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SMALL BUSINESS

Grow, Manage, and Protect Your Small Business

Pursue your growth goals with innovative solutions designed to help you find customers, attract lenders, land deals, and protect your bottom line.  

Create a Roadmap

Defining Your Path to Success

The first step to reaching your growth goals is to create a roadmap. Here are some things to consider while you're on your journey.

Get a D‑U‑N‑S Number

If you don't have one already, get a D‑U‑N‑S® Number. It's simple and free. Learn more about the D‑U‑N‑S Number and why it's important for your business in the section below.

Check and Seek to Build Business Credit

View and monitor your business credit scores and ratings and seek to potentially improve them, apply for funding, fix errors, and view competitor business scores and ratings.

Attract Customers and Drive Revenue

Build highly targeted lists to reach buyers who appear ready to make a purchase and expand your online presence so they can also engage you.

Guard Against Potential Risks

Evaluate the companies you do business with to help mitigate the chances of them putting you at risk, then continue to monitor them in case things change.

Navigating Challenges

Save Time and Reduce Costs

Managing credit, avoiding risk, and planning for the future is a lot to take on when you're focused on day-to-day operations. Doing nothing isn't an option either because you have visions for growth. And with the increase in global business risk, leaving yourself vulnerable could be costly. Fortunately, with the right combination of tools, insights, and automation, you can help get the job done without consuming your two most valuable resources, time and money.

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Find New Customers

Are you spending too much time chasing the wrong leads and struggling to expand your pipeline?

The key to smarter lead generation is having the right data about the potential leads. The right company information and contact data can help you identify your best, high-quality prospects. Then you can spend your time with the right contacts and decision-makers at the right time, so you can close the deals that increase revenue. Identify leads who are able and need to buy your goods

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The D‑U‑N‑S Number

Get, Manage, and Look Up a D‑U‑N‑S Number

The Dun & Bradstreet D‑U‑N‑S Number is a nine-digit unique identifier for businesses. While having a D‑U‑N‑S Number is not a requirement for doing business, having one may help legitimise your business in the eyes of potential partners and is a starting point for building a Dun & Bradstreet Live Business Identity.

Once you have a D‑U‑N‑S Number, you can use it as a gateway to help grow your business. By seeing your company the way others do when they access your business profile through your D‑U‑N‑S Number, you can get a much clearer picture of what you can do to help make your business a better candidate for credit, contracts, or partnerships.

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Comprehensive Solutions to Drive Growth

Explore our solutions to learn how you can harness the power of the D‑U‑N‑S Number, monitor and seek to potentially build business credit, attract customers, and help fend off current and emerging risks.

D-U-N-S Number

The D‑U‑N‑S Number is a nine-digit unique identifier for businesses. While having a D‑U‑N‑S Number is not a requirement for doing business, having one may help legitimise your business in the eyes of potential partners.

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Business Credit

It's never too early to plan for business growth, and good business credit scores can be essential for helping secure the capital you'll need to get started.

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Business Growth

Marketing resources aren't just for large corporations. Learn how we can help your small business reach its growth goals.

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Business Risk

Help make informed decisions about potential business partners, suppliers, and vendors

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Have Questions?

Our small business product specialists are here to assist you.