If you’ve ever applied for a business loan, secured a government contract, or worked with large suppliers, chances are you’ve come across the term “DUNS number.” This nine-digit identifier, assigned ...

Before the end of 2020, organizations doing business with the government—from vendors to grantees—will have a new unique number by which they will be identified, ending use of a configuration in place ...

Dun & Bradstreet offers every business one free, permanent DUNS (Data Universal Numbering System) number to build its financial credibility. While not legally required, this nine-digit identifier ...

The U.S. government is phasing out use of the proprietary Data Universal Numbering System, or DUNS number, in favor of a more open system for assigning a unique identifier to every company it does ...

July marks the start of the 18-month shift to a new unique entity identifier (UEI) for doing business with the government. In December 2020, the System for Award Management website, SAM.gov, will stop ...

The Biden administration is moving forward with the transition from a nearly 50-year-old structure used to identify organizations doing business with the government to a new number with a new format, ...

Used worldwide as a way to get information about companies, Dun and Bradstreet is a credit bureau and business information clearinghouse. Once you obtain your D&B D-U-N-S number, any company ...

Of the three major business credit bureaus, Dun & Bradstreet, or D&B, is most frequently used to access business loans. For that reason, it's a good idea to establish credit with D&B by choosing a ...