Worldwide Business Data
Business information data from Dun & Bradstreet

Postcode Anywhere - a closer look at B2B data

The data – Dun & Bradstreet Worldwide Business database

  • D&B is perhaps best known for its D-U-N-S Data Universal Numbering System
  • A D-U-N-S Number is a unique nine-digit sequence recognised as the universal standard for identifying and keeping track of over 140 million businesses worldwide
  • DUNS/BIR (Business Information Report) is required for many US federal government transactions
  • D&B data contains up to 40 important statistics about each organisation

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Dun & Bradstreet’s Worldwide Business database includes over 140 million marketable and non-marketable records. With no set-up or development costs, you can be using the largest single source of B2B information available in no time at all.

Suggested uses

  • In a web-to-lead form to filter and automatically assign prospect enquiries
  • In a CRM application to cleanse contact data
  • To enhance contact details with key business and financial information
  • To identify the parent and sibling organisations of customers and prospects
  • In marketing to profile existing customers and generate prospect lists

What's available?

Each company record contains four blocks of data as follows:

Block Description
Address Business name and address
Contact Name and contact details for the CEO
Business Information & Financials DUNS number, SIC code, financial information and
employee data for this organisation
Global & Domestic Hieracrchy The DUNS numbers of the domestic parent and
domestic companies

Sample business information data

Name Type Description Example
Id String The Id representing the company record. Note: this is not the DUNS number.
USA|9626688
Name String The name of the company.
Microsoft Corporation
Line1 String Line 1 of the company's address.
1 Microsoft Way
Line2 String Line 2 of the company's address.
City String The city (or town) of the company's address.
Redmond
State String The state (or county, province, canton etc) of the company's address.
Washington
Country String The full name of the country.
Usa
CountryCode String The 3 digit ISO code representing the country.
USA
PostalCode String The full postal code for the company's address.
98052-8300
Ceo String Formatted version of the CEO's name.
Steven A Ballmer
Title String The CEO's title.
Chief Executive Officer
Forename String The CEO's forename (given name).
Steven
Surname String The CEO's surname (family name).
Ballmer
CountryAccessCode String The international country access code for the phone and fax number.
1
Phone String The phone number for the company.
4258828080
Fax String The fax number for the company.
Duns Integer The international DUNS number for this company.
81466849
UltimateDuns Integer The international DUNS number for the ultimate parent of this company.
0
SicCode String The primary US 87 SIC code.
7372
SicDescription String Description of the SIC code.
Prepackaged software
EmployeesHere Integer The number of employees at this location.
28000
EmployeesTotal Integer The total number of employees in the organisation (across all locations).
93000
ActualSales Float The actual sales in USD for this company.
58437000000
ModelledSales Float Modelled sales in USD for this company.
58437000000
LocationType String The type of location.
HeadOffice
YearStarted Integer The year the company started trading.
1975
NaicsCode String The primary US 2002 NAICS code.
334611
NaicsDescription String Description of the NAICS code.
Software Reproducing

Product features

  • The data – Dun & Bradstreet Worldwide Business database
  • Over 140 million records covering over 120 countries
  • Includes financial, key contact and hierarchy data (where available)
  • Provided with the world famous D-U-N-S as well as global and ultimate D-U-N-S numbers
  • Updated quarterly