International Data

D&B is the world's leading and longest-established business information company. For 166 years D&B has been providing business, credit, receivables and marketing information, starting in the US but today spanning 240 countries. Millions of executives around the world consider D&B's in-depth, dependable and up-to-date information as a vital support tool in making confident decisions that avoid risk and a sound basis for efficient and precise marketing.

D&B's extensive international network enables every businessperson in all parts of the world to enjoy reliable and accessible information, updated a million times a day, on more than  million companies.

The D&B Worldwide Network is an unrivalled alliance of D&B and leading business information providers across the globe. Through this network customers gain access to worldwide business information, powered by D&B's proprietary DUNSRight^TM Quality Process, while benefiting from local expertise and knowledge.

The D&B Worldwide Network mark symbolizes participation in the alliance which helps customers around the world make business decisions with confidence.

• D&B Worldwide Network Members ▼

  D&B Worldwide Network Members
  Reference	Members
  Alpha Mi	Greece
  BIL Holding	France including: Monaco, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Martinique, Polynesia, Réunion, Wallis and Futuna, Mayotte and St. Pierre et Miquelon
  Bonnier Business Information	Austria, Czech Republic including Slovakia, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Norway, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland including Lichtenstein
  Business Online (BOL)	Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
  D&B	Argentina, Belgium including Luxembourg, Brazil, Canada, China, Hong Kong, Italy, Latin America,Netherlands, Mexico, Peru, Taiwan, United Kingdom,United States of America
  D&B Australasia Pty Ltd	Australia, New Zealand, (Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Mariana Marshal Caroline Island, Guam, Vanuatu, Solomon Island, Western Samoa, Tonga, Kiribati, US Samoa, Tahiti, Nauru and Norfolk Island)
  D&B SAME + (Start Consult)	Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Daussalam, East Timor, India, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Maldives, Nepal, North Africa, Oman,Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia,Sri Lanka, Syria, United Arab Emiratesand Yemen
  Ekonomika I Zhizn	Russia
  Focus Holdings	Israel
  Indobizinfo Ptd Ltd	Indonesia
  Informa S.A.	Portugal including the Azores and Madeira Islands, Spain including the Canary Islands, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta, Melilla, Andorra
  Mbizinfo Sdn Bhd	Malaysia
  National Information & Credit Evaluation, Inc. (NICE)	Korea
  PhilBizinfo	Philippines
  SingBizInfo Pte Ltd	Singapore
  Tokyo Shoko Research (TSR):	Japan
  Trans Union	South Africa including Namibia, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Lesotho and Botswana
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• D&B Worldwide Network History ▼
  

  D&B Worldwide Network Members
  Date	Event
  November 2005	D&B established a strategic partnership with D&B North Africa, as sister company of D&B Same (South Asia & Middle East)
  June 2005	Launch of D&B Worldwide Network, and the D&B Worldwide Network brand at the Annual Partner Summit in Barcelona, Spain
  March 2005	South Africa: Trans Union becomes a full strategic partner in South Africa with the sale of D&B's 5% share in Trans Union ITC
  October 2004	Strategic Partnership established through the sale of D&B businesses in France to BIL Holding Strategic Partnership established with Informa S.A. through the sale of D&B operations in Spain and Portugal
  September 2004	Philippines: PhilBizinfo became a full strategic partner, changing names to D&B Philippines Inc.
  May 2004	Strategic Partnership with Bonnier Business Information extended with the sale of D&B operations in Central European markets
  February 2004	Management Buyout in India established strategic partnership in the South Asia & Middle East region, and the new entity D&B SAME
  December 2003	Strategic Partnership established in the Nordic Region with the sale of D&B operations to Bonnier Business Information
  May 2003	A new joint venture was established in Indonesia with Indobizinfo Ptd Ltd
  March 2003	Strategic Partnership formed with the sale of D&B's operations in Israel to Focus Holdings International
  October 2002	D&B Korea was formed with our Korean partner National Information & Credit Evaluation Inc (NICE)
  August 2001	Management Buyout in Australia and New Zealand formed D&B Australasia Pty Ltd
  January 2001	Malaysia: Joint venture with Mbizinfo Sdn Bhd created InfoCredit D&B (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd
  December 2000	Japan: a strategic alliance was formed with Tokyo Shoko Research (TSR) to distribute BIR in the domestic market
  June 2000	Singapore: Joint Venture with SingBizInfo Pte Ltd creating InfoCredit D&B (Singapore) Pte Ltd
  October 1998	Joint Venture Partnership formed in Thailand with Business Online (BOL)
  October 1997	Joint Venture established with Alpha Mi in Greece
  September 1997	Joint Venture established with Trans Union in Mexico to form credit bureau Dun & Bradstreet, S.A. Sociedad de Información Crediticia
  June 1993	Joint venture with EKONOMIKA I ZHIZN in Russia for commercial credit reporting
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D&B's products and services include risk management systems, business information reports, credit rating, warning and monitoring systems, expert opinions as ordered, business guides and a selection of directories, marketing databases and more.

D&B strives to develop new and advanced business tools that take advantage of practical experience in building reliable statistical models in forecasting business failures well in advance.

D&B is a public company with more than 11,000 employees in hundreds of branches around the world.

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