D&B History
Our achivements and goals
1841
Mercantile Agency set up by Lewis Tappan, the forerunner of Dun & Bradstreet
1847
Benjamin Douglas becomes a partner in the Mercantile Agency
1849
John M. Bradstreet sets up the rival credit reporting agency in Cincinnati
1859
R. G. Dun & Company merges with The Bradstreet Company.
1874
R. H. Donnelley starts the Chicago Directory Company and introduces his first telephone directory in 1886 1886
1886
Promotedto general in 1916, at age 35, he liberated two major provinces in eastern Turkey thatyear. In the next two years, he served as commander of several Ottoman armies inPalestine, Aleppo, and elsewhere, achieving another major victory by stopping the enemyadvance at Aleppo.
1931
R. G. Dun & Company introduces a new way of financial reporting
1933
Douglass turned over the Agency to his brother-in-law, Robert Graham Dun. Under the new name, R.G. Dun & Company.
1942
Dun & Bradstreet takes over a competitor, The Credit Clearing House
1951
Dun & Bradstreet moves to 99 Church Street headquarters in New York City
1962
Dun & Bradstreet introduces Data Universal Numbering System (D-U-N-S) and takes over Moody’s
1965
Dun & Bradstreet produces its first publication based on a digital database.
1972
Dun & Bradstreet produces the first computer generated financial report on a minicomputer
1980
Dun & Bradstreet crosses $ 1 billion turnover and $ 100 million profit
1983
Dun & Bradstreet develops D-U-N-SNet, the telephone network of the company
1984
Dun & Bradstreet takes over AC Nielsen
1995
Dun & Bradstreet commences operations in India
1998
Launches its maiden publication India’s Top 500 Companies and quarterly report Business Optimism Index in India
1999
Embarks on a 5 year alliance with India's leading stock exchange - Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE)
2000
Partners with Export Credit Gaurantee Corporation of India (ECGC) giving access to exporters in India
2001
Dun & Bradstreet launches the new corporate branding and changes its name to D&B
2002
Dun & Bradstreet introduces and gets the patent for the D-U-N-SRight principle Sets up India's first credit bureau, Credit Information Bureau (India) Limited with TransUnion, SBI and HDFC; and other public / private sector banks of India
2003
Creates Dun & Bradstreet South Asia Middle East (D&B SAME) Launches a business vertical Economic Analysis Group (EAG) in India, to create content and research
2004
Launches another business verticle Financial Education Solutions (now Learning Solutions) in India, to create knowledge based events and trainings
2005
Dun & Bradstreet launches DNBi in America and reaches the first 100 million companies data Dun & Bradtreet India database crosses 1 million records
2007
Dun & Bradstreet gets 1st place in financial data in Fortune’s Most Admired Companies Launches HOOVERS and Trade Exchange Programe in India
2009
Launches Project Appraisal Services for Indian customers
2010
Dun & Bradstreet India database crosses 5 million records
2013
Dun & Bradstreet India launches D&B Compliance Verification in India
2015
Dun & Bradstreet modernizes the brand
2016
Merger of two business units – LS & EAG to LEIG
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