here . for other uses see d & b disambiguation . dun & bradstreet type public traded as nyse dnb s & p 500 component industry business services founded new york city new york 1841 headquarters short hills new jersey u.s. key people robert carrigan chairman & ceo products business information information technology services research software revenue us 1 655.2 million 2013 1 us 1 663.0 million 2012 1 operating income us 437.1 million 2013 1 us 432.1 million 2012 1 net income us 258.5 million 2013 1 us 295.5 million 2012 1 total assets us 1 890.3 million 2013 2 us 1 991.8 million 2012 1 total equity us 1 042.3 million 2013 2 us 1 014.3 million 2012 2 number of employees 4 600 2012 3 website www.dnb.com dun & bradstreet inc. nyse dnb is an american business services company headquartered in short hills a community in millburn new jersey us 4 that provides commercial data to businesses on credit history business to business sales and marketing counterparty risk exposure supply chain management lead scoring and social identity matching . 5 often referred to as d & b the company s database contains information on more than 235 million companies across 200 countries worldwide . 3 dun & bradstreet has been listed on the fortune 500 and was one of the first companies to be publicly traded on the new york stock exchange . 6 7 contents 1 history 1.1 1800s 1.2 1900s 1.3 2000s 2 operations 3 products and services 4 international branches 5 competition 6 references 7 external links history edit 1800s edit dun & bradstreet traces its history back to july 20 1841 with the formation of the mercantile agency in new york city by lewis tappan later called r.g. dun & company . 8 recognizing the need for a centralized credit reporting system tappan formed the company to create a network of correspondents who would provide reliable objective credit information to subscribers . 9 as an advocate for civil rights tappan used his abolitionist connections to expand and update the company s credit information . 10 in spite of accusations for invading personal privacy by 1844 the mercantile agency had over 280 clients . the agency continued to expand allowing offices to open in boston philadelphia and baltimore . by 1849 tappan retired allowing benjamin douglass to take over the booming business . in 1859 douglass transferred the company over to robert graham dun who immediately changed the firm s name to r.g. dun & company . 11 over the next 40 years graham dun continued to expand the business across international boundaries . 1900s edit in 1933 dun merged with competitor john m. bradstreet to form today s dun & bradstreet . 12 the merger was engineered by dun s ceo arthur whiteside . 13 whiteside s successor j. wilson newman worked to increase duns range of products and services and expanded dramatically during the 1960s by engineering ways to apply new technologies to evolving operations . 13 the data universal numbering system duns was invented in 1962 . 14 in the late nineties the company spun off acnielsen 1996 15 cognizant technology solutions 1996 16 and moody s 1999 17 2000s edit on february 5 2003 dun & bradstreet restated prior period results to correct timing errors in the recognition of some of the revenue associated with 14 of the company s 200 products after a review of its revenue recognition from 1997 through 2002 . 18 in august 2010 dun & bradstreet spun off and sold their credit monitoring and management business to a newly formed company dun & bradstreet credibility corp. 19 in 2012 dun & bradstreet acquired allbusiness.com . 20 operations edit dun & bradstreet maintains a database of over 240 million companies globally 3 and over 100 million professional contact names using a variety of sources including public records trade references telco providers telephone interviews print digital and trade publications among others . 21 the company derives revenues through subscriptions as well as pay per business report and to a smaller extent third party licensing agreements . additional revenue is derived from business subsidiaries including hoover s. 22 products and services edit dun & bradstreet products and services fall under three main categories finance solutions credit and risk management operations solutions supply chain management and sales and marketing solutions hoover s lead generation api integrated corporate social media and third party information and daas tools . 5 23 risk management products include the business information report comprehensive report d & b direct and the dnbi platform often offered to listed participants as a way to improve their rating . these solutions provide current and historical business information primarily used for third party marketing . 24 sales and marketing products such as the duns market identifier database optimizer d & b 360 and d & b professional contacts provide sales and marketing professionals with business data for both prospecting and crm activity . in the dnbi platform customers can view ecf reports decision based on data view alerts . 25 26 dun & bradstreet also owns the business research corporation hoover s. 27 international branches edit dun & bradstreet has offices in five continents north and south america australia in australia dun & bradstreet are one of 2 major credit reporting agencies asia and europe . 28 the company has had offices in australia since 1887 mexico since 1896 new zealand since 1903 argentina since 1911 venezuela since 1920 brazil since 1933 and peru since 1981 . the company s core office locations are in the us and canada ireland the uk the netherlands taiwan china hong kong brazil and australia . 21 29 it has several offices in india as well with its head office in mumbai . 30 competition edit competitors to dun & bradstreet include equifax 31 32 experian business information services 33 34 35 references edit a b c d e f g dun & bradstreet corp nw 2013 annual report form 10 k xbrl . united states securities and exchange commission . february 28 2014 . a b c dun & bradstreet corp nw 2014 q1 quarterly report form 10 q xbrl . united states securities and exchange commission . may 7 2014 . a b c dun & bradstreet corp nw form 10 k february 28 2013 pdf . secdatabase.com . retrieved 2013 03 29 . about us . dun & bradstreet . retrieved on october 1 2012 . hq info 103 john f. kennedy parkway short hills nj 07078 a b profile dun & bradstreet corp. . yahoo finance . retrieved september 12 2014 . dun & bradstreet . fortune . 2006 . public companies 100 years old or more pdf . usa today . retrieved september 13 2014 . r.g. dun & co. dun & bradstreet collections . harvard business school . retrieved september 12 2014 . history of the dun & bradstreet corporation funding universe . funding universe . retrieved june 22 2015 . who made america innovators lewis tappan . pbs . retrieved june 22 2015 . dun & bradstreet this month in business history . library of congress . retrieved june 22 2015 . hightower michael j. 2013 . banking in oklahoma before statehood . university of oklahoma press . p. 345 . isbn 9780806150260 . retrieved september 12 2014 . a b dun and bradstreet company history . dnb.com . retrieved 8 december 2015 . frequently asked questions for d u n s number and sam registration . united states department of agriculture . retrieved september 12 2014 . veronica anderson january 15 1996 . nielsen exits d & b a weakened brand ; spinoff alone will not solve unit s problems . crain s chicago business . cognizant technology solutions corporation history . funding universe . 2004 . kenneth n. gilpin december 16 1999 . dun & bradstreet will spin off moody s . the new york times . d & b restated prior period results . dnb.com . dun & bradstreet credibility corp. announces 100m strategic acquisition ; company secures 100m of additional financing . marketwire . july 29 2010 . nicole kristen december 4 2007 . dun & bradstreet acquires allbusiness.com for 55m . mashable . a b dun & 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2016 . huebsch russell . small business do businesses have a credit score . houston chronicle . retrieved august 27 2016 . experian & growbizmedia . business credit what you don t know can hurt you experian pdf . cs1 maint uses authors parameter link cross christopher . small business how do i get a credit report for my company . houston chronicle . retrieved august 27 2016 . huebsch russell . small business do businesses have a credit score . houston chronicle . retrieved august 27 2016 . external links edit new jersey portal companies portal www.dnb.com official corporate website dun & bradstreet corporation records at baker library historical collections harvard business school dun & bradstreet companies grouped at opencorporates retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title dun % 26 bradstreet & oldid 741552762 categories business services companies of the united statescompanies listed on the new york stock exchangecompanies based in essex county new jerseycredit rating 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