History
Dun & Bradstreet established on 20th of July 1841 as The Mercantile Agency in New York and started to do business in the area of commercial information. Company quickly grew from the first day of its foundation and keeps its leadership in industry with the help of latest technologies.
1841 The Mercantile Agency founded by Lewis Tappan.
1847 Benjamin Douglas becomes a partner in The Mercantile Agency.
1849 John M. Bradstreet founded a rival credit reporting company in Cincinnati.
1859 Benjamin Douglas turned over the Mercantile Agency to his brother-in-law Robert Graham Dun as general manager.
1865 Dun invested 15.000$ in company`s first print shop to begin publishing Dun Reference Book every 6 months.
1874 The Mercantile Agency placed the first commercial order of 100 typewriters, enabling them to prepare credit reports on carbon paper.
1886 R.H. Donnelley established the Chicago Directory Company and introduced his first telephone directory.
1898 R.G Dun building 290 Broadway New York
1900 John Moody introduced industrial book series and in 1914 Moody’s Investor Service was incorporated.
1902 First Dun & Bradstreet office was opened.
1905 D&B office was opened in Rotterdam, Holland.
1931 R.G. Dun & Company introduced the new way of financial reporting.
1933 R.G. Dun & Company merged with The Bradstreet Company.
1942 Dun & Bradstreet acquired the management of the rival company The Credit Clearing House.
1951 Dun & Bradstreet moved into 99 Church Street headquarters New York.
1962 Dun & Bradstreet introduced the Data Universal Numbering System (D-U-N-S) and acquired Moody’s.
1965 Dun & Bradstreet introduced the new digital database based publication.
1972 Dun & Bradstreet generated the computer credit report on a computer.
1980 Dun & Bradstreet surpassed $1 billion in revenue and $100 million in operating income.
1983 Dun & Bradstreet, created the company` telecommunications network DUNSNet.
1984 Dun & Bradstreet acquired ACNielsen.
1991 Dun & Bradstreet sold Donnelley Marketing.
1996 Dun & Bradstreet buys stake in the B2B service provider iMarket Inc.
2000 Dun & Bradstreet launched Blueprint for Growth strategy.
2001 Dun & Bradstreet introduced its new corporate identity and changed its name as D&B.
2002 D&B introduced DUNSRight principles and formalized it with a patent.
2004 D&B introduced its new slogan: “Decide with Confidence”
2005 D&B launched D&Bi in USA and reached 100 million company data.
2006 D&B introduced Asian Matching Environment which is a revolutionary system in Japan and China.
2007 D&B has featured on Fortune’s list of Most Admired Companies and ranked #1 in financial data services.
2010 D&B Turkey founded and became a member of D&B Worldwide Network.
2013 D&B Turkey joined to CRIF group with their sister companies Finar, Kompass Turkey and Recom.