How does a business join Dunn and Bradstreet?

Answer 1

Just call them up and request a dunns number, it's free, but your not joining anything your just getting a duns number for your business,

Be sure to decline all the stuff they will try to sell you though, you don't need any of it and it's very pricey. DNB is notoriously unreliable as a credit worthiness indicator because most of the information they provide was sourced directly form the business owner. They don't verify anything so they just take the business owners word for it. Most experienced companies only use DNB for mailing lists and leads purposes. If you wanna build up your business credit profile, you'll do much better paying attention to your Equifax and Experian Business credit profiles.

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You do not join Dun & Bradstreet Credibility Corp., but you can register to receive a free D&B D-U-N-S® number, which is a unique, 9-digit identification number for your business. Many businesses already have a D-U-N-S Number without knowing it.

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Just call up and ask for a number, they give them out free all day long to anyone who asks, Businesses, corporations, individuals, Plumbers, babysitters. Literally anyone can get a DUNS number

Dunns Data is used widely for the development of mailing lists, industry classifications, business profiling, executive offerings, etc.

Much of the information they maintain is provided by the business itself. They will contact the business once a year and solicit details like annual gross sales, profits, principles, number of employees, locations, any resumes or bios that you'd like to submit etc. You can provide the information or not answer them at all. They just sell the old data without any update if you don't provide the new information. Whatever you tell them they enter into your business profile as "verified".

Your information is then sold to members and non-member companies that can in turn offer you their products and services based on your business profile

DNB has declared itself exempt from the Fair Credit Reporting Act, So correction of errors can be very difficult if you are not a paying DNB client

Established creditors are very familiar with the strengths and weaknesses within the credit services industry and are still gonna want to see a real credit report from a credit bureau like Experian, Transunion or Equifax before they extend you credit.