Business Registers

The D&B 'risk indicator' explained

The D&B ‘risk indicator’ is assigned to businesses by Dun & Bradstreet and is derived from information held on the D&B database.

Every day information is recorded against the individual businesses contained in the D&B database. The D&B ‘risk indicator’ is then immediately reviewed and updated to reflect the very latest status. THE D&B ‘RISK INDICATORS’ PUBLISHED WERE CURRENT AND YOUR ATTENTION IS DRAWN TO THE FACT THAT THESE WILL CHANGE AS NEW INFORMATION IS ADDED TO THE DATABASE.

D&B ‘risk indicators’ are just one part of the D&B Rating and Risk Management Services. In Dun & Bradstreet’s experience the D&B ‘risk indicator’ can be predictive of business success or failure. Companies with a D&B ‘risk indicator’ of 1 are, in Dun & Bradstreet’s opinion, substantially less likely to fail than companies with a D&B ‘risk indicator’ of 4. Twelve months prior to failure, 74% of failed businesses are assigned a D&B ‘risk indicator’ of 4. This D&B Business Register should only be used as a guide to your sales and marketing activities and not as an aid to credit management decisions. If making credit decisions the most current information should always be sought. This will be found in D&B’s key business information reports.

Where nothing is indicated D&B did not have sufficient information to assign a D&B ‘risk indicator’.

For any more information about D&B ‘risk indicators’ and how they are assigned please call D&B on 0870 2432344.