Dun & Bradstreet
Functionality
KYB Aggregator
Description
A global provider of KYB, risk analytics and business intelligence data to financial services and corporates.
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Bio
Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) provides business intelligence and data analytics solutions for risk management, compliance, and growth strategies. Its core offering is a vast database of 560 million global business records, updated daily, supporting KYC, KYB, and AML compliance. D&B’s Risk Analytics platform automates due diligence, beneficial ownership mapping, and sanctions screening, targeting mid-market firms and enterprises in financial services, legal, and corporate sectors. The company also offers APIs for bespoke integrations, enabling banks and law firms to merge D&B data with internal systems for financial crime detection and client insights.
Year Founded
1841
Locations
Global
Key Market
Financial Services
Features
Adverse Media
Credit Checks
Financial Data
KYB
Ongoing Monitoring
Open API
Risk Scoring
Screening
Market Focus
Segmentation
- Mid Market
- Enterprise
Target Markets
- Financial services,
- Corporates (such as Apple)
- Professional services (accounting, law, insurance)
- Property
- RegTechs
Local Group
- Moody's
- Experian
- Equifax
- Creditsafe
- Know Your Customer
Data sources and Integrations
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Global business registries
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Financial statements and filings
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Public records and legal filings
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Third-party data providers
Market Map
Strengths
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560M business records, 390M shareholder records, updated daily from registries like Companies House.
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Configurable rules for KYB, UBO mapping, sanctions screening, and risk scoring, with automated workflows.
Weaknesses
- Complex and expensive pricing structures could be a barrier for smaller organisations
- Lacks native biometric/ID verification, requiring third-party vendors for full onboarding flows.
Pricing
- N/A but aprox deal sizes can range from 20 to 50k for mid market and 100k+ for enterprise.
Aventine Rating
Aventine Comment
Excellent for the use of their data via API, used by 9 out of 10 top UK banks and corporates such as Apple - their business ID number is super useful for quick verification of businesses.
Raised
£285m
Round Details
Post-IPO Equity of $375,000,000 Nov 19, 2018
In March 2025, Dun & Bradstreet agreed to be acquired by Clearlake Capital for $7.7 billion.
Investors
Clearlake Capital, with previous investments from CC Capital, Cannae Holdings, and Thomas H. Lee Partners​
Executives
Anthony Jabbour
Chief Executive Officer
Richard H. Veldran
CFO
N/A