium, A New Dun & Bradstreet
Dun & Bradstreet has undergone a period of restructuring in recent years, creating a more tightly focused company. Just before the turn of the century, A.C. Nielsen, Cognizant, Reuben H. Donnelley and Moody's Corporation were all spun off to allow each company to pursue focused strategies for its specific business.
In February 2014, Dun & Bradstreet launched a new strategy to drive long-term sustainable growth and to become one global company delivering indispensable content through modern channels to serve new customer needs. We are focused on the commercial marketplace, helping our customers and partners to build their most valuable relationships by continuing to be the world's largest and best provider of insight about businesses.
300 Million Business Records … and Counting
We also are constantly expanding the size and improving the quality of our global database. Our global database exceeded 300 million businesses worldwide. And we believe in accompanying those records and associated analytics with the high-quality service that is our hallmark.
News
19 February 2025
More than half of companies adopting AI are worried about the reliability and quality of their data, according to new Dun&Bradstreet survey
Dun & Bradstreet (NYSE: DNB), a leading global provider of business decisioning data and analytics, released findings from an AI survey it conducted that shows that a vast majority of organizations (88%) are now implementing artificial intelligence (AI), but more than half (54%) have concerns over the trustworthiness and quality of the data they are leveraging for AI.
27 November 2024
Dun & Bradstreet Accelerates Procurement and Supplier Risk Decisions With AI Assistant, Powered by World-Class Data and IBM Technology
D&B Ask Procurement™ provides instant view into supplier insights
08 November 2024
Dun & Bradstreet launches ChatD&B™ powered by AI
Dun & Bradstreet, a leading global provider of company intelligence, announced the launch of ChatD&B
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